Project Manager - Legal & Governance Change (Agile)
Location: London
Contract: 6 months
Hybrid Working - 3 days onsite
Daily Rate: £550 Inside IR35
Are you a delivery‑focused Agile Project Manager with strong experience in Legal, Governance, or Financial Services environments? This is a fantastic opportunity to play a key role in driving a high‑impact change portfolio within a fast‑paced, regulated business.
We're looking for a structured, pragmatic PM who can balance hands‑on delivery with strong partnership skills - working closely with the Programme Lead to drive forward this year's Legal & Governance book of work.
Role Overview
As the Project Manager, you'll be embedded within Legal & Governance change initiatives, delivering in an Agile environment to ensure outcomes are clear, evidence‑based, and aligned to business priorities.
Your work will span planning, coordination, governance, and delivery - ensuring all change activity is well‑structured, auditable, and aligned to organisational frameworks.
Key Responsibilities
- Shape, plan, and manage the delivery of Legal & Governance change initiatives.
- Maintain delivery plans, milestones, RAID logs, and updates within KeyedIn.
- Partner with the Programme Lead on governance design, escalation routes, and decision frameworks.
- Coordinate delivery activity across Legal, Governance, and Technology teams, including managing approvals.
- Support matter intake, prioritisation, lifecycle processes, and closure standards.
- Produce MI, reporting packs, and audit‑ready documentation.
Skills & Competencies
- Proven Agile Project Manager with experience working alongside Product Owners/Managers and within Scrum teams.
- Background in Legal and/or Governance within financial services.
- Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
- Strong documentation, analysis, and facilitation capabilities.
- Highly organised, methodical, and able to pivot quickly in response to changing priorities.
- Comfortable challenging assumptions and promoting process‑level rigour.
- Exceptional attention to detail, accuracy, and auditability.
- Confident using Excel and project management tools.
Experience & Qualifications
- Experience delivering change within Legal or Governance functions (financial services or regulated industry preferred).
- Strong understanding of legal lifecycles and operating models.
- Consulting or advisory background (Big 4 or similar desirable).
- Degree-level education or equivalent professional experience.
- Trained or familiar with Agile methodologies.
If this role is a match to for your skills & experience, you can work 3 days each week in London and are interested in learning more, please Apply Immediately!
Head Resourcing is committed to being an inclusive business where diversity is valued and celebrated. Diversity to us, includes but is not limited to educational background, socio-economic background, neurodiversity, age, marriage and civil partnership status, veteran status, gender, gender identity, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, disability, religion or belief, race and ethnicity. As such we welcome enquiries and applications from everyone. We will be happy discuss with you any workplace adjustments you need in order to be at your best during the recruitment process.
