Legal Project Management Lead - HYBRID

Government Employees Insurance Company; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 106,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

GEICO Law – Policy – Compliance in Bethesda, MD seeks an experienced Legal Project Management Lead to act as an operational partner to assigned Legal teams, translating priorities into structured initiatives and delivering measurable results in a fast-paced in-house environment.

The role manages projects end-to-end, provides governance and reporting, coordinates cross‑functional stakeholders, and supports process improvements with strong communication, analytics, and proficiency in Microsoft 365

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, project management, operations, legal studies, or related field.
• 5+ years of relevant professional experience leading projects or initiatives.
• Experience managing full project lifecycles from planning to closure.
• Ability to coordinate cross-functional stakeholders and communicate with senior leaders.
• Strong analytical, problem-solving, and organizational skills.
• Proficiency with Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, and Teams.

Responsibilities

• Partner with Legal teams to translate priorities into structured initiatives.
• Define, launch, and execute initiatives through the project lifecycle.
• Develop project plans, schedules, risks, and governance materials.
• Monitor progress, risks, issues, dependencies, and reporting.
• Support change management, training, and stakeholder adoption.

Skills

Project management

Process improvement

Stakeholder management

Communication

Analytical skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in business, project management, operations, legal studies, or related field

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

PowerPoint

SharePoint

Teams

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Why Join GEICO?

At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities. Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive on relentless innovation to exceed our customers' expectations while making a real impact on local communities nationwide. Founded in 1936, GEICO is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and one of the largest auto insurers in the United States. When you join our company, we want you to feel valued, supported, and proud to work here. That's why we offer the GEICO Pledge: Great Company, Great Culture, Great Rewards, and Great Careers. GEICO Law – Policy – Compliance is seeking an experienced Legal Project Management Lead to join the Operational Enablement team within Legal Operations. This position serves as an operational partner to assigned Legal teams, helping translate departmental priorities into structured, effectively executed initiatives. The Legal Project Management Lead independently manages projects throughout the full project lifecycle, provides project governance and reporting, coordinates cross‑functional stakeholders, and supports business‑process improvement. The role is responsible for creating the structure, visibility, and execution discipline needed to successfully deliver initiatives. The successful candidate will have strong project management, process improvement, communication, and stakeholder‑management skills and will be comfortable working across multiple initiatives in a complex, fast‑paced legal environment.

Primary Responsibilities

Legal Operations Partnership & Initiatives Serve as an operational partner to assigned Legal teams, supporting initiatives and helping translate departmental priorities, business needs, and operational challenges into structured initiatives and solutions. Develop an understanding of assigned teams' priorities, processes, and portfolio of work and partner with Legal leaders, subject‑matter experts, and Legal Operations colleagues to identify opportunities for operational improvement.

Project & Initiative Management Define, launch, and execute strategic and operational initiatives through the project lifecycle, including developing work plans, establishing schedules and priorities, coordinating resources and dependencies, facilitating working sessions, and maintaining required project documentation. Monitor progress, risks, issues, and scope; maintain appropriate governance and reporting; and coordinate stakeholders to keep initiatives moving toward agreed deliverables and successful completion.

Business Process & Legal Operations Improvement Review, document, and analyze legal, business, and administrative processes, including developing process maps, workflows, standard operating procedures, and other operational documentation. Partner with Legal teams, Legal Technology, and other stakeholders to identify and implement Legal Operations and process improvements, including opportunities to simplify workflows, reduce manual work, improve consistency, and leverage technology where appropriate.

Stakeholder Coordination & Implementation Collaborate with Legal leaders, attorneys, Legal Operations, Legal Technology, and other cross‑functional partners to gather requirements, develop recommendations, coordinate decisions, and implement operational and technology‑enabled solutions. Support implementation and change activities, including communications, testing, training, adoption, transition, and handoff to business‑as‑usual operations, as appropriate.

