Legal Project Manager in City of London

As a Legal Project Manager, you will work closely with lawyers across multiple practice groups to define requirements and deliver high-quality project management support. You\’ll collaborate with Partners, lawyers and clients to plan matters, manage resourcing, monitor progress and ensure clear communication throughout. This role reports into the Team Manager – Legal Project Management and offers the opportunity to contribute to some of the firm\’s most complex mandates.

Responsibilities

• Lead matter initiation conversations to assess requirements and determine how Legal Project Management (LPM) support can be best applied.
• Provide hands‑on LPM support throughout the matter lifecycle, in line with the firm\’s service offering.
• Collaborate with lawyers, Partners and clients to plan, resource and monitor delivery of legal matters.
• Advise on appropriate technology and resourcing solutions from Alternative Legal Services, liaising with specialist teams as needed.
• Support the development and promotion of best practice project management guidance across the firm.
• Deliver training and contribute to marketing efforts to raise awareness of LPM capabilities.
• Maintain clear and consistent communication with stakeholders to ensure alignment and transparency.
• Champion continuous improvement and contribute to the evolution of LPM services within the firm.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years\’ experience in a professional services environment, ideally within a law firm, with a track record of successful project delivery.
• A highly motivated individual with a proactive, pragmatic and resilient approach to project delivery.
• Proven ability to build credibility quickly and act as a trusted advisor to lawyers and stakeholders.
• Strong relationship‑building skills to support both team and wider firm objectives.
• Excellent communication skills, with confidence engaging stakeholders at all levels.

Linklaters is a global law firm, providing legal services in 20 countries and through 30 offices. Linklaters is a people business. We look not only for brilliant minds, but for people who will thrive in our environment: people who love working collaboratively and demonstrate the innovative, efficient, agile, entrepreneurial, and responsible mindset we aim to bring to every interaction. Our environment of outperformance is fostered by a positive, supportive, fair and open atmosphere. We respect and value differences but insist on inclusivity. We celebrate all aspects of diversity and challenge any form of bias. This is vital to our ability to work as one team, with a common goal.

Location & Working Arrangement

This role can be based in our London offices, with a hybrid working model available.

Benefits

• Health & Wellbeing
  • Private Medical Insurance
  • Free in‑house fitness centre & subsidised health club memberships
  • Free onsite GP service & periodic health assessments
• Finance
  • Pension and flexible savings options
  • Income protection & life assurance
  • Mortgage advice & will‑writing services
• Family & Lifestyle
  • Electric car & cycle to work schemes
  • Emergency family care
  • Additional holiday/birthday leave
  • Maternity/paternity/shared parental leave
  • Travel insurance & season ticket loan
  • Option to join sports and social clubs, as well as employee networks groups such as Gender Equality, With Pride, Social Mobility Networks