Job Title: Legal Project Manager IV
Location: Remote (ET hours preferred, or significant overlap with ET)
Duration: 6-Month Contract
Experience: 8-10+ Years
We are seeking an experienced Legal Project Manager to support a global legal operations team responsible for managing complex legal programs, budget tracking, documentation governance, and cross-functional initiatives. This role will collaborate with legal professionals, external counsel, finance partners, and business stakeholders to ensure operational excellence, reporting accuracy, and successful execution of strategic legal initiatives.
This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys working in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple priorities, driving process improvements, and bringing structure to complex legal programs.
The ideal candidate combines strong program management capabilities with legal operations experience. They are highly organized, comfortable working independently, skilled at managing budgets and reporting, and capable of driving progress across multiple stakeholders and deadlines with minimal oversight.
Responsibilities
Manage and maintain program documentation, trackers, timelines, and project plans
Track budgets, forecasts, actuals, and variance reporting across legal initiatives
Collect and consolidate financial estimates from stakeholders and external partners
Prepare recurring status reports, dashboards, meeting agendas, and action item tracking
Coordinate with legal teams, external counsel, finance teams, and cross-functional stakeholders
Monitor project milestones, dependencies, risks, and deadlines
Support process improvement initiatives that enhance operational efficiency and visibility
Ensure documentation remains accurate, organized, and up to date
Drive follow-ups and accountability across multiple concurrent workstreams
Maintain confidentiality while handling sensitive legal and financial information
Minimum Qualifications
Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
8+ years of project or program management experience
At least 2 years supporting a legal department, legal operations team, or law firm environment
Experience managing budgets, forecasting, variance analysis, and actuals-versus-budget reporting
Proven experience coordinating multiple stakeholders and managing competing priorities
Strong analytical, organizational, and communication skills
Experience building and maintaining trackers, reporting frameworks, and operational documentation
Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and project management tools
Preferred Qualifications
Experience supporting litigation, regulatory, compliance, or legal operations programs
Familiarity with outside counsel management and legal spend tracking
Experience with legal operations platforms, matter management systems, or contract lifecycle management tools
Exposure to workflow automation and AI-enabled productivity solutions
Experience preparing executive-level reporting and status updates