Legal Operations Project Manager (Temporary until January 2025)

As a leading Swiss construction and real estate service provider, Implenia develops, realizes, and manages living spaces, work environments, and infrastructure for future generations in Switzerland and Germany. In addition, Implenia offers tunnel construction and related infrastructure projects in other markets. The company combines expertise from highly qualified consulting, development, planning, and execution units under one roof to form an integrated, leading multinational construction and real estate service provider and employs around 9,000 staff throughout Europe. More information at implenia.com.
We are looking for an experienced, communicative, and motivated individual to temporarily replace maternity leave in our modern, dynamic legal department as a Legal Operations Project Manager (m/f/d). Your place of work will be our headquarters in the Ambassador House in Opfikon, with the possibility of also working partly from home.

Your Responsibilities

• Supporting the Legal Operations team with strategic leadership, innovation, data-base management, digitalization as well as with the selection and implementation of technology-based tools for the continued optimization of the Legal Department
• Engaging with stakeholders and assisting with both the optimization and simplification measures across the Global Legal Function, processes and procedures in order to enable an innovative and effective Legal team
• Managing training responsibilities and administration of new technology-based solutions to ensure that the implementation of such programs are in line with internal standards and requirements.
• Effectively keeping track of all team projects and their related activities in order to ensure the achievement of planned stage-gates and efficient utilization of available resources.
• Reviewing and evaluating customer and employee satisfaction surveys, industry benchmarks and other sources to inform future initiatives
• Designing, developing and delivering management reporting to senior management and board together with the Legal department team  
• You will be reporting to the Head of Legal Operations & Strategy

Your Background

• Degree in law, business, IT or similar
• Experience in legal operations and project management, either in a legal department or in an international law firm
• High interest in IT, financial and legal work processes together with respective modern working methods
• Proven track record in cross-functional teamwork with significant business impact 
• Fluent in German and English
• Sensitivity to different stakeholders, pleasure working in a group environment 
• Fast learner, with a positive attitude, hands-on mentality paired with a good sense of humour 
• Well-organised and structured way of working with the ability to prioritise and get things done
• Ability to deliver in a fast-moving environment and think ahead
• A process-oriented and digital mindset with a good understanding of the practical application to the business

What we offer

• An innovative, sustainable, and international working environment.
• Use of modern technologies and high-tech infrastructure as a recognized cloud leader in Switzerland.
• Support for employee development through the promotion of further education by the Implenia Academy.
• Flexible working hours, including the possibility to work from home.
• Implenia benefits, which include (but are not limited to)::
  • An excellent company-owned pension fund with three contribution levels: Implenia Vorsorge
  • At least 34 vacation days (based on a 100% employment rate, including 9 bridge days).
  • Travel insurance for the whole family (everyone in your household is covered).

Would you like to actively support our Legal Services? Do you value uncomplicated collaboration in small teams with close contacts to the business? In addition to challenging and varied tasks, attractive benefits await you, offered by Implenia as an innovative and sustainable company. We look forward to getting to know you!

At Implenia, we value and live diversity. Therefore, our recruitment process is aimed at promoting diversity, equality, and inclusion.

Do you have questions?

Your Talent Acquisition Partner Harald Köppe harald.koeppe@implenia.com is available to answer your questions.