Manager, Legal Management Consulting

Harcourt Matthews; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

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Bonus & benefits

Job summary

Harcourt Matthews Ltd. in Central London is seeking a Senior Manager to join its globally regarded legal management consulting practice. You will lead complex engagements, shaping future legal services through technology, people and process, with a strong client-delivery focus.

This hybrid role requires proven leadership of teams, collaboration with law firms and in-house teams, and a passion for building value through transformation and GenAI-enabled solutions.

Qualifications

• Demonstrable experience leading complex legal or contracts-related transformation programmes, either in consultancy or in-house environments.
• Strong understanding of in-house legal functions and contract management teams.
• Hands-on experience across organisational assessments, strategy reviews, process redesign, and technology-enabled change initiatives.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with ability to influence stakeholders and mentor colleagues.
• Strong programme management capability, commercial awareness, and opportunities identification for client value creation.

Responsibilities

• Delivers complex legal management consulting engagements, ensuring outcomes meet objectives and client expectations.
• Leads and manages specialist teams advising legal departments, contracts functions, and law firms across operating model, process, people, and technology change.
• Manages communication across project teams and senior client stakeholders, building trusted relationships at appropriate levels.
• Supervises and develops diverse teams, contributing to an inclusive culture while supporting progression of less experienced colleagues.
• Enhances existing offerings, contributes to new service development, and supports business development and go-to-market initiatives as the practice grows.

Job description

Central London, hybrid working (3 days a week in the office) |

Manager Level Salary + bonus & benefits |

The Company hiring a Manager – Legal Management Consulting

A leading global consulting group is seeking a Senior Manager to join its globally regarded legal management consulting practice. This is a role for an experienced legal or consulting professional who is motivated by purpose-led work, collaborative leadership and shaping the future of legal services through technology, people and process.

The role works closely with law firms and in-house legal teams, helping them redesign how legal services are delivered, improve efficiency and embed GenAI responsibly and sustainably.

Key Responsibilities of the Manager – Legal Management Consulting

• Client Delivery Excellence - Delivers complex legal management consulting engagements, ensuring outcomes meet or exceed agreed objectives and client expectations.
• Consulting Management - Works as part of, and managing, specialist teams advising legal departments, contracts functions, and law firms across operating model, process, people, and technology change.
• Stakeholder Management - Manages communication across project teams and senior client stakeholders, building trusted relationships at appropriate levels throughout engagements.
• Team Development - Supervises and develops diverse teams, contributing to an inclusive culture while supporting the progression of less experienced colleagues.
• Service & Market Growth - Enhances existing offerings, contributes to new service development, and supports business development and go-to-market initiatives as the practice grows.

Skills & Attributes of the Manager – Legal Management Consulting

• Change & Transformation Expertise - Demonstrable experience leading complex legal or contracts-related transformation programmes, either in consultancy or in-house environments.
• Legal Operations Insight - Strong understanding of the challenges facing in-house legal functions and contract management teams, with a clear desire to deepen subject-matter expertise.
• Methodology & Delivery Skills - Hands-on experience across organisational assessments, strategy reviews, process redesign, and technology-enabled change initiatives.
• Communication & Management - Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with proven ability to influence stakeholders and mentor developing team members.
• Commercial & Strategic Mindset - Strong programme management capability, commercial awareness, and the ability to identify opportunities for client value creation and internal improvement.

Applications can only be considered from those eligible to live & work in the UK without restriction.

Harcourt Matthews is committed to diversity and inclusion. We value and encourage applications from all ethnicities and welcome everyone regardless of social background, disability, gender identity, and orientation. Diversity benefits us all and challenges our assumptions.