Legal Project Manager

Location London
Discipline: Legal Project Management (LPM)
Job type: Fixed Term Contract
Contact name: Heather Allen

Job ref: 5999
Published: about 17 hours ago
Start date: 27-06-2025
Legal Project Manager – Interim / Contract
London
£550 per day



Are you immediately available and ready to hit the ground running? We're partnering with a fast-growing consultancy business that supports some of the UK’s most recognisable corporate brands. They are urgently seeking a Legal Project Manager to join their team on an interim basis.

This is a fantastic opportunity to work across multiple client accounts, managing complex legal projects, driving efficiencies, and improving delivery outcomes. You’ll be joining a collaborative and commercially minded team that thrives in a fast-paced, client-facing environment.

Key Responsibilities of the Legal Project Manager

 
  • Lead and coordinate end-to-end delivery of legal projects for major corporate clients
  • Act as the primary liaison between legal, compliance, and business stakeholders
  • Track progress, manage timelines, budgets and resource allocation
  • Analyse and improve legal processes using project management best practices
  • Support change initiatives, technology rollouts, or legal transformation programmes
 
Skills & Attributes of the Legal Project Manager
 
  • Experienced Project Manager, either from legal project management, inhouse legal team, client facing consulting, or other professional services firm
  • Project management professional accreditation or evidence that you are working towards it is desirable
  • Consulting, coaching and advisory skills
  • Excellent client facing skills including the ability to develop effective relationships with external stakeholders
  • Strong facilitation and presentation skills
  • Competent with all Microsoft office software and a facility with, and interest in, new and developing technology
  • Good analytical skills, ability to produce engaging, concise and timely management information
  • Excellent numeracy skills


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

Harcourt Matthews is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.


Ref: BHJOB3543_5999