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About the Role

The Lead Project & Program Manager will drive strategic business initiatives to accelerate Libra's growth and operational excellence. This role translates strategic priorities into executable programs, ensures stakeholder alignment, and manages multiple concurrent programs focused on market growth, operational scaling, commercial effectiveness, and organizational readiness.

Responsibilities

Lead strategic initiatives from concept through execution, ensuring successful delivery of business outcomes aligned with Libra's growth ambitions.
Translate strategic priorities into actionable program plans, roadmaps, milestones, and deliverables.
Define scope, objectives, success metrics, governance structures, and implementation plans.
Lead cross-functional program teams, coordinating workstreams, aligning priorities, facilitating decision-making, and ensuring accountability across stakeholders without direct reporting relationships.
Drive decision-making, prioritization, and issue resolution throughout the program.
Provide regular status updates and prepare decision making to the Libra leadership team and to the Libra Steerco.
Oversee, control and track progress, objectives, risks, dependencies, and business benefits.
Ensure organizational readiness for segment, channel of market launches in consultation with the different stakeholders.
Monitor, analyze and report on program financial performance, including investment tracking, budget utilization, business case realization, and value creation.
Drive programs that support Libra's growth strategy and expansion ambitions.
Lead programs for market expansion (segments and countries) in close alignment with Libra functional leaders, including entry into new countries or regions.
Lead change management and stakeholder adoption activities to ensure successful implementation and sustainable business outcomes.
Assess organizational readiness and coordinate change interventions across functions and regions.
Coordinate go-to-market readiness activities for new offerings, markets, and business opportunities.
Support the development and implementation of strategic partnerships and distribution channels.
Facilitate cross-functional planning and execution required to scale business operations in close collaboration with Finance, Strategy.
Monitor traction of growth objectives in evaluation phase of a program and identify opportunities for optimization.
Establish effective governance and ensure initiatives are executed in a disciplined and transparent manner.
Establish governance structures and operating mechanisms that enable effective execution and accelerated decision-making.
Define and monitor milestones and KPIs.
Establish reporting mechanisms to ensure visibility and accountability.
Facilitate steerco meeting and working sessions.
Manage risks and develop mitigation strategies for complex initiatives.
Build strong relationships across the organization and foster a culture of scaling at speed and in alignment with LR Business Units.
Serve as a execution partner to the VP Growth & Operations on key growth priorities and transformation initiatives.
Influence senior leaders and functional teams across Libra and LR Business Units to drive alignment, commitment, and delivery of strategic priorities.
Facilitate executive workshops and alignment sessions.
Capture lessons learned and consolidate into future ways of working.

Requirements

Minimum 7 years of program management, project management, strategy execution, consulting, business operations, or related experience.
Experience with AI or tech products would be favorable.
Experience operating in an international and fast-growing business environment.
Experience driving business transformation, growth initiatives, or go-to-market programs.
Proven track record leading complex cross-functional business programs.
Strong analytical and problem-solving capabilities.
Excellent stakeholder management and executive communication skills.
Strong proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications and program management tools.
Fluent in English, written and spoken.
Proficiency in German is a plus.
Strategic Thinking & Execution
Program & Project Management
Stakeholder Management
Commercial Business Acumen
Organizational Awareness
Change Management
Cross-functional Collaboration
Growth Mindset and results driven
Applicants may be required to appear onsite at a Wolters Kluwer office as part of the recruitment process.

Skills

AI
Generative technology
Program Management
Project Management
Strategy Execution
Consulting
Business Operations
Microsoft 365
Program Management Tools
Strategic Thinking
Commercial Business Acumen
Organizational Awareness
Change Management
Cross-functional Collaboration
Growth Mindset

Location

Europe

Work Type

Onsite
Incidental travel of about 10% in Europe

Experience Level

Minimum 7 years of program management, project management, strategy execution, consulting, business operations, or related experience.

Education Level

Bachelor's degree required.
Master's degree in Business Administration, Management, Economics, Engineering, or a related field preferred.
Project Management certification (PMP, PRINCE2, Agile, or equivalent) is advantageous.

About the Company

Libra is transforming how legal professionals work with an AI platform that combines generative technology with authoritative content from Wolters Kluwer and other publishers.
Libra has scaled to over €3M ARR, partnered with leading law firms, corporate legal departments, and publishers, and become Europe’s fastest-growing legal AI company.
As part of the worldwide professional information service provider Wolters Kluwer, Libra offers an opportunity to build the operating system for modern legal work and shape how AI transforms the legal profession.

Equal Opportunity

To maintain a fair and genuine hiring process, we kindly ask that all candidates participate in interviews without the assistance of AI tools or external prompts.
Our interview process is designed to assess your individual skills, experiences, and communication style.
We value authenticity and want to ensure we’re getting to know you—not a digital assistant.
To help maintain this integrity, we ask to remove virtual backgrounds and include in-person interviews in our hiring process.
Please note that use of AI-generated responses or third-party support during interviews will be grounds for disqualification from the recruitment process.