Overview
Legal Program Manager Jobs in United States at SPECTRAFORCE
Title: Legal Program Manager
Company: SPECTRAFORCE
Location: United States
Title: Program Manager III
Location: Remote
Duration: 6 months
Summary:
- Program Manager who drives complex, cross-functional initiatives across product launches, regulatory compliance programs, and strategic legal initiatives in the client's Legal team.
- Brings 3+ years of hands-on program management in tech, a bias toward operational efficiency (including AI-assisted workflows), and the ability to operate at both strategic and execution levels.
Job Responsibilities:
Program Execution
- Own end-to-end legal program management for hardware product launches across multiple concurrent programs, tracking milestones, dependencies, risks, and cross-functional deliverables
- Coordinate legal requirements involving regulatory and compliance programs
- Navigate between program-level strategy and task-level execution; ensure nothing falls through the cracks during handoffs and transitions
Cross-Functional Coordination
- Serve as the connective tissue between legal team members and cross-functional partners — aligning timelines and surfacing interdependencies
- Build and maintain trackers, dashboards, and status reporting that give stakeholders clear visibility into project health
Risk & Escalation Management
- Proactively identify risks and blockers; manage escalation processes and drive resolution before issues become crises
- Run retrospectives and document lessons learned to strengthen future execution
Process & Tools
- Develop and standardize playbooks, templates, and repeatable frameworks for legal program execution
- Explore and adopt AI tools where applicable to streamline workflows — including meeting summaries, status reporting, data organization, and process documentation
- Support rollout of new systems, tools, and programs across the legal team; drive adoption through training and change management
Must Have Skills:
- Proficiency with program or project management practices, tools, and methodology (e.g., RACI/RAID frameworks, project trackers, risk registers)
- Strong written and verbal communication skills — able to tailor messaging for executives, attorneys, external partners, and product teams Comfort operating in ambiguity within a fast-paced, evolving environment
- Experience working in policy, compliance, legal or regulatory.
Nice To Have Skills:
- Experience in a similar role from another tech company
- Law firm experience
- Excellent stakeholder management experience
- Implement AI-assisted workflows
Education/Experience:
- 3+ years of program management experience in the technology industry, within 6+ years of overall professional experience
- Track record managing multiple concurrent projects with interdependencies and competing deadlines
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience in program/project management
