Strategic Legal Project Lead, Operations

GEICO; Bethesda (MD); On-site; USD 106,000 - 165,000; Full time

Job summary

GEICO Law – Policy – Compliance seeks an experienced Legal Project Management Lead to join the Operational Enablement team within Legal Operations. This role drives initiatives from concept to delivery, partnering with Legal teams to translate priorities into structured programs and ongoing improvements.

The successful candidate will manage projects end-to-end, provide governance and reporting, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders across legal, technology, and business partners in

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in business, project management, operations, legal studies, or a related field.
• Minimum of five years of relevant professional experience leading projects, programs, initiatives, or process-improvement efforts.
• Experience managing full project lifecycles including planning, execution, monitoring, and closure.
• Experience creating and maintaining project plans, schedules, risks, issues, dependencies, governance materials, and stakeholder communications.
• Ability to coordinate with senior leaders, attorneys, technology teams, and cross-functional partners in a fast-paced environment.

Responsibilities

• Serve as operational partner to assigned Legal teams, translating priorities into structured initiatives.
• Define, launch, and execute projects through full lifecycle with work plans, schedules, and governance.
• Document and analyze legal and business processes, developing SOPs and workflows for improvements.
• Collaborate with Legal, Legal Operations, and Technology to implement process improvements and technology-enabled solutions.
• Coordinate requirements, decisions, and change activities, including training and handoffs to BAU operations.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Communication

Analytical

Leadership

Organizational skills

Decision support

Education

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

PMP or equivalent certification

Tools

Power BI

Tableau

Visio

Microsoft Project

Smartsheet

Planview

Job description

GEICO Law – Policy – Compliance seeks an experienced Legal Project Management Lead to join the Operational Enablement team within Legal Operations. This role drives initiatives from concept to delivery, partnering with Legal teams to translate priorities into structured programs and ongoing improvements.

The successful candidate will manage projects end-to-end, provide governance and reporting, and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders across legal, technology, and business partners in