About the Role:
As a Director, you will manage high-impact non-technical projects and ensure alignment with organizational goals. Your expertise will drive process improvements and enhance the efficiency and effectiveness of project delivery across the organization.
Responsibilities:
• Business Acumen: Partner with senior leadership to develop and implement strategic initiatives that drive organizational growth and efficiency.
• Trusted Advisor: Provide strategic insight, recommendations, subject-matter expertise, and hands-on support in legal technology, M&A, partnerships, thought leadership, and similar high-level / high-impact initiatives.
• Ownership: Act as an extension of senior leadership and own core strategic and operational workstreams of legal software, partnerships, and incubation of emerging business opportunities.
• Manage and deliver high-impact projects effectively.
• Ensure projects align with organizational objectives.
• Oversee significant project budgets and financial health.
• Identify and mitigate high-level project risks.
• Lead strategic communication with key stakeholders.
• Drive process improvements across project management efforts.
• Ensure rigorous compliance with standards and protocols.
• Provide strategic insights and recommendations to leadership.
• Develop and deliver comprehensive project reports and documentation.
• Promote a culture of excellence and accountability.
Skills:
• High-Impact Project Management: Deliver on organizational objectives.
• Strategic Alignment: Ensure projects meet company goals.
• Advanced Financial Oversight: Manage substantial project budgets.
• High-Level Risk Management: Identify and mitigate risks.
• Executive Communication: Lead strategic stakeholder engagement.
• Process Enhancement: Drive and implement improvements.
• Standards Compliance: Ensure rigorous adherence.
• Strategic Insight: Provide valuable recommendations.
Qualifications:
• Bachelor’s degree & MBA, legal degree desired.
• Experience, network and positive references in legal tech and information services industry
• Experience (12+ years) in program management, innovation, change management, transformation, and/or strategy/consulting with a proven track record of successfully managing large-scale complex programs and strategic initiatives
• Recognized as a thought leader (internally and potentially externally) and requires expertise in leading-edge theories or techniques within own field
• Influences business or industry issues
• Proactively identifies and solves problems that impact the direction of the business
• Participate in the development of the business strategy
• Leads highly visible programs or initiatives across the organization
• Impacts business direction through the development of innovative services or products
• Negotiates with senior level and external stakeholders to influence decisions
• Progression to this level is typically based on business requirements
Compensation:
Target salary range CA, CT, CO, DC, HI, IL, MD, MN, NY, RI, WA: $189,950 - $268,900
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What We Do
Wolters Kluwer (www.wolterskluwer.com) is a global leader in information services and solutions for professionals in the health, tax and accounting, risk and compliance, finance and legal sectors. We help our customers make critical decisions every day by providing expert solutions that combine deep domain knowledge with specialized technology and services.
Founded in 1836 and headquartered in Alphen aan den Rijn, the Netherlands, the company serves customers in over 180 countries, maintains operations in over 40 countries and employs 18,600 people worldwide.
Wolters Kluwer reported 2019 annual revenues of €4.6 billion. Listed on Euronext Amsterdam, Wolters Kluwer shares (WKL) are included in the AEX and Euronext 100 indices. Wolters Kluwer has a sponsored Level 1 American Depositary Receipt program. The ADRs are traded on the over-the-counter market in the U.S. (WTKWY).
