Location
London (Linklaters London office) with a hybrid working model available.

Hours
Full Time

Salary
Competitive salary and benefits package

About the Role
As Programme Manager for Sustainability & Regulatory Change, you will lead the end-to-end delivery of strategic, high-impact programmes focused on sustainability and regulatory transformation. You will collaborate closely with market-leading sustainability experts and the firm's Sustainability Committee to drive meaningful change. Your responsibilities will include developing business cases, managing scope, budgets, and timelines, and ensuring programmes deliver against strategic objectives. You will establish and oversee programme governance, balancing agility with control to enable effective decision-making. Managing risks, issues, and dependencies across a complex change portfolio will be key, alongside driving stakeholder engagement and change enablement strategies to ensure successful implementation. You will provide clear, concise updates to senior leadership through reports and presentations and champion best practices in programme management aligned with the firm’s goals.

About Linklaters
Linklaters is a global law firm with 31 offices in 21 countries. We are a people business that values exceptional talent who thrive in a collaborative, innovative, agile, and responsible environment. We foster a positive, supportive, fair, and open atmosphere that respects and values difference, inclusivity, and diversity. Our culture is one of outperformance achieved through teamwork and shared goals.

Experience
- Proven experience delivering complex programmes in professional services or global organisations.
- Expertise in sustainability and regulatory-driven change, with a track record of mitigating risks and achieving compliance.
- Strong stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to simplify complex information.
- Experience working in global, cross-functional environments.
- Proficiency in programme management tools and methodologies such as MSP, PRINCE2, PMP, or APMQ.

About you
- Forward-thinking and solution-oriented mindset with a passion for responsible business practices.
- Strong collaboration skills and ability to engage diverse stakeholders.
- Commitment to inclusivity, wellbeing, and continuous development aligned with Linklaters’ values and culture.

Qualifications
- Relevant programme management certifications or equivalent experience preferred but not mandatory.