IS Senior Manger, Portfolio and Project Management

Job Description

Honigman is a premier business law firm, based in Michigan with an international practice. Honigman is consistently recognized as one of the 101 Best and Brightest Places to Work, we earned this recognition by recruiting attorneys and staff members with outstanding credentials. Currently, we are looking for a IS Senior Manager, Portfolio & Project Management in our Chicago or Detroit office. In addition to our Chicago and Detroit offices, we have offices in Grand Rapids, Bloomfield Hills, Ann Arbor, Kalamazoo, Lansing, and Washington D.C. With more than 350 attorneys working in 60 different areas of concentration, Honigman provides timely and cost-effective counsel to clients in numerous industries.

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JOB SUMMARY

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The IS Senior Project Manager reports to the Chief Information Officer and is responsible for working with the Information Technology team to define and support portfolio management and project delivery to the firm. Defining objectives, scope, roadmaps, milestones, and deliverables, as applicable, aligned with IS delivery strategy for highly technical projects. The manager is expected to adeptly oversee and coordinate projects across multiple teams that may have a stake in a technical project. Assist the CIO with portfolio prioritization, resource planning, and budget development/management is critical in the role. , ensuring deadline compliance and liaising with non-technical stakeholders to ensure project success. This manager will oversee and manage the administrative assistant for the IT department.

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RESPONSIBILITIES

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• Work collaboratively with the IS team and administrative group stakeholders to define and establish project objectives, scope, roadmap, milestones, and deliverables as applicable and aligned to IT delivery strategy.
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• Produce and manage well-defined technical delivery plans that outlines key project activities, their sequence and delivery timelines.
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• Ensure projects incorporate cybersecurity, information governance, privacy, compliance, and business continuity requirements as part of project planning and execution.
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• Manage and maintain the IT project portfolio, ensuring initiatives are prioritized according to firm strategy, business value, risk reduction, budget, regulatory requirements, and resource capacity.
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• Partner with IT leadership and business stakeholders to evaluate competing priorities and facilitate governance decisions regarding project investments.
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• Lead organizational change management efforts, including communication planning, stakeholder engagement, training coordination, adoption monitoring, and realization of expected business outcomes.
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• Ensure project reporting is up to date and communicated at the appropriate level to stakeholders with project scorecards.
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• Lead regular working group sessions with key stakeholders within technology, administrative groups, and legal practice groups, as applicable, to identify and track actions effectively to support the plan.
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• Understand proposed design solutions, challenging decisions where they are non-strategic or have cross impacts and drive them to conclusion; liaise with stakeholders across the firm.
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• Support project governance processes including project intake, business case development, steering committee facilitation, scope management, and executive reporting.
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• Manage strategic vendor relationships, implementation partners, and software providers to ensure successful delivery of contracted outcomes and alignment with firm objectives.
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• Risk Management: Collaborate, identify and track all dependencies and risks (technical and non-technical) and explore mitigation strategies aligned to delivery plan.
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• Demand Management: Ensure demand requests are raised, prioritized and resources secured and manage the delivery life cycle. Escalate where necessary, providing all information required for senior management to make prioritization decisions. Responsible for end-to-end process.
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• Testing: Ensure testing approach is agreed and resources secured from technology, administrative and legal departments as well as manage the process and resolution of blockers, issues, risks, dependencies and bottlenecks.
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• Oversee “Go-Live” preparations, including creating activity checklists, runbooks and managing post implementation activities collaboratively with stakeholders.
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• Ensure project documentation is complete, current, and stored appropriately.
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QUALIFICATIONS

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• A minimum of five (7+) years of leading and managing IT projects and/or operations preferably in a law firm or professional services environment.
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• Four-year degree is desired; PMP certification and Microsoft certifications or similar technical certifications are a plus.
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• Experience working with SaaS solutions such as M365, including MS Office Suite, Visio, Teams, SharePoint, OneDrive and Exchange.
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• Experience managing projects in a hybrid environment, which include on-prem Active Directory and cloud-based Azure Entra.
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• Knowledge of MS Project, Smartsheet, iSheets, or similar online PM tools.
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• Experience in managing projects in Agile and Waterfall methodologies is helpful.
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• Ability to multi-task with good organizational and time management capabilities.
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• Strong and proven problem-solving skills.
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• Strong interpersonal and stakeholder management skills.
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• Strong documentation and presentation skills to create and present requirements, plans, and supporting documentation.
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• Proven experience with executing enterprise-level technology projects.
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• Understanding of project lifecycle and software development life cycle (SDLC).
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• Solid technical background with understanding of Active Directory, Database Systems, Networking, support of Windows-based workstations, Mobile devices, and Web technologies.
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• Prior hands-on experience in supporting enterprise-scale applications, infrastructure, or devices is a plus.
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• Ability to lead cross-functional project teams.
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• Excellent people facing and client service.
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• Strong organizational skills with keen attention to detail.
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• Result-oriented, focused on achieving a successful completion of the project.
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• Ability to foster collaboration and motivate teams to work together on large-sale efforts.
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• Out-of-the-box thinker with creative problem-solving skills.
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• Excellent organizational, oral/written communication and multitasking skills.
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REQUIREMENTS

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• Must be authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship now or in the future
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• This position is not eligible for visa sponsorship
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Pay Range and Compensation Package

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Honigman provides a generous total compensation package, which includes comprehensive health and well-being benefits, as well as 401k and profit sharing. The anticipated annual pay range for this role is $120,000 to $160,000 (exempt). The actual offered pay rate will be determined based on various factors, including qualifications, experience, geographic location, education, external market data, and internal equity considerations.

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Benefits & Additional Information

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Successful candidates will enjoy an exceptional career opportunity within a welcoming environment. Eligible employees can also take advantage of Honigman’s comprehensive benefits program, highlights of which are below:

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• Healthcare, life and disability insurance
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• 401K and profit sharing
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• Bonus program
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• Generous All Purpose Leave (APL) program that increases with tenure
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• Well-being programs (e.g., mental health services, medical resources, and more)
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• Learning and development programs
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• Employee discounts
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For more information, click on “Our Benefits” when you visit: -business-professionals

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Honigman is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, age, national origin, veteran status, marital status, sexual orientation, disability or any other category prohibited by applicable local, state or federal law. This policy applies to all aspects of employment, including recruitment, placement, promotion, transfer, demotion, compensation, benefits, and termination .