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FANNIE MAE Legal Project Manager (Hybrid) in Plano, Texas
Job Description As a valued colleague on our Consumer Law and Strategy team, you will use your expert knowledge to provide overall direction with strategic latitude. In this role, you will guide the team in planning, directing, or coordinating business unit operational activities with the support of your team and management.
*We have one opening for this role and it can be worked on a Hybrid basis from our Washington, DC/Midtown, Reston Town Center, or Plano office. *
THE IMPACT YOU WILL MAKE
The Legal Project Manager role will offer you the flexibility to make each day your own, while working alongside people who care so that you can deliver on the following responsibilities:
Assess the team’s current knowledge systems, repositories, and practices, then work to create a strategy that marries traditional best practices and new technologies to create consistency, enable better ongoing data hygiene and curation, and make it easier to find and leverage knowledge resources.
Help to design, document, or enhance team processes and workflows, identifying technology solutions that might provide efficiency, building automations or ticketing systems where feasible, or liaising with our legal operations team.
Support cross-functional projects and partner / collaborate with project management.
Conduct legislative, statutory, regulatory, or factual research that might include investigation of federal or state consumer protection laws and regulations, relevant markets, corporate participants, and industry standards and practices.
Independently perform extensive legal research and analysis in support of staff attorneys.
Search for legal precedent in indices and computerized legal reference systems and analyze their applicability to individual projects. Prepare summaries of research findings.
Apply the results of legal research to the specific problem or issue presented and formulate a recommended course of action.
Qualifications *THE EXPERIENCE YOU BRING TO THE TEAM
Minimum Required Experiences*
4 years related experience
Experience performing legal research
Adept at managing project plans, resources, and people to ensure successful project completion in a legal environment
Experience using Microsoft Office Suite
Experience with reporting, metrics, and visualization tools, including Smartsheet, Tableau, and Visio
Experience with Power Platform tools such as Power BI, PowerApps, and Flow
Experience using SharePoint
Desired Experiences
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent
Prior experience documenting standard work, processes, practices, and procedures
Demonstrated experience with process improvement and ability to identify and recommend improvements to processes and control environments to drive efficiency
Strong operational skills with a commitment to continuous improvement
Skilled in using Adobe Acrobat including Adobe Pro, Acrobat Reader, Acrobat, and Acrobat.com
Skilled in using iManage document management software
Skilled in TeamConnect
Skilled in using LexisNexis
Fannie Mae is an Equal Opportunity Employer, which means we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, personal appearance, protected veteran status, disability, age, or other legally protected status. For individuals with disabilities who would like to request an accommodation in the application process, email us at careers_mailbox@fanniemae.com.
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