About us
Dentons is the world's largest law firm, delivering quality and value to clients around the globe. Dentons is a leader on the Acritas Global Elite Brand Index, a BTI Client Service 30 Award winner and recognized by prominent business and legal publications for its innovations in client service, including founding Nextlaw Labs and the Nextlaw Global Referral Network. Dentons' polycentric approach and world-class talent challenge the status quo to advance client interests in the communities in which we live and work.
About the Opportunity
Dentons is recruiting an Interim Business Design Project Manager to assist the Global Process Leads and Solutions Architects to successfully deliver the Global Finance Transformation Program (GFTP).
This position will report to the Global Business Solution Architects and will work closely with the Global PMO team to manage the design plan, assist the Global Process Leads in the coordination of regional meetings and sign off for design and change documentation. This position will also work with the global business design team and Global PMO to ensure that program deadlines are adhered to, stage gate submissions are prepared and signed off ahead of submission and that appropriate levels of progress/status reporting are in place.
As the Interim Business Design Project Manager you will focus on the key deliverables and milestones as documented in project scope and planning documentation to ensure the project stays on track, working with your counterparts in the Technical and Implementation work streams.
The Finance Transformation Program is a truly global program designed to transform Dentons' Finance function into the business partnering function of the future. It will support the business by offering true business insight, efficient and effective processes while maintaining the necessary compliance and controls.
Why Dentons is different
The legal profession is changing rapidly and Dentons is leading the way in advancing change for the benefit of clients. We are driven to challenge the status quo, delivering consistent and uncompromising quality and value to our clients in new and innovative ways. With over 17,000 individuals in more than 179 offices the opportunity is huge.
Dentons continues to receive external awards and recognition, including for our continued international expansion over the last 12 months; for ground-breaking innovation through the development of Nextlaw Labs and Nextlaw Global Referral Network; and for success in advising clients across multiple Regions. Dentons is also a leader on the Acritas Global Elite Brand Index and a BTI Client Service 30 Award winner.
Against such rapid growth and change, this role offers the successful individual the chance to play a lead role and make their mark in driving the successful implementation of this Global Program.
About the role
This is a demanding and multi-faceted role, requiring strong people skills, thorough project management and organisational skills, a sense of humour and critically tenacity. Execution of the role with the business change impact bias is critical to assist in prioritisation and to work with the Global Business design team to bring together the individual processes into a coherent global solution that can deliver the business benefits to Dentons in terms of Finance becoming a business partnering function, on time and within budget.
You will work with the global process leads to confirm and maintain those delivery timelines, escalating 'blockers' as appropriate, enabling cross-work stream dependencies to be identified and managed; all with the aim to increase the efficiency and velocity of project execution.
Key Responsibilities