Resource Management Associate

The Legal Professional Services Resource Management Associate - Responsible for assignment of professional services resources to each engagement based on client needs and the skills, capabilities, experience, and coaching opportunities for each resource. Work with project managers to ensure all project resource schedules properly align with project plans and according to capacity expectations defined by the Resource Management Office (RMO). Partner with Project and Resource Management peers to analyze, enhance and support the most efficient means by which to achieve revenue forecasts associated with the successful delivery of all professional services engagements, as well as achieve organizational goals to maximize productivity and resource utilization.

About the Role:

In this opportunity as a Resource Management Associate, you will:

• Manage the resource schedule to adequately enable project activities and identify scheduling conflicts
• Monitor project progress with PMs to align scheduling activities and advise how to resolve scheduling issues; Provide recommendations to PMs and Resource Management peers regarding techniques to create bandwidth and increase scheduling efficiencies
• Under minimal direction, evaluate whether PS resources are maintained at acceptable billable and productive utilization levels; Prepare management recommendations and reports regarding usage, availability, productivity, and billability. Regularly evaluate and compare planned/scheduled hours against actual resource time required to successfully execute projects
• Expedite project initiation activities for new Service Requests (SR) and confirm details with clients to identify possible schedule impacts and dependencies
• Project Management Support: Enforce time approval deadlines to ensure accurate and complete time submission, matched with scheduled efforts, and resource utilization goals.
• Seek opportunities and engage in efforts to improve quality and efficiency in resource management and related delivery efforts; Research opportunities to improve business analytics and processes related to resource management, allocation, and utilization.
• Suggest and contribute to overall training/cross-training programs based on forecasted resourcing needs, ensuring the right resource, with the right skillsets, available at the right times
• Arrange weekly meetings with Legal Professional Services team to discuss all active/ highly visible projects and potential new business as well as to stay informed of resource issues and change control matters
• Manage resourcing forecast spreadsheets for Legal Professional Services based on input from weekly meetings

About You:

You're a fit for the role of Resource Management Associate if you:

• Have Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
• Minimum 3-4 years' experience in resource/project management
• The ideal candidate is a hardworking and highly organized professional, who has solid skills and experience in resource planning and project management
• Strong attention to detail and ability to follow defined process steps is required. Strong administrative background is preferred
• Ability to work well in a fast-paced environment with conflicting priorities
• Ability to manage change effectively and with a positive attitude
• Preferred background within Legal Industry

What's in it for you:

At Thomson Reuters, our people are our greatest assets. Here are some of the benefits we offer for your personal and professional growth:

• Hybrid Work Model: Currently the majority of our employees are working within a hybrid environment consisting of in-office and remote work, and following local COVID-19 bylaws and guidelines.
• Culture: Globally recognized and award-winning reputation for equality, diversity and inclusion, flexibility, work-life balance, and more
• Wellbeing: Comprehensive benefit plans; flexible and supportive benefits for work-life balance: company-wide Mental Health Day Off; Headspace app subscription; retirement, savings, tuition reimbursement, and employee incentive programs; resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing
• Learning & Development: LinkedIn Learning access; internal Talent Marketplace with opportunities to work on projects cross-company; Ten Thousand Coffees Thomson Reuters cafe networking
• Social Impact: Eight employee-driven Business Resource Groups; two paid volunteer days annually; Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives for local and global impact
• Purpose Driven Work: We have a superpower that we've never talked about with as much pride as we should - we are one of the only companies on the planet that helps its customers pursue justice, truth and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

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Accessibility

As a global business, we rely on diversity of culture and thought to deliver on our goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex/gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

We also make reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities and for sincerely held religious beliefs in accordance with applicable law.

Thomson Reuters complies with local laws that require upfront disclosure of the expected pay range for a position. The location(s) for this role include one or more of the following states (CA, CO, CT, NV, WA) and/or remote. The base compensation range for the role in any of those locations is $70,700 - $131,300. This role may also be eligible for an Annual Bonus based on a combination of enterprise and individual performance. Base pay is positioned within the range based on several factors including an individual's knowledge, skills and experience with consideration given to internal equity. Base pay is one part of a comprehensive Total Reward program which also includes flexible and supportive benefits and other wellbeing programs.

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