Project Manager – PMO

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

Project Manager ensuring success of IT projects in a law firm. Leading project teams and managing resources to meet goals within budget and timeline.

Posted 6/17/2026full-timeNew York City • New York • 🇺🇸 United StatesMid-LevelSenior💰 $145,000 - $165,000 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

PMP

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Direct large-scale, complex projects that may involve multiple internal and external stakeholders
Define project scope, goals and deliverables that support business goals in collaboration with senior management and stakeholders
Define, create, estimate, and execute project plans for project, portfolio and product prioritization and implementation
Evaluate trade-offs between project size and complexity, cost, urgency, risk and stakeholder value
Partner with business sponsors to define success metrics and criteria
Build, lead and mentor multiple project teams throughout project lifecycles
Monitor and enforce on-site schedules, milestones and vendor accountability
Create risk mitigation strategies to anticipate, assess and resolve project risks as they are encountered
Ensure all projects adhere to project methodology compliance standards set by the Firm
Prepare project status reports and present project performance updates to relevant business stakeholders
Define and track project milestones while developing, maintaining and reporting on an overall integrated delivery plan
Ensure all projects meet success parameters and ROI targets stated in the business case
Establish project management standards and distribute among the IT Department
Highlight project challenges to the Associate Director, PMO
Manage projects, using aforementioned project management standards, as assigned by the Associate Director, PMO
Act as IT liaison providing support to the professional departments at the Firm

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent years of experience required
PMP, Prince2 or CAPM preferred
Minimum of 6 years’ experience managing IT projects in a law firm environment or financial services sector environment
Excellent project management and team leadership skills
In depth understanding of project management concepts
Strong working knowledge of MS Project and other program management tools
Understanding of software development lifecycles (i.e. Agile, SCRUM, Waterfall, Iterative)
Ability to manage cross-functional projects
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Excellent facilitation, collaboration, negotiation and presentation skills
Ability to anticipate problems, gather information, analyze and make recommendations
Strong knowledge of business objectives
Proficiency in MS Office and related tools, intermediate Excel pivot tables/formulas
Experience with SharePoint features and functionality
Strong attention to detail
PMO Experience desired
Ability to organize, prioritize, plan and multi-task work activities in a high pressure environment

Benefits

Comp & perks

Health insurance
401(k) plan
Paid time off
Flexible work arrangements
Professional development opportunities

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Hard Skills & Tools

project managementrisk mitigationproject planningproject scope definitionproject lifecycle managementproject methodology compliancecross-functional project managementsoftware development lifecycleAgileSCRUM

Soft Skills

team leadershipcommunicationfacilitationcollaborationnegotiationpresentationproblem-solvingattention to detailorganizational skillsmulti-tasking

Certifications

PMPPrince2CAPM