Job Description: Fidelity Investments is looking to hire a Discovery and Support Services Legal Project Manager (LPM) to play a pivotal role in enhancing our client service delivery, driving operational efficiency, and supporting our legal teams across matters to deliver excellence. This position will be instrumental in managing high-value legal matters, coordinating resources, managing timelines, and ensuring that matters are completed on time and within scope.
This is a new role that requires someone willing to create, refine, execute, and improve processes. The LPM needs to be capable of thinking strategically and willing to execute precisely on smaller tasks.
The Purpose of Your Role
Collaborate with internal and external legal teams and third-party vendors to clarify objectives, establish budgets, and identify deliverables.
Facilitate successful meetings to ensure agenda topics are covered; summarizes decisions, open issues, and action items accurately.
Continuously monitor matter progress, revising plans as necessary, and ensuring effective communication across teams throughout.
Develop and maintain a legal calendar and set timelines for matters.
Streamline workflows to reduce delays and ensure matters progress on schedule.
Support change management projects by helping to analyze workflows, improve processes and problem solve.
Assist with implementing standardized processes and systems for better productivity.
Own the litigation library including performing post-closure matter review to identify opportunities for improvement as well as update the library with documents suitable for use in future matters.
Assist in evaluating technology needs, implementation of new or updated systems, and training staff to adapt to new workflows.
The Expertise and Skills You Bring
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent with 12+ years of experience or master’s degree with 10+ years of experience, preferably in Legal with projects/programs experience.
Ability to handle high volume workflow while seamlessly performing a spectrum of roles including strategic partner on matters and complex problem solver leading to process and functional improvements.
The ideal candidate will have a mix of technical and interpersonal skills, including strong:
Organization
Communication
Case management
Team management
Process optimization using methodologies like Lean
Reporting and analytics
Familiarity with legal technology
Skilled at leading, directing, monitoring and/or managing the attorney/team’s efforts
Excellent at relationship building; collaborates well with others
Ability to identify shifting priorities and adapt while maintaining progress of regularly scheduled work
How Your Work Impacts the Organization
The LPM is a new role that is expected to improve efficiency and coordination across team members as well as maximize the attorneys’ time on matters. Costs will decrease, communication will increase, and repeatable best practices will be built out. All of this will help lead to successful outcomes on matters.
The base salary range for this position is $100,000-$169,000 per year.
Placement in the range will vary based on job responsibilities and scope, geographic location, candidate’s relevant experience, and other factors.
Base salary is only part of the total compensation package. Depending on the position and eligibility requirements, the offer package may also include bonus or other variable compensation.
We offer a wide range of benefits to meet your evolving needs and help you live your best life at work and at home. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage and emotional well-being support, market-leading retirement, generous paid time off and parental leave, charitable giving employee match program, and educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career. Note, the application window closes when the position is filled or unposted.
Please be advised that Fidelity’s business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.
Fidelity’s hybrid working model blends the best of both onsite and offsite work experiences. Working onsite is important for our business strategy and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite offers associates. Most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office.
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