About the role
We are looking for an experienced program manager to join the Legal team in a PMO capacity. The Legal function sits at the center of a fast-moving global business, and much of its most important work is cross-functional — it depends on aligning legal, compliance, risk, finance, technology, and business teams against hard external deadlines. This role exists to make that delivery happen: owning the plan, driving the workstreams, and keeping senior stakeholders informed and unblocked.
This is not a legal advisory role. You will work alongside lawyers rather than as one, and you'll be expected to operate autonomously on matters that are confidential and business-critical.
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What you'll do
- Own end-to-end delivery of large, multi-team legal and regulatory programmes, from scoping through to close-out.
- Coordinate stakeholders across legal, compliance, risk, finance, technology, and business units to keep milestones on track.
- Build and maintain trackers, dashboards, and management reporting that give senior leadership clear visibility of progress, risks, and issues.
- Identify risks and dependencies early, and escalate with a clear view of options rather than just problems.
- Run working-group and steering calls — set agendas, drive decisions, and follow up on actions.
- Act as the coordination point across teams for regulatory and licensing workstreams, including new-market applications.
- Maintain central repositories of licensing status and regulatory commitments across regions.
- Partner with data and technology teams on reporting and tooling where the work is data-driven.
- Work alongside another senior program manager, splitting a portfolio of projects and escalating jointly to the Head of Legal PMO.
What we're looking for
- 8–10 years' experience in program or project management, ideally within a law firm, in-house legal department, or another regulatory-heavy environment.
- A track record of driving cross-functional projects with senior stakeholders — influencing without authority.
- Prior PMO experience inside a legal function.
- Comfort with ambiguity: able to create structure and process where none yet exists.
- Strong written and verbal communication, with the ability to simplify complex status for executive audiences.
- High discretion and sound judgement on confidential, sensitive matters.
- Experience building trackers, dashboards, and management reporting.
Nice to haves
- Experience in crypto or fintech.
- Experience delivering licensing or regulatory application projects across multiple jurisdictions.
- Exposure to data- and technology-driven programmes, including working with BI or reporting tools.
- Experience working across time zones with US-based stakeholders; APAC coverage is helpful.
Why the company
- Shape the future of finance.
- Collaborate with world-class talent in a user-centric global organization with a flat structure.
- Tackle challenging projects in a fast-paced and innovative environment with autonomy.
- Thrive in a results-driven workplace with opportunities for career growth and continuous learning.
- Competitive salary and company benefits.
- Remote-first, work-from-home arrangement (may vary depending on the nature of the role and team).
The company is committed to being an equal opportunity employer. We believe that having a diverse workforce is fundamental to our success.
