White & Case

Project Manager, Practice Technology

Are you ready to make your mark as part of the Practice Technology Team in our London office?

The Practice Technology Project Manager will play a crucial role in advancing the Firm’s technology and innovation strategy, particularly in the areas of Natural Language Processing (NLP), Generative AI, Large Language Models (LLMs), and blockchain technologies. This specialised role requires a strong technical acumen and a thorough understanding of W&C practices.

The Project Manager will be responsible for coordinating and tracking projects, focusing on various use cases pursued by the Practice Technology group. This includes managing the intake process for solution use cases, capturing requirements, criteria, data flow, and testing protocols. General project management skills are essential, as is the ability to multi-task across several initiatives. The role involves coordinating with case teams to ensure effective use case processes and outcomes, documenting recommended changes for successful repeatability, and preparing necessary documentation.

The Project Manager will also liaise with service and consultancy partners, assisting in prioritising projects from initiation through to outcome and assessment stages. Regular updates to the Practice Technology Programmes team will be required, along with performing tasks as requested by the team.

Key Responsibilities

• Collaborating with W&C practice groups to understand legal workflows and identify opportunities for technology to enhance day-to-day operations.
• Coordinating with the internal Practice Technology team and vendors to support and oversee the development of use cases.
• Preparing recommendations, budgets, and project plans for use case development.
• Communicating progress on use cases with practice groups.
• Reporting project status to case teams, senior team members, and management.
• Tracking, analysing, and triaging data received from practice groups and vendors.
• Performing other duties necessary and essential to support the firm's strategic technology goals.
• Ability to travel domestically and internationally to support projects.

Qualifications and Skills

• Bachelor’s Degree or equivalent experience required; a legal or technical degree is preferred, with 5+ years of Legal Technology experience or an advanced degree (e.g., law degree)
• Familiarity with cloud solutions, GenAI, coding, and prompting is a strong plus
• Strong academic record with intellectual curiosity, creative thinking, and commercial and business awareness, with the ability to see the big picture
• Excellent interpersonal, leadership, and presentation skills, with strong written and verbal communication skills for effective interaction with clients, colleagues, and vendors
• Highly developed organisational skills, attention to detail, and strong time management skills; able to handle multiple projects and priorities simultaneously while maintaining professionalism and client service orientation
• Flexibility to switch between hybrid and full in-office schedules as required by the firm, and to service multiple regions to support ongoing project needs, including domestic and international travel
• Driven by professional growth with a strong professional presence, client service focus, and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment
• Team player with strong judgement, proactive, resourceful, and takes initiative
• Experience working in a professional services environment with good systems and database skills, including proficiency in Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and CRM applications
• Collaborating with W&C practice groups to understand legal workflows and identify opportunities for technology to enhance operations; coordinating with the internal Practice Technology team and vendors to support and oversee the development of use cases
• Preparing recommendations, budgets, and project plans for use case development; communicating progress on use cases with practice groups and reporting project status to case teams, senior team members, and management
• Tracking, analysing, and triaging data received from practice groups and vendors; performing other duties necessary and essential to support the firm's strategic technology goals

What We Offer

At White & Case, you can make a real difference, work on cutting-edge deals that make the headlines and help shape the world we live in. We live by our values—to be pioneering, united and human—and we believe that you’ll experience them from your first day. We will give you the support and training that will help you achieve your potential as a global lawyer.

We believe that consistent high performance merits reward and support. Our compensation package reflects your calibre as a Practice Technology Project Management professional, and our benefits are designed to support your changing needs and priorities across different life stages.

We offer high-quality, internationally oriented work on the most challenging matters and an opportunity to work as part of a truly global organisation.

About White & Case

We are a global law firm with longstanding offices in the markets that matter today. Our on-the-ground experience, our cross-border integration, and our depth of local, US and English-qualified lawyers help our clients work with confidence in any one market or across many.

Location and Reporting

This role is based in our London office and reports to the Program Manager, Practice Technology.

Our standard office hours are 09:30-18:00, with a current requirement for 3 days in the office per week.

Firm Benefits

We offer a flexible range of benefits, services and programmes designed to help support your lifestyle requirements. Some of the benefits currently available include:

• Private medical insurance
• Pension plan with matched employer contribution up to 7.5%
• Yearly wellbeing fund
• Income protection
• Holiday purchase
• Life insurance
• Critical Illness insurance
• Private GP services
• Travel insurance
• Dental coverage
• Cycle to work
• Holiday purchase (available during annual enrolment)

Equal Opportunities

White & Case is committed to creating a fair workplace. It is our Firm’s policy to recruit, employ, train, compensate, and promote without regard to race, religion, creed, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law.

If you require assistance and/or adjustment to participate in our application and/or interview process, please email us. We will be happy to work with you.

Note to recruitment agencies: Our internal Recruitment team are responsible for all end-to-end lateral recruitment processes. All agencies must sign White & Case terms of business, which are office specific. Candidates submitted by an agency without terms of business agreed with the appropriate office, and/or outside of our online application tracking system, will not be considered a formal introduction.

Any applications and CVs sent directly to White & Case Partners and employees will not be accepted as formal introductions. If you have any questions, please contact the London Recruitment team.

When engaging with agencies, we are supported by our preferred suppliers.

Primary Location

: United Kingdom-London

Expected Workplace: Hybrid

Job Posting

: Jun 12, 2025, 1:01:26 PM