Legal Review Project Manager

About the Role

We are seeking a highly skilled Legal Review Project Manager to join our team in a secondee capacity, supporting one of our strategic financial services clients. This is a full-time, permanent role based in the United Kingdom, offering the unique opportunity to work on-site with a leading UK financial institution. You will play a pivotal part in delivering legal review and regulatory project management services, ensuring seamless client delivery and fostering long-term collaborative relationships.

Key Responsibilities

• Act as the primary point of contact between our organisation and the client's in-house legal and litigation teams, ensuring effective communication and delivery of legal review projects.
• Manage the end-to-end lifecycle of complex legal and regulatory review projects, including planning, execution, monitoring, and reporting.
• Fulfil all contractual obligations under client secondment agreements, ensuring uninterrupted service delivery and compliance with client requirements.
• Collaborate with client stakeholders to identify project needs, define scope, and develop innovative solutions to legal and regulatory challenges.
• Leverage knowledge of client workflows to initiate and facilitate early-stage discussions for new matters, positioning the organisation as the preferred provider for further legal services.
• Identify and drive opportunities for revenue growth and account expansion through excellent service delivery and proactive client engagement.
• Champion the adoption of AI-driven operational improvements and create reusable assets to enhance project efficiency.
• Maintain meticulous attention to detail, ensuring all project outputs meet the highest standards of quality, accuracy, and compliance.
• Contribute to cross functional collaboration within the organisation, supporting internal teams with insights gained from client facing work.

Key Requirements

• Qualified lawyer or legal professional with substantial experience in legal project management, ideally within the financial services sector.
• Demonstrable track record of successfully managing complex legal and regulatory matters, including litigation, eDiscovery, or compliance projects.
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and interpersonal skills, with the ability to build trust and rapport with client teams.
• Strong analytical, organisational, and problem solving skills, with a proactive approach to identifying and addressing client needs.
• Experience with legal technology, AI driven tools, or process optimisation is highly advantageous.
• Proven ability to work independently and as part of a collaborative team in a fast paced, client facing environment.
• High ethical standards and a commitment to maintaining client confidentiality and privilege at all times.
• Right to work in the UK and willingness to be based on site with the client as required.