Reporting, Analytics & Continuous Improvement Gather and synthesize relevant data, develop project and operational reporting, and work with stakeholders to identify appropriate success measures, metrics, and indicators of business value. Support Legal Operations continuous improvement by gathering stakeholder feedback, tracking outcomes, incorporating lessons learned, and recognized practices, and identifying opportunities to improve how Legal work is delivered.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in business, project management, operations, legal studies, or a related field. Minimum of five years of relevant professional experience, including demonstrated experience independently leading projects, programs, operational initiatives, or process‑improvement efforts. Demonstrated experience managing projects throughout the full lifecycle, including planning, execution, monitoring, implementation, and closure. Experience developing and maintaining project plans, schedules, milestones, risks, issues, dependencies, governance materials, and stakeholder communications. Experience managing multiple concurrent projects and priorities in a complex, fast‑paced environment. Demonstrated ability to coordinate and influence cross‑functional stakeholders without direct authority. Ability to communicate effectively and work collaboratively with senior leaders, attorneys, technology teams, business partners, and subject‑matter experts. Strong analytical, problem‑solving, organizational, facilitation, and decision‑support skills. Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience developing executive‑level reports, presentations, and project updates. Sound judgment, attention to detail, discretion, and the ability to work independently with minimal direction. Strong proficiency with Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint, Teams, and related collaboration or project‑management tools.

Preferred Qualifications

Experience in Legal Operations, an in‑house legal department, a law firm, management consulting, or a comparable professional‑services environment. Project Management Professional (PMP), Certified Associate in Project Management (CAPM), Lean Six Sigma, Prosci change‑management, or a comparable project, process‑improvement, or change‑management certification. Experience with business‑process mapping, workflow redesign, continuous improvement, and standard operating procedure development. Experience supporting legal technology, technology implementations, workflow automation, or other transformation initiatives. Experience coordinating user acceptance testing, implementation readiness, training, adoption, and operational handoff. Experience developing project metrics, dashboards, key performance indicators, return‑on‑investment analyses, or management reporting. Experience with Power BI, Tableau, Visio, Microsoft Project, Smartsheet, Planview, or comparable reporting and work‑management tools. Familiarity with Legal Operations practices, technologies, and operating models, including frameworks developed by the Corporate Legal Operations Consortium.

Annual Salary $105,575.00 - $165,025.00

The above annual salary range is a general guideline. Multiple factors are taken into consideration to arrive at the final hourly rate/ annual salary to be offered to the selected candidate. Factors include, but are not limited to, the scope and responsibilities of the role, the selected candidate’s work experience, education and training, the work location as well as market and business considerations. At this time, GEICO will not sponsor a new applicant for employment authorization for this position.

GEICO Pledge

Great Company: Protecting customers through life’s twists and turns with innovation and integrity. Great Careers: Personalized development programs, mentorship, and certification assistance. Great Culture: Inclusive and collaborative culture rooted in shared success. Great Rewards: Competitive pay, benefits, and flexibility to support your well‑being and future.

The equal employment opportunity policy of the GEICO Companies provides for a fair and equal employment opportunity for all associates and job applicants regardless of race, color, religious creed, national origin, ancestry, age, gender, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, familial status, disability or genetic information, in compliance with applicable federal, state and local law. GEICO hires and promotes individuals solely on the basis of their qualifications for the job to be filled. GEICO reasonably accommodates qualified individuals with disabilities to enable them to receive equal employment opportunity and/or perform the essential functions of the job, unless the accommodation would impose an undue hardship to the Company. This applies to all applicants and associates.

GEICO also provides a work environment in which each associate is able to be productive and work to the best of their ability. We do not condone or tolerate an atmosphere of intimidation or harassment. We expect and require the cooperation of all associates in maintaining an atmosphere free from discrimination and harassment with mutual respect by and for all associates and applicants.

At GEICO, we offer a rewarding career where your ambitions are met with endless possibilities. Every day we honor our iconic brand by offering quality coverage to millions of customers and being there when they need us most. We thrive on relentless innovation to exceed our customers' expectations while making a real impact on local communities nationwide. Founded in 1936, GEICO is a member of the Berkshire Hathaway family of companies and one of the largest auto insurers in the United States.

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