Job Description:

Job Description: Fidelity Investments is looking to hire a Discovery and Support Services Legal Project Manager (LPM) to play a pivotal role in enhancing our client service delivery, driving operational efficiency, and supporting our legal teams across matters to deliver excellence. This position will be instrumental in managing high-value legal matters, coordinating resources, managing timelines, and ensuring that matters are completed on time and within scope.

This is a new role that requires someone willing to create, refine, execute, and improve processes. The LPM needs to be capable of thinking strategically and willing to execute precisely on smaller tasks.

The Purpose of Your Role

• Collaborate with internal and external legal teams and third-party vendors to clarify objectives, establish budgets, and identify deliverables.

• Facilitate successful meetings to ensure agenda topics are covered; summarizes decisions, open issues, and action items accurately.

• Continuously monitor matter progress, revising plans as necessary, and ensuring effective communication across teams throughout.

• Develop and maintain alegal calendarandset timelinesfor matters.

• Streamline workflowsto reduce delays and ensure matters progress on schedule.

• Support change management projects by helping to analyze workflows, improve processes and problem solve.

• Assist with implementing standardized processes and systems for better productivity.

• Own the litigation library including performing post-closure matter review to identify opportunities for improvement as well as update the library with documents suitable for use in future matters.

• Assist in evaluating technology needs, implementation of new or updated systems, and training staff to adapt to new workflows.

The Expertise and Skills You Bring

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent with 12+ years of experience or master's degree with 10+ years of experience, preferably in Legal with projects/programs experience.

• Ability to handle high volume workflow while seamlessly performing a spectrum of roles including strategic partner on matters and complex problem solver leading to process and functional improvements.

• The ideal candidate will have a mix of technical and interpersonal skills, including strong:

• Organization

• Communication

• Case management

• Team management

• Process optimization using methodologies like Lean

• Reporting and analytics

• Familiarity with legal technology

• Skilled at leading, directing, monitoring and/or managing the attorney/team's efforts

• Excellent at relationship building; collaborates well with others

• Ability to identify shifting priorities and adapt while maintaining progress of regularly scheduled work

How Your Work Impacts the Organization

The LPM is a new role that is expected to improve efficiency and coordination across team members as well as maximize the attorneys' time on matters. Costs will decrease, communication will increase, and repeatable best practices will be built out. All of this will help lead to successful outcomes on matters.

Placement in the range will vary based on job responsibilities and scope, geographic location, candidate's relevant experience, and other factors.

Base salary is only part of the total compensation package. Depending on the position and eligibility requirements, the offer package may also include bonus or other variable compensation.

We offer a wide range of benefits to meet your evolving needs and help you live your best life at work and at home. These benefits include comprehensive health care coverage and emotional well-being support, market-leading retirement, generous paid time off and parental leave, charitable giving employee match program, and educational assistance including student loan repayment, tuition reimbursement, and learning resources to develop your career. Note, the application window closes when the position is filled or unposted.

Please be advised that Fidelity's business is governed by the provisions of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the Investment Advisers Act of 1940, the Investment Company Act of 1940, ERISA, numerous state laws governing securities, investment and retirement-related financial activities and the rules and regulations of numerous self-regulatory organizations, including FINRA, among others. Those laws and regulations may restrict Fidelity from hiring and/or associating with individuals with certain Criminal Histories.

Fidelity's hybrid working model blends the best of both onsite and offsite work experiences. Working onsite is important for our business strategy and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite offers associates. Most hybrid roles require associates to work onsite every other week (all business days, M-F) in a Fidelity office.

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Company Overview

Fidelity Investments is a privately held company with a mission to strengthen the financial well-being of our clients. We help people invest and plan for their future. We assist companies and non-profit organizations in delivering benefits to their employees. And we provide institutions and independent advisors with investment and technology solutions to help invest their own clients' money.

Join Us

At Fidelity, you'll find endless opportunities to build a meaningful career that positively impacts peoples' lives, including yours. You can take advantage of flexible benefits that support you through every stage of your career, empowering you to thrive at work and at home. Honored with a Glassdoor Employees' Choice Award, we have been recognized by our employees as a top 10 Best Place to Work in 2024. And you don't need a finance background to succeed at Fidelity-we offer a range of opportunities for learning so you can build the career you've always imagined.

Fidelity's hybrid working model blends the best of both onsite and offsite work experiences. Having the majority of our associates work onsite is important for our business strategy and our culture. We also value the benefits that working offsite offers associates. Most roles listed as Hybrid will require associates to work onsite all business days of every other week in a Fidelity office. This does not apply to roles listed as Remote or Onsite.

At Fidelity, we value honesty, integrity, and the safety of our associates and customers within a heavily regulated industry. Certain roles may require candidates to go through a preliminary credit check during the screening process. Candidates who are presented with a Fidelity offer will need to go through a background investigation, detailed in this document, and may be asked to provide additional documentation as requested. This investigation includes but is not limited to a criminal, civil litigations and regulatory review, employment, education, and credit review (role dependent). These investigations will account for 7 years or more of history, depending on the role. Where permitted by federal or state law, Fidelity will also conduct a pre-employment drug screen, which will review for the following substances: Amphetamines, THC (marijuana), cocaine, opiates, phencyclidine.

We invite you to Find Your Fidelity at fidelitycareers.com.

Fidelity Investments is an equal opportunity employer. We believe that the most effective way to attract, develop and retain a diverse workforce is to build an enduring culture of inclusion and belonging.

Fidelity will reasonably accommodate applicants with disabilities who need adjustments to participate in the application or interview process. To initiate a request for an accommodation, contact the HR Accommodation Team by sending an email to accommodations@fmr.com.