Location
Canary Wharf, London

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Negotiable

About the Role
The Senior Resource Manager will act as a trusted advisor to the Corporate and Real Estate Practice Area Management Team, including the Practice Area Leader (PAL), Practice Area Manager (PAM), Senior HR Business Partner, and relevant Partners. The role focuses on optimising work allocation and lawyer deployment to maximise profitability and support personal development. Key responsibilities include attending weekly Partner meetings to provide strategic advice on workflow planning and resourcing, ensuring fair and efficient allocation of work across teams, and adapting approaches to suit different working styles and specialisms. The role involves identifying appropriate workloads for associates and trainees, supporting career development through regular 1:1 meetings, and facilitating cross-practice and cross-jurisdictional resource deployment to address capacity challenges. Additional duties include incorporating TOIL, holidays, administration, and non-chargeable duties into planning, producing forecast and utilisation reports, promoting cost-effective resourcing options, and liaising with delivery centre leads. The Senior Resource Manager will also provide feedback on associate performance to HR, deliver presentations to trainee intakes, contribute to Diversity & Inclusion initiatives, collaborate on resource management projects including AI exploration, and ensure high levels of pastoral care for lawyers and trainees through relevant training.

Experience
- Proven ability to manage high volumes of urgent actions while maintaining accuracy and focus, ideally in a large, fast-paced commercial environment.
- Experience working with a broad range of stakeholders, balancing competing priorities to deliver effective outcomes.
- Background in professional career development, training, or similar roles within a law firm, with a solid understanding of lawyers' skills and attributes.
- Strong problem solving and conflict resolution skills.

About you
- Excellent communication skills with confidence to engage stakeholders at all levels.
- Strong negotiation and influencing skills, able to balance differing priorities and maintain momentum in complex multi-partner environments.
- Proactive, autonomous problem solver with sound judgement and ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, evolving environment.
- Comfortable having sensitive conversations with lawyers and senior management.
- Adaptable communication and influencing style to suit diverse working styles.
- Genuine care for people’s development and success within a high-performing commercial context.
- High attention to detail, excellent organisational skills, and ability to work under pressure and meet deadlines.
- Commercially minded with ability to drive positive change in a global organisation.
- Strong team player who shares and adopts best practices to ensure standardisation where appropriate.

Qualifications
- Excellent IT skills including thorough knowledge of Word, PowerPoint, Excel, and Outlook.
- Experience conducting online research.
- Understanding of financial fundamentals and law firm operations is highly beneficial.