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Professional Legal Project Manager Jobs in Michigan

Cochran Kroll & Associates

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Legal Secretary - Personal Injury Law

Livonia, MI · On-site

$40K - $60K/yr

Document Management: Draft, proofread, and format legal documents, including motions, letters of ... A compassionate, professional phone demeanor suitable for helping clients navigating difficult ...

Cochran Kroll & Associates

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Legal Secretary - Personal Injury Law

Livonia, MI · On-site

$40K - $60K/yr

Document Management: Draft, proofread, and format legal documents, including motions, letters of ... A compassionate, professional phone demeanor suitable for helping clients navigating difficult ...

Marvel Technologies Inc

Project Manager

Pontiac, MI · On-site

Project Manager .Our Client is seeking experienced (5+ years) Application Project Managers (PMs ... and Legal, including requirements development, vendor engagement, evaluation support, and ...

Panasonic

Project Manager

Grand Rapids, MI · On-site

... professionals. * Strong working knowledge of applicable construction/safety federal, state, and ... Voluntary Benefits - Life, accident, critical illness, disability, legal, identity theft, and pet ...

FastTek

Project Manager

Lansing, MI

Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Project Manager (CPM), or equivalent certification ... to legal limits. If AI will be used in a video interview, you'll be informed in advance and asked ...

Cygnus Professionals, Inc.

Project Manager

Lansing, MI · On-site

S), Cygnus Professionals Inc. is a next generation global information technology Solution and ... Ensure projects have adequate project management and oversight structures and processes that will ...

City of Lincoln

Project Manager - Automotive

Southfield, MI · On-site

$100K - $115K/yr

Phone 631-242-4010 Description Are you an experienced project management professional who thrives ... legal, ID theft, EAP, 401(k) with company match, tuition assistance, holidays and paid time off ...

Clinton Machine, Inc

Project Manager

Ovid, MI · On-site

We are looking for a Project Manager to lead the execution of million dollar "Engineer-to-Order ... Ability to read and interpret complex technical contracts and legal terms. What We're Looking For:

W3Global Inc.

Project Manager

Tecumseh, MI · On-site

$60K - $70K/yr

We are seeking an energetic, goal-driven professional who enjoys collaborating with a dynamic team ... and finance, legal, engineering, human resources, government and more. We're proud of the ...

VML

Senior Project Manager

Detroit, MI · On-site

Governance & Legal Routing: Direct creative assets through formal review workflows, securing timely ... Direct and maintain team project management systems (Monday.com), ensuring real-time tracking for ...

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What is the difference between Professional Legal Project Manager vs Legal Assistant?

AspectProfessional Legal Project ManagerLegal Assistant
CredentialsLegal or project management certifications, relevant experienceParalegal certification or legal training
Work EnvironmentLaw firms, corporate legal departments, legal consultingLaw offices, legal departments, courts
ResponsibilitiesManaging legal projects, coordinating teams, ensuring deadlinesLegal research, document preparation, administrative support

The Professional Legal Project Manager focuses on overseeing legal projects, coordinating teams, and ensuring timely delivery, often requiring project management certifications. In contrast, a Legal Assistant provides essential administrative and research support within legal settings. While both roles work closely within the legal industry, their responsibilities and required credentials differ significantly.

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Global Value Pricing and Project Manager

Saint Louis, MI • On-site

Dentons
1 - 5K employees
Learn more about Dentonsexternal

$80K - $160K/yr

Full-time

Re-posted 29 days ago

Job description

Dentons is designed to be different. We are driven to always be the firm of the future, to challenge the status quo, and to provide holistic business solutions to our clients in new and innovative ways. We are the lightbulb moments. The bold ideas. We are the world's largest global law firm, with 12,000+ people across 80+ countries. Driven by the diverse perspectives of our people, our clients, and our communities, we combine local knowledge with global insight. 

Purpose of the role:

The Global Legal Project and Value Pricing Manager plays a critical operational role on global client engagements spanning more than 50 countries. Working with senior legal, business and client leadership, the role manages day-to-day budgeting and coordination of services, ensuring consistent execution across teams, ALSPs and technology platforms. The Manager owns the full budget lifecycle-from annual planning and forecasting through real-time monitoring and reallocation-and acts as the primary financial partner to firm partners and client stakeholders, in collaboration with a global billing coordinator. The Manager also leads legal service delivery efficiency initiatives and the integration of AI and automation into financial workflows, turning manual processes into intelligent, scalable systems and serving as a trusted operational partner for the Firm's most strategically important client relationships.

Responsibilities:

  • Lead annual budget planning and monitoring for complex, valuebased fee arrangements, ensuring realtime visibility into financial performance.
  • Act as primary financial partner to Partners and client stakeholders on budget planning, spend optimization, and fee arrangements.
  • Develop, manage, and report on multijurisdictional matter budgets in coordination with the Global Billing Coordinator, ensuring compliance with client OCGs.
  • Manage the endtoend project lifecycle for large, crossborder client programs across 50+ countries, with clear governance and reporting.
  • Coordinate multidisciplinary teams (internal lawyers, local counsel, ALSPs, technology) across time zones and workstreams.
  • Proactively identify and mitigate project risks, scheduling conflicts, and resourcing gaps.
  • Support client relationship management through regular reporting, governance meetings, and preparation of materials for partner and executive forums.
  • Prepare communications and presentations to leadership with excellent strategic analysis and insights.
  • Identify, implement, and embed AIpowered and legal technology tools to improve efficiency, quality, and matter management.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of financial management/pricing and legal project management experience in a law firm, in-house legal department, or ALSP environment.
  • Deep expertise in legal matter budgeting, AFAs, outside counsel guideline compliance, and/or legal financial reporting.
  • Exceptional communication skills with the ability to prepare and present to senior client and firm leadership.
  • Excellent proficiency in Excel, SharePoint, use of CoPilot (or similar) and AI tools for project management and workflow.

Preferred

  • Demonstrated experience managing multi-jurisdictional legal budgets with meaningful budget responsibility
  • Experience in a dedicated client service or embedded legal ops roles.
  • Exposure to cross-border regulatory, M&A, or commercial matters.
  • Working knowledge of legal AI platforms such as Harvey, Legora, or comparable tools.

Key Competencies:

  • Financial Acumen
  • Project Leadership
  • AI Fluency
  • Stakeholder Management
  • Data & Analytics

Benefits

  • Remuneration and benefits package will reflect the successful candidates experience and country where hired. 

Please apply with an English resume

Salary range: US$80,000-US$160,000 gross annually, depending on experience and qualifications.

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