Senior Project Manager

Are you ready to shape the future of how law is practiced? At Litera, we’re on a mission to Raise The Bar for the legal profession by delivering transformational and globally-trusted solutions to law firms and corporate legal teams worldwide. We’ve been a leader in legal tech innovation for 30 years and are leading the legal AI revolution to this day with most of the world’s largest law firms as our clients.

If you’re passionate about building AI-forward solutions that scale globally and want your work to impact millions of legal professionals worldwide, this is your opportunity to be part of an extraordinary team that’s elevating the craft of law.

As part of our commitment to collaboration and operational excellence, Litera operates a hybrid working model. This position is based in one of the US or UK office locations listed below, and candidates should reside within reasonable commuting distance, as this role requires on-site presence at least three days per week. This hybrid approach gives us a collaborative and innovative work environment while maintaining the flexibility that supports both productivity and work-life balance.

We are actively seeking talented individuals to join our team as we continue to grow.

Raleigh, NC, USA

As a Senior Project Manager within Professional Services at Litera, you will be part of a dynamic team that is passionate about driving innovation in the legal technology space. You will act as the project owner for multiple concurrent projects across the Litera portfolio, holding end-to-end accountability for delivery from kick-off through to handover for law firms and corporate legal teams worldwide.

You will organize and coordinate internal teams and external client stakeholders, keeping every workstream on scope, on budget, and on the agreed timeline, while proactively identifying and resolving risks and issues before they affect the client. This is a high-ownership delivery role: you will not line-manage a team, but you will lead projects, influence stakeholders at every level, and set the standard for how Litera delivers.

• End-to-End Project Ownership
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  Act as the project owner for assigned Litera implementations, taking full accountability for delivery from initiation and planning through execution, go-live, and transition to support. Define scope, deliverables, milestones, dependencies, and success criteria, and hold the project to them.
• Multi-Project Portfolio Delivery
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  Run multiple concurrent projects across the Litera product portfolio, balancing competing priorities, deadlines, and shared resources without loss of momentum or quality on any engagement.
• Scope, Budget & Timeline Control
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  Own the project plan, forecast, and financials. Track effort, burn, and margin against budget; manage change control and variations formally; and deliver within the agreed timeline, escalating trade-offs early and with options.
• Proactive Risk & Issue Management
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  Anticipate problems rather than react to them. Maintain live risk, issue, assumption, and dependency logs, surface emerging concerns early with a recommended course of action, and drive them to closure before they become client-visible.
• Internal & External Stakeholder Coordination
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  Coordinate across Professional Services, Product, Engineering, Support, Customer Success, and Sales, and with client project teams, IT, and third-party partners. Run governance forums, steering updates, and status reporting that give every stakeholder a single, accurate view of progress.
• Quality of Delivery
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  Ensure deliverables meet Litera’s quality standards and the client’s documented requirements before handover. Drive acceptance and…