Remote

ET hours preferred, if not ET, must overlap with ET hours

This role supports budget tracking and actuals-versus-budget reporting, but does not touch accounts or payments.

Job Description

• The Global Legal Operations and Strategy (GLOS) team is seeking a contingent Legal Project Manager to provide temporary coverage for approved leave. The role supports high-priority X-Legal programs and initiatives, including legal matter budget tracking and reporting, documentation and file structure governance, and recurring status reporting to Legal leadership.
• The successful contractor will partner with internal Legal teams, Outside Counsel (OC), and cross-functional stakeholders to maintain program continuity, manage and analyze data, keep documentation current, and ensure deadlines and deliverables are met without disruption during the coverage period

Key Projects/Day-to-Day

Responsibilities:

• Maintain and update program documentation, trackers, and workback plans
• Track actuals versus budget, collect bottoms-up estimates, and support recurring budget and actuals reporting
• Prepare and distribute recurring status updates, meeting agendas, and action item tracking
• Coordinate with Outside Counsel and internal stakeholders to track and maintain financial data
• Partner with XFN stakeholders to keep workstream dependencies and deadlines visible

Must-Have HARD Skills

• 5+ years of project or program management experience, with at least 2 years supporting a legal function (in-house legal department or law firm)
• Demonstrated ownership of budget tracking and reporting — actuals versus budget, bottoms-up estimates, variance reporting
• Experience building and maintaining program documentation, trackers, and workback plans for multiple concurrent workstreams, including direct stakeholder coordination

Nice-to-have Skills

• Familiarity with litigation and complex litigation structures
• Experience coordinating with Outside Counsel and familiarity with fee arrangements
• Comfort with AI-enabled produc