Legal Project Manager

Job Purpose

The Legal Project Manager partners with the General Counsel to plan, coordinate, and deliver legal projects efficiently within scope, budget, and timelines. This role manages resources, oversees budgets, communicates progress to stakeholders, mitigates risks, and drives continuous improvement across legal operations.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Develop and oversee control systems to prevent or deal with violations of legal guidelines and internal policies
• Revise and improve procedures, reports etc. periodically to identify hidden risks or non-conformity issues
• Defining project goals, creating detailed plans, and establishing scope to avoid scope creep
• Developing, monitoring, and maintaining budgets to ensure legal work stays within financial limits
• Managing team resources (attorneys, paralegals, support staff, vendors) and coordinating tasks
• Acting as a central point of communication, providing progress reports to stakeholders, and ensuring transparency regarding timelines and costs
• Identifying, mitigating, and monitoring potential risks (legal, operational, or reputational) that may impact project success
• Analyzing completed projects for improvements in efficiency and applying lessons learned for future matters
• Creating, organizing and drafting organizational documents, including articles of incorporation or dissolution, stock certificates and merger agreements
• Prepare and/or assist in compiling board and committee materials and resolutions
• Responding to requests for information, subpoenas and bankruptcy filings and managing such files
• Conducts legal research for the development of legal opinions and memos
• Perform other duties of a similar or related level and assists with special/confidential projects as necessary or assigned
• Work cooperatively with others
• Comply with all company policies and procedures

All the tasks described in these Job Duties and Responsibilities are the essential functions of this job. If requested, reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions of their job, absent undue hardship or direct threat.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree
• Paralegal Certificate
• 7-10 years of corporate paralegal
• Proven high proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite products, entity management systems and database creation and maintenance
• Detailed oriented and analytical
• Demonstrated excellent oral and written communication and organizational skills
• Strong problem solving and interpersonal skills
• Proved ability to multi-task, be flexible and able to prioritize and complete projects effectively and efficiently
• Must be able to work independently and anticipate support needs of General Counsel and Legal department
• Must be able to maintain high level of professionalism and confidentiality
• Up to 10% travel to branches requiring some overnight stay, travel to industry related conferences and training requiring some extended stay.

This job description is not an exhaustive list of all functions that employee may be required to perform, and employee may be required to perform additional functions.

Job Location

National Structure - Peachtree Corners 6675 Jones Mill Court Peachtree Corners, GA 30092-3622

Benefits

• Competitive weekly/bi-weekly pay
• Discretionary bonuses
• 401(k) with company match
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Paid time off (vacation, sick, volunteer, holidays, birthday, floating)
• Medical/dental/vision
• Flexible spending accounts
• Company-paid life and short-term disability, plus optional long-term disability, and additional life insurance

All benefits subject to eligibility.

Should a Candidate be submitted to fill a position by a recruiting or staffing services agency ("Agency"), the Company has no obligation to pay the Agency any fee for submission, offer, placement or any service without a fully executed contract of service covering the engagement.