Legal Project Management Analyst

Summary

Hunton Andrews Kurth LLP is seeking a Legal Project Management Analyst to support its Administrative Law Group and Labor & Employment Team. The role manages matters end to end, including scoping, fee estimates, budgeting, monitoring, reporting, issue resolution, and special projects to improve financial transparency, predictability, and profitability.

Responsibilities

• Assist with development of fee estimates and matter budgets by analyzing historical data
• Advise on appropriate scoping language
• Ensure staffing, fee arrangements, and budgets align with Firm guidelines, workflows, approvals, client expectations, and Outside Counsel Guidelines (OCGs)
• Follow new matters through the intake process to ensure accurate setup and data capture
• Propose optimal monitoring solutions based on the specifics of the use case
• Implement recommended reporting to monitor staffing, fee arrangements, and budgets
• Follow established protocols for data maintenance and review
• Identify scope creep, budget overruns, and staffing issues that may impact client expectations and firm profitability
• Collaborate with attorneys to highlight these issues and offer advice to adjust staffing and budgets to avoid write-offs
• Assist with related client communications as needed
• Identify opportunities for LPM support beyond budget and proposal processes by reviewing relevant firm data
• Perform special projects as assigned

Skills

• College degree required
• Minimum of 3 years of job-related experience required
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office required
• Compliance with Firm in-office policy required
• Travel may be required
• Availability and willingness to work long hours as needed to meet critical deadlines
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite applications
• Strong commitment to client service excellence and teamwork
• Must possess the highest standards of ethical conduct and professionalism
• Must act as catalyst for change, drive and own results
• Creative and innovative
• Excellent communication skills (oral, written and listening) and ability to collaborate effectively with diverse group of professionals
• Sound judgment and flexibility
• Ability to work well under pressure, patience, diplomacy, high stress tolerance, excellent interpersonal communication skills, ability to prioritize workload and adapt to changing conditions
• Visual acuity needed to process and read extensive written communications
• Ability to receive and convey detailed information through oral communication
• Essential competency processes include language ability, reasoning and memory
• To perform this job successfully, the incumbent must possess the abilities or aptitudes to proficiently perform each of the responsibilities and accountabilities described above, with or without reasonable accommodation
• Advanced degree preferred
• Preferably in a law firm, legal department or government agency
• Experience with litigation and regulatory practices and understanding of the regulatory review process strongly preferred

Qualifications

Must Haves

• College degree required
• Minimum of 3 years of job-related experience required
• Knowledge of Microsoft Office required
• Compliance with Firm in-office policy required
• Travel may be required
• Availability and willingness to work long hours as needed to meet critical deadlines
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite applications
• Strong commitment to client service excellence and teamwork
• Must possess the highest standards of ethical conduct and professionalism
• Must act as catalyst for change, drive and own results
• Creative and innovative
• Excellent communication skills (oral, written and listening) and ability to collaborate effectively with diverse group of professionals
• Sound judgment and flexibility
• Ability to work well under pressure, patience, diplomacy, high stress tolerance, excellent interpersonal communication skills, ability to prioritize workload and adapt to changing conditions
• Visual acuity needed to process and read extensive written communications
• Ability to receive and convey detailed information through oral communication
• Essential competency processes include language ability, reasoning and memory
• To perform this job successfully, the incumbent must possess the abilities or aptitudes to proficiently perform each of the responsibilities and accountabilities described above, with or without reasonable accommodation

Nice to Haves

• advanced degree preferred
• preferably in a law firm, legal department or government agency
• Experience with litigation and regulatory practices and understanding of the regulatory review process strongly preferred

Benefits

• Bonuses