Senior Legal Project Manager

Ashurst Perkins Coie; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 323,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) plan

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off (PTO)

Paid holidays

Family care benefits

Job summary

Ashurst Perkins Coie US LLP is seeking a Senior Legal Project Manager to oversee end-to-end delivery across multiple legal projects and portfolios. You will establish governance, align stakeholders, and resolve complex delivery challenges with autonomy.

The role requires extensive LPM, financial analysis, and leadership to drive efficiency, quality, profitability, and client value in fast-paced legal environments.

Qualifications

• Five+ years leading complex, high-visibility projects in a law firm or professional services.
• Experience with project governance, stakeholder management, and end-to-end lifecycle management.
• Ability to analyze financials and drive operational efficiency across portfolios.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex legal project management initiatives and matter portfolios with governance, budgeting, and resourcing.
• Act as trusted advisor to attorneys, clients, and staff, aligning stakeholders and driving cross-functional collaboration.
• Advance LPM excellence through leadership, mentorship, process optimization, and scalable methodologies.

Skills

Legal project management

Budgeting

Stakeholder management

Risk mitigation

Leadership

Cross-functional leadership

Education

PMP

J.D.

MBA

Tools

Smartsheet

Microsoft Project

SharePoint

Microsoft Excel

SQL

Job description

Sr. Legal Project Manager

Job Description

Sr. Legal Project Manager

At Ashurst Perkins Coie US LLP, our people are our greatest asset. We're looking for a collaborative, detail-oriented Senior Legal Project Manager (Senior LPM) to join our team and help deliver exceptional employee experience. In this role, the Senior LPM advances the firm's strategic goals by improving efficiency, quality, profitability, competitive position, and client satisfaction associated with legal service delivery. This role is accountable for end-to-end delivery across multiple interdependent projects and portfolios, establishing appropriate governance, aligning stakeholders, and resolving complex delivery challenges with substantial autonomy. The Senior LPM serves as a trusted adviser to relationship partners, senior lawyers, clients, and business professionals and as a senior resource and escalation point for LPM colleagues.

This position is not eligible for immigration sponsorship. Candidates must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship now or in the future.

What You’ll Do

• Lead complex legal project management initiatives and matter portfolios, providing strategic oversight for project planning, governance, budgeting, resource allocation, risk management, and successful delivery of high-profile clients and firm engagements.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to attorneys, clients, and business professionals, driving stakeholder alignment, facilitating cross-functional collaboration, developing innovative solutions, and enhancing the efficiency, quality, and profitability of legal service delivery.
• Advance Legal Project Management excellence through leadership, mentorship, and continuous improvement, including financial analysis, process optimization, technology implementation, training, and the development of scalable methodologies, workflows, and best practices.

What You’ll Bring

• Extensive legal project management and legal operations experience, including at least five years leading complex, high-visibility projects and matter portfolios within a law firm or professional services environment, with demonstrated expertise in project governance, stakeholder management, resource planning, risk mitigation, and end-to-end project lifecycle management.
• Advanced business, financial, and technical acumen, including experience with budgeting, forecasting, pricing, profitability analysis, financial reporting, matter management, and legal project management technologies, as well as the ability to evaluate and implement innovative solutions that drive operational efficiency, scalability, and client value.
• Exceptional leadership, communication, and collaboration skills, with a proven ability to influence senior stakeholders, lead cross-functional teams, mentor colleagues, facilitate complex decision-making, manage organizational change initiatives, and deliver successful outcomes in dynamic, fast-paced environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Advanced proficiency in data analysis, reporting, and financial modeling, including expertise in Microsoft Excel, SQL, and reporting tools to develop complex models, dashboards, scenario analyses, and repeatable reporting solutions that support matter management, portfolio oversight, and strategic decision-making.
• Extensive experience designing and optimizing project management and collaboration solutions, leveraging Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, and SharePoint to create scalable workflows, manage project schedules and dependencies, streamline reporting, and enhance visibility across complex portfolios and cross-functional initiatives.
• Strong process improvement and information management capabilities, with advanced skills in Microsoft Visio and related technologies to develop process maps, workflow documentation, governance standards, and best practices that drive operational efficiency, consistency, and stakeholder adoption across the organization.
• PMP, J.D., and/or MBA credentials.

Why Join Ashurst Perkins Coie?

Join a collaborative, high-performing team where your expertise will help shape the employee experience across our global organization.

This position is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, 401(k) plan, medical, dental, and vision insurance, accrued paid time-off plan starting at 20 days annually, personal medical and parental leave, up to 10 paid holidays, and family care benefits. More information regarding benefits and programs may be found here.

This position may be filled in the following locations. The listed compensation range reflects the typical pay for this role, though it is rare for new hires to receive an offer at the top of the range. Actual compensation may vary depending on experience, skills, market conditions, and internal equity.

Colorado compensation range: $151.1200 to $252,830.00 annually.

Illinois compensation range: $166,870.00 to $266,830.00 annually.

New York compensation range: $183,270.00 to $293,370.00 annually.

Los Angeles compensation range: $181,140.00 to $294,440.00 annually.

Oregon compensation range: $160,120.00 to $256,030.00 annually.

San Francisco compensation range: $201,820.00 to $322,710.00 annually.

Washington DC compensation range: $180,130.00 to $288,040.00 annually.

Washington State compensation range: $166,790.00 to $266,770.00 annually.

Applications for this position will be accepted through November 27, 2026.