Why Libra
At Libra, we’re transforming how legal professionals work. Our AI platform combines cutting-edge generative technology with the trusted authoritative content of Wolters Kluwer and other publishers to help lawyers research, draft, and deliver legal work faster and smarter. In just over a year (until fall 2025), 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 a rare opportunity to build the operating system for modern legal work and shape how AI transforms the legal profession.
Role Overview
The Lead Project & Program Manager is responsible for leading and delivering strategic business initiatives that accelerate Libra's growth and operational excellence. Working closely with the VP Growth