Senior Associate Project Manager
Senior Associate Project Manager Location: Remote Duration: 12-Month Contract Schedule: Monday-Friday | 8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Pay Rate: $50/hr Position Overview Our client is seeking a Senior Associate Project Manager to support a strategic Legal organization initiative focused on expanding its House Counsel footprint across the United States. With plans to open approximately eight new offices, this role will serve as the central point of coordination across Legal, Real Estate, HR/Recruiting, Legal Operations, Facilities, and field leadership teams. This is not a Real Estate acquisition or construction management role. Real Estate activities such as property acquisition, lease negotiations, and buildout oversight are managed by dedicated teams. The selected candidate will be responsible for driving overall project execution, stakeholder alignment, business readiness, communications, risk management, and office launch coordination across multiple workstreams. The ideal candidate is a highly organized business project manager with strong stakeholder management skills, experience leading cross-functional initiatives, and a background supporting office openings, operational readiness, workplace transitions, facilities coordination, or organizational change management.
Key Responsibilities
Lead planning, coordination, and execution activities for new House Counsel office launches. Coordinate project activities across Legal, Real Estate, Facilities, HR, Recruiting, Legal Operations, and field leadership teams. Develop and maintain project schedules, milestones, action plans, risk logs, and project documentation. Facilitate project meetings and provide regular updates to leadership and stakeholders. Track project progress and dependencies while proactively identifying and mitigating risks. Drive stakeholder alignment and ensure accountability across teams that do not directly report to the project manager. Serve as the primary point of communication for project status, issues, decisions, and milestones. Support organizational change management activities, communications, and readiness planning associated with office launches. Utilize Planview AgilePlace and other project management tools to manage priorities and deliverables. Coordinate operational readiness activities to ensure successful office openings and transitions.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor's degree and a minimum of six (6) years of experience leading projects and project delivery OR Minimum of nine (9) years of related project management experience. Proven experience leading complex cross-functional projects in a dynamic environment. Strong stakeholder management, communication, and influencing skills. Experience managing multiple priorities, deadlines, and workstreams simultaneously. Demonstrated ability to identify project risks and implement mitigation strategies. Experience working with executive and senior leadership stakeholders. Advanced proficiency with Microsoft Office and Microsoft Teams. Highly Preferred Qualifications PMP Certification (highly desired). Organizational Change Management (OCM) experience. Experience implementing ADKAR, Prosci, or other formal change management methodologies. Experience supporting office openings, office expansions, relocations, workplace transitions, or operational readiness initiatives. Experience coordinating Facilities, Real Estate, HR, Recruiting, Operations, and business stakeholders on complex projects. Experience launching new business locations, offices, departments, or operational programs.