Program Manager IV

Program Management - Program Manager IV

Location: Washington, District of Columbia (Remote)

COMPENSATION: $77 - $87 HOURLY

Role Overview

The Global Legal Operations and Strategy (GLOS) team is seeking a Legal Project Manager to provide temporary coverage for an approved leave. This role supports high-priority cross-legal programs and initiatives, including legal matter budget tracking, documentation governance, and status reporting to legal leadership. The contractor will partner with internal legal teams, outside counsel, and cross-functional stakeholders to maintain program continuity and ensure deadlines are met.

Key Responsibilities

• Support high-priority X-Legal programs and initiatives.

• Manage legal matter budget tracking and reporting.

• Oversee documentation and file structure governance.

• Provide recurring status reporting to Legal leadership.

• Partner with internal Legal teams, Outside Counsel (OC), and cross-functional stakeholders.

• Maintain program continuity and manage and analyze data.

• Keep documentation current and ensure deadlines and deliverables are met.

• Required Qualifications

• Education: A bachelor's degree is required.

• Experience: A minimum of 5+ years of project or program management experience, with at least 2 years supporting a legal function in an in-house legal department or law firm. This must include demonstrated ownership of budget tracking and reporting, such as actuals versus budget, bottoms-up estimates, and variance reporting. Experience building and maintaining program documentation, trackers, and workback plans for multiple concurrent workstreams, including direct stakeholder coordination, is also required.

• Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with litigation and complex litigation structures.

• Experience coordinating with Outside Counsel and familiarity with fee arrangements.

• Comfort with AI-enabled productivity tooling and document/workflow automation.

Benefits

• Overview: Everforth Apex offers a range of supplemental benefits, including medical, dental, vision, life, disability, and other insurance plans that offer an optional layer of financial protection. We offer an ESPP (employee stock purchase program) and a 401K program which allows you to contribute typically within 30 days of starting, with a company match after 12 months of tenure. Everforth Apex also offers a HSA (Health Savings Account on the HDHP plan), a SupportLinc Employee Assistance Program (EAP) with up to 8 free counseling sessions, a corporate discount savings program and other discounts. In terms of professional development, Everforth Apex hosts an on-demand training program, provides access to certification prep and a library of technical and leadership courses/books/seminars once you have 6+ months of tenure, and certification discounts and other perks to associations that include CompTIA and IIBA. Everforth Apex has a dedicated customer service team for our Consultants that can address questions around benefits and other resources, as well as a certified Career Coach. You can access a full list of our benefits, programs, support teams and resources within our ‘Welcome Packet’ as well, which an Everforth Apex team member can provide.

• Everforth Apex Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate or allow discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding, or related medical conditions), age, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, genetic information, registered domestic partner status, marital status, disability, status as a crime victim, protected veteran status, political affiliation, union membership, or any other characteristic protected by law. Everforth Apex will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable law.

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