IT Project Manager (12 month FTC)
Application Deadline: 4 October 2025
Department: Information Technology
Employment Type: Fixed Term - Full Time
Location: 10 Earlsfort Terrace, Dublin 2, D02 T380
Reporting To: Head of IT Operations, Infrastructure and Security
Description
Arthur Cox is one of Ireland’s leading law firms and is the 2025 IFLR Europe Awards, Irish Law firm of the year. An international firm, with offices in Dublin, Belfast, London, New York and San Francisco, as it enters its second century, our partnership continues to grow. Constant innovation allows us to service our clients in the best possible way.Arthur Cox is at the forefront of technology adoption that drive value within the firm, its client's business, and the wider legal industry. IT operations play a central role, connecting digital capabilities to the firm’s objectives and creating a solid foundation for continued success. Arthur Cox is on an IT transformation journey driven by a clear imperative: evolve its IT infrastructure and operations to ensure they are strategically aligned with the firm’s long-term growth and innovation goals, with a laser focus on client service delivery and operational efficiency.
About the role Arthur Cox is looking to hire an experienced IT Project Manager to join its IT operations team who will be responsible for managing and delivering projects related to infrastructure, security, and operations transformation within the IT function. The role covers the full project lifecycle, from initiation to completion, ensuring projects are delivered on time, within budget, and to quality standards. A key focus of the role is ensuring that [IT] business transformation is effectively integrated into operational functions and adopted by stakeholders. The successful candidate will have experience of change management principles and stakeholder engagement strategies, excellent leadership and communication skills, with the ability to motivate teams and manage stakeholder expectations. Strong in both Waterfall and Agile methodologies, you will possess strong analytical skills, and be capable of adjusting project focus and resource allocation due to changing circumstances, ensuring the project remains relevant and achieves its core objectives. You are a team player, embedded within the IT operations team who will need to build strong relationships with key stakeholders in the firm, cross functional teams and vendors, demonstrate strong business/technical acumen and unrelenting focus on quality.
What we offer
- Opportunity to apply your project management expertise to the delivery of critical projects.
- Direct Impact: Your contributions directly shape our customer facing IT services and will help drive projects from conception to completion.
- Flexibility: You will gain experience in multiple areas and the growing field of professional services and legal technology.
Key Responsibilities
- Leading the planning and implementation of ICT projects, ensuring alignment with business objectives.
- Defining project scope, goals, and deliverables, in collaboration with stakeholders and cross-functional teams.
- Developing detailed project artefacts including project charters and plans, timelines, resource allocation, budget management, risk log, status reports and user documentation.
- Lead project activities within the firm and resources to ensure timely delivery of project milestones, monitor project progress and performance, identify risks and implement mitigation strategies.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams, stakeholders, and vendors, ensuring that all parties are aligned and that communication flows seamlessly throughout the project lifecycle.
- Identify and manage project risks and issues, ensuring timely resolution and escalation as needed.
- Conduct regular project status meetings and providing updates to key stakeholders.
- Conduct post-project evaluations to capture lessons learned, analyse project outcomes and provide recommendations for future projects and process improvements.
- Support change management initiatives to facilitate the successful adoption of new technologies.
- Driving continuous improvement initiatives to enhance project delivery processes.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology or a related field with at least 5 years’ experience in project management with a track record of running digital transformation programmes.
- Strong understanding of IT infrastructure technologies, including cloud technologies/services, networking, servers and storage.
- Strong knowledge of security principles and risk management
- PMP, PRINCE2, or Agile certification(s) certified.
- Knowledge of ITIL service management frameworks; ITIL certification an advantage.
- Proficiency in project management tools (e.g. MS Project).
- Relevant industry certifications – i.e. Microsoft Cloud – also beneficial
- Outstanding communication and interpersonal skills written and verbal in English (individual or group) to enable effective collaboration and stakeholder engagement.
- Ability to complete assignments with minimal direction.
- Adept in working independently and as part of a team.
- Ability to lead and motivate teams, fostering a collaborative and results-oriented environment.
- Good organisational and time management skills.
- Exceptional analytical and problem-solving skills with a proven ability to tackle complex issues.
- Detail-oriented, strong work ethic, willingness to learn, and able to handle multiple priorities and deadlines simultaneously.
- Flexible and self-starting with an exceptional aptitude for dealing with ambiguity, unexpected emergencies, frequent interruptions, and competing deadlines.
- Demonstrate intellectual curiosity: develops knowledge base and skill set beyond that called for by immediate tasks; pushes the ‘knowledge envelope’; evaluates results of own work and that of others critically vs. purely focusing on production; continuously questions processes and / or methods and seeks opportunities for improvement; thoughtfully challenges conventions.
Benefits
- Competitive salary
- 25 days annual leave
- Leading hybrid working policy
- Immediate pension scheme
- Full gym and wellness programme
- Wide-ranging opportunities for involvement in internal committees