About Us:
Cassels Brock & Blackwell LLP is a leading national law firm focused on serving the transaction, advocacy and advisory needs of Canada’s most dynamic business sectors. We have one of the largest business law practices in the country, serving multinational, national and mid-market clients from our offices in Toronto, Vancouver and Calgary.
Our Culture:
At Cassels, our mission is to attract, retain and promote individuals of exceptional ability and talent from as broad a range of backgrounds as possible. We offer meaningful career opportunities, invest in professional growth, and foster an inclusive environment. Our Firm’s success is built on the unique skills, perspectives, experiences and values of each individual. We encourage a corporate culture that respects and celebrates the dignity, value and diversity of all.
Role Overview:
Our Toronto office is currently recruiting for a Project Manager in our Project Management Office Department, reporting to Manager, Project Management Office. The Project Manager contributes towards establishing the project management discipline in the firm and will drive the delivery of strategic initiatives. The Cassels Portfolio encompasses a variety of business transformation projects offering exposure to the business of legal operations, across the different offices and functions of the Firm.
The successful candidate will be responsible for:
- Leading complex, cross-functional projects, in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment, ensuring they are completed on time, within scope, and within budget.
- Building and maintaining relationships with key stakeholders including executives, department heads, and external vendors, to ensure effective communication and alignment on project goals.
- Proactively identifying and managing project risks, guiding the team through all phases of the project life cycle, from initiation to delivery, leveraging Cassels’ standards, processes, and tools.
- Collaborating with key stakeholders to support and facilitate stakeholder management and organizational change management planning activities.
- Coordinating and leading cross-functional project teams, ensuring alignment and proper allocation of resources.
- Leveraging multi-disciplinary skillsets to drive synergy and achieve consistent, repeatable, and successful project delivery.
- Participating in PMO activities to effectively manage resources and organizational change across the portfolio.
- Managing project budgets, ensuring cost control and providing regular financial updates to leadership.
- Ensuring project compliance with company policies, industry regulations, and quality standards.
- Providing leadership, mentorship, and guidance to junior project managers, project team members and resources managing function-specific projects.
- Preparing and delivering regular project status reports and presentations to executives and other stakeholders.
- Driving continuous improvement initiatives by evaluating project performance and recommending process improvements.
- Partnering with business users to gather or confirm requirements, formulate business specifications, and translate into business functionality.
- Supporting business users in business analysis and to document processes and workflows, as required.
- Assisting business users in designing and executing test plans to ensure that business requirements and functional specifications are properly implemented and meet objectives.
- Coordinating and monitoring vendor activities and costs per the Statement of Work as required.
- Initiating and managing Change Requests with vendors as required.
- Contributing to the Cassels PMO Knowledge repository by providing project deliverables, approaches, templates, lessons learned, and recommendations for continuous improvement.
The successful candidate must have the following education, experience and/or demonstrated skills:
- Post-secondary education in project management, information technology, business administration, a related discipline, or equivalent work experience. Post-graduate education is considered an asset.
- Minimum of 3 - 5 years of proven project management experience providing implementation oversight to mid-scale IT infrastructure or business initiatives involving multiple vendors and stakeholders.
- Knowledge and experience with project management methodologies and best practices. PMP (Project Management Professional) certification is considered an asset.
- Exceptional leadership, organizational, and problem-solving skills.
- Ability to align internal and external stakeholders with organizational values and priorities, and lead stakeholder teams through change.
- Excellent interpersonal, relationship management, team leadership and verbal and written communication skills, with the ability to communicate effectively at all levels of the organization.
- Strong financial acumen and experience managing project budgets and resources.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline driven environment and manage multiple priorities simultaneously.
- Strong analytical skills and the ability to interpret complex information and data to deliver solutions that meet business needs.
- Certification and/or experience in Organizational Change Management (OCM) is an asset.
- Certification and/or experience in Business Process Improvement (BPI) is an asset.
- Law firm or Professional Services/Consulting experience is an asset but not required.
Employment Type: Permanent, Full-Time
What We Offer:
- Competitive compensation + Extended Health & Dental Care.
- RRSP Matching Program.
- Education/tuition allowance.
- Fitness Reimbursement Program.
- Diversity and Inclusion Centric Culture.
- A Culture of Wellness: Cassels recognizes the importance of wellness and provides a comprehensive program that addresses the mental and physical well-being of our employees by providing resources, services, training and support on an ongoing basis.
- A fully stocked kitchen with healthy snacks, plus coffee, tea, and drinks throughout the year.
- A business casual dress code (client/day specific).
- Employee referral bonus.
- A hybrid work environment.
Cassels is an equal opportunity employer with a strong commitment to diversity, inclusion, equity and an accessible environment. It is our priority to remove barriers to provide equal access to employment. We strongly encourage applications from Indigenous peoples, racialized people, people with disabilities, people from gender and sexually diverse communities and/or people with intersectional identities. All qualified candidates are encouraged to apply, and we will provide appropriate accommodation for candidates with disabilities or accessibility needs throughout the recruitment process, upon request. Please contact our recruiter for any questions, accommodations or specific requests.
We wish to thank all applicants for their interest, however, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted. We regret that we are unable to respond to individual inquiries about application status, unless required for accommodation purposes.
