PMO Manager, Data & AI

Job Description

Key areas of responsibility:

• Define an overarching approach to projects and programmes tracking in a Data & AI domain
• Develop portfolio approach integrate, assure and oversight all Data & AI programmes
• Develop tracking and monitoring of Data & AI Projects
• Develop integrated planning using planning software
• Establish Intelligent PMO processes working with CPMO covering issues, risks, budgets, change control, dependencies, benefits, resource management
• Establish technology led tracking and monitoring of Data & AI Projects including developing early warning signals 
• Develop best in class Executive reporting of Data & AI initiatives

Skills, experience and characteristics:

• Programme Management Office in the Data & AI discipline
• Portfolio Oversight and Assurance of Data & AI projects
• Reporting and Tracking of Data & AI Programmes
• Data & AI Programmes of work utilising Agile methodology
• Strong understanding of change management principles and methodologies
• Proficiency in project management tools
• Proficiency in PMO Tools, Processes
• Proficiency in planning software

The Department

Innovation has long been a key part of DLA Piper's strategy and our success.  In recent years much of that innovation has been around data science and the AI evolution. With the appointment of the firm's first international Chief Data and AI officer (CDAIO), we can accelerate our Data and AI evolution to not only respond to our clients and the legal market but to shape the future of our industry and theirs.

Our international business has transformed with unprecedented pace and complexity in recent years, now the success and penetration of the new CDAIO function will depend on the appointment of exceptional talent that can help sculpt the Data and AI landscape of the firm.

Our aim is to enhance the foundations of the firm with the strategic use of Data & AI to deliver differentiated client outcomes and superior business execution. We will become the leading law firm in using data to create compliant and ethical value from AI.

There is a lot to do and we already undertaking several exciting Data & AI projects.  Our strategic approach is through three stages, building experience whilst delivering benefits:

Developing the foundations of our Data and AI function; getting value from the vastness of our current data; building a solid platform from which we can enhance our capabilities.
Developing Data, AI, Business Intelligence and Automaton products which can be embedded in the way we do business and work with our clients. 
Utilising Data and AI will become second nature across the firm and Data will truly be an asset and a competitive differentiator. There will be a data culture, with embedded AI literacy and utilisation across the firm.

We have an exciting road ahead of us and are committed to the leading the change in our industry for the better. The convergence of data and AI expertise within our sector holds the promise of not only enhancing the firm's stature but also redefining our client's industries. 

We have the vison, but what we need now is people who are eager to contribute to this evolution, individuals who are dedicated to making a meaningful impact and eager to shape the future intersection of data, AI, and law.