Strategic Projects Manager

About the role

Freshfields is one of the world's most prestigious law firms, advising the biggest corporations, financial institutions, and governments on their most consequential matters. Behind that client-facing excellence sits a Management Office (MO) that drives the firm's own strategic agenda - and we are looking for an exceptional Strategic Projects Manager to sit right at the heart of it. This is a rare opportunity to work directly with Freshfields' most senior leadership - our Senior Partners - on the firmwide initiatives that shape how the firm performs, governs itself, and evolves. If you thrive in high-stakes, fast-moving environments and find yourself energised by the challenge of switching from one complex initiative to the next with speed and precision, this role was built for you.

Responsibilities

• More specifically, you will:
• Drive strategic insight - draw on data, market intelligence, and stakeholder inputs to synthesise analysis that connects to the firm's broader priorities and translates into clear, actionable recommendations for senior decision-makers.
• Produce outstanding executive communications - prepare decision-ready briefing documents, management reports, governance papers, and presentations that are precisely tailored for senior audiences.
• Lead project management across multiple initiatives - proactively track progress, risks, and dependencies across a portfolio of workstreams; maintain momentum and coherence; identify issues early and drive practical solutions.
• Raise the bar on Management Office effectiveness - own MO knowledge management, governance standards, and ways of working; spot opportunities for improvement and implement them.
• Coordinate and connect - act as a trusted partner to MO leadership, helping to sequence stakeholder meetings, manage competing demands, and ensure the right inputs arrive at the right time.
• Support financial oversight - assist with cost analysis and budget tracking across specific projects and initiatives.

Requirements

• We expect you will bring a background in management consulting or a senior executive/Chief of Staff office - somewhere that has given you genuine experience of holding multiple complex projects simultaneously, navigating competing priorities, and delivering to exacting standards at pace.
• Beyond that, you will be able to demonstrate:
• The ability to flex rapidly between strategic problem-solving and granular execution - laser-focused on one initiative one minute, pivoting to another the next.
• A track record of producing high-quality materials for - and engaging confidently with - very senior stakeholders.
• Strong analytical and numeracy skills, including experience interpreting large data sets and developing business cases.
• Experience of project tracking, reporting, and documentation management, ideally within a large, complex, multijurisdictional organisation.
• The ability to influence without authority and drive outcomes across teams you do not directly manage.
• Sound judgement, discretion, and the confidence to push back constructively when it matters.
• A command of Microsoft Office applications - Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and SharePoint.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills; the ability to produce engaging, polished content for a senior audience.
• You work brilliantly as part of a close-knit team but are equally comfortable operating with a high degree of autonomy once priorities are set.
• Inclusion
• Freshfields is a Ban the Box employer. We ask applicants to disclose criminal convictions o

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