Legal Project Manager

Intelliswift - An LTTS Company; United States; Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Intelliswift - An LTTS Company is seeking an experienced Legal Project Manager for a remote 6-month contract to support a global legal operations team. You will manage complex programs, budgets, dashboards, and governance while collaborating with internal teams and external counsel.

The ideal candidate has 8–10+ years in project or program management, legal operations exposure, and strong analytical and communication skills.

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.
• 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.

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

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Budget forecasting

Legal operations

MS Office

Communication skills

Analytics

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Office Suite

Job description

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