Legal innovation project manager

Job Family Group: Project Management Group

Job Description:

Role Overview

In a rapidly evolving technology landscape, legal teams are increasingly at the forefront of innovation and transformation. The Legal Innovation Program Manager will lead the delivery of innovation initiatives across the Legal function, ensuring projects are effectively governed, delivered, and aligned to business objectives.

This role combines project and programme leadership, stakeholder management, and PMO excellence to drive successful outcomes while supporting the continued evolution of legal services.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee the delivery of legal innovation projects and programmes, ensuring outcomes are delivered on time, within scope, and to agreed quality standards.

• Act as a trusted partner to senior stakeholders, translating strategic objectives into actionable plans and delivery roadmaps.

• Establish and maintain project governance, reporting, risk management, resource planning, and change control processes.

• Drive consistency and continuous improvement across PMO frameworks, tools, and delivery practices.

• Track project performance, budgets, dependencies, and risks, ensuring clarity and effective decision-making.

• Coordinate project communications and reporting across partners and project teams.

• Support portfolio planning, prioritisation, and demand management activities.

• Mentor and support colleagues, contributing to capability development and a culture of continuous improvement.

Essential Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Project Management, Technology, Legal Operations, or a related field, or equivalent experience.

• Relevant project management certification such as: PRINCE2 Practitioner PMP APM PMQ Agile or Hybrid Delivery certification

Essential Skills & Experience

• Experience delivering projects and programmes within a structured PMO or project management environment.

• Validated ability to handle complex initiatives involving multiple stakeholders and dependencies.

• Strong understanding of project governance, reporting, assurance, and portfolio management practices.

• Experience handling budgets, forecasts, resources, and project performance.

• Experience working across Agile, Waterfall, and Hybrid delivery methodologies.

• Proficiency with project and reporting tools such as Microsoft Project, Jira, Smartsheet, and Power BI.

• Strong presentation skills, including executive-level reporting and presentations.

Desirable Experience

• Legal tech, legal operations, or legal transformation programmes.

• Portfolio management, or demand management processes.

• Advanced reporting and dashboard development using Power BI or Tableau.

• PMO transformation or continuous improvement initiatives.

• People leadership, coaching, or mentoring experience.

• Experience working within regulated or highly governed environments.

Key Competencies

• Programme & Project Delivery

• Governance & Risk Management

• Financial & Resource Management

• Change Management

• Communication & Executive Reporting

• Continuous Improvement

Why join us?

At bp, we support our people to grow in a diverse and exciting environment. We believe that our team is strengthened by diversity.

There are many aspects of our employees’ lives that are meaningful, so we offer benefits to enable your work to fit with your life. These benefits can include flexible working options, a generous paid parental leave policy, excellent retirement benefits, among others!

We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodatio!

Travel Requirement: Negligible travel should be expected with this role

Relocation Assistance: This role is not eligible for relocation

Remote Type: This position is a hybrid of office/remote working

Skills: Business Acumen, Coaching, Collaboration, Commercial Acumen, Communication, Conflict Management, Creativity and Innovation, Decision Making, Digital Fluency, Influencing, Managing strategic partnerships, Mentoring, Organizational Knowledge, Resource and budget planning, Stakeholder Engagement, Stakeholder Management, Supplier Relationship Management

Legal Disclaimer:

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, socioeconomic status, neurodiversity/neurocognitive functioning, veteran status or disability status. Individuals with an accessibility need may request an adjustment/accommodation related to bp’s recruiting process (e.g., accessing the job application, completing required assessments, participating in telephone screenings or interviews, etc.). If you would like to request an adjustment/accommodation related to the recruitment process, please contact us.

If you are selected for a position and depending upon your role, your employment may be contingent upon adherence to local policy. This may include pre-placement drug screening, medical review of physical fitness for the role, and background checks.