As a Programme Manager, you will lead strategic programs, support project delivery, ensure governance, and align with client priorities in the legal tech sector.
Job Description
Join Our Team at Litera: Where Legal Technology Meets Excellence
Litera has been at the forefront of legal technology innovation for over 25 years, crafting legal software to amplify impact and maximize efficiency. Developed by the best legal minds in the industry, our comprehensive suite of integrated legal tools is both powerful and user-friendly and simplifies the way modern firms manage core legal workflows, secure collaboration, and organize firm knowledge and experience. Every day, we help more than 2.3 million legal professionals focus on their craft. Litera: Less busy work, more of your life’s work.
Overview: As a Programme Manager at Litera, you will be part of a dynamic team that is passionate about driving innovation in the legal technology space. You will have the opportunity to work with cutting-edge tools and collaborate with industry experts to deliver solutions that make a real difference in the legal profession.
Key Responsibilities:
- Lead the delivery of strategic programs spanning multiple project workstreams—across law firms and legal departments in the UK and North America
- Act as a senior voice within the Project Assurance team, supporting quality oversight, delivery confidence, and governance best practice
- Be a key customer partner ensuring delivery remains aligned to client priorities, value realization, and long-term success
- Coordinate across the Litera Software ecosystem, ensuring interoperability and cross-product delivery planning
- Guide and support project managers within your program to deliver with precision, clarity, and empathy
- Collaborate closely with internal product teams, delivery partners, and cross-functional stakeholders across the Litera network
- Lead executive-level governance, risk management, and program reporting
- Ensure that the transition from go-live to adoption and post-implementation support is smooth, intentional, and value-driven
Qualifications:
- 2+ years’ experience delivering complex, client-facing software programmes within legal tech, SaaS, or professional services environments
- A strong track record of managing multiple concurrent projects, with interdependencies and cross-functional delivery teams
- Experience working with practice management, case management, or workflow platforms such as Peppermint, Elite 3E, Aderant, or similar
- Comfort operating in hybrid delivery models especially involving third-party consultants and SI-led teams
- A consultative, customer-first mindset with excellent relationship and stakeholder management skills
- Experience contributing to or operating within assurance-led delivery frameworks or PMO/CoE environments
- A commercial lens on delivery balancing quality outcomes with time, budget, and strategic goals
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, with confidence in reporting to senior leadership
Why Join Litera?
- The company culture: We emphasize helping each other grow, doing the right thing always, and being part of a journey to amplify impact, creating an exciting and fulfilling work environment
- Commitment to Employees: Our people commitment is based on what employees love most about being part of the team, focusing on tools that matter to the difference-makers in the legal world and amplifying their impact
- Global, Dynamic, and Diverse Team: Our is a global company with ambitious goals and unlimited opportunities, offering a dynamic and diverse work environment where employees can grow, listen, empathize, and problem-solve together
- Comprehensive Benefits Package: Experience peace of mind with our health insurance, retirement savings plans, generous paid time off, and a supportive work-life balance. We invest in your well-being and future, ensuring a rewarding career journey.
- Career Growth and Development: We provide career paths and opportunities for professional development, allowing employees to progress through various technical and leadership roles
Litera is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Top Skills
Case Management
Legal Tech
Practice Management
SaaS
Workflow Platforms
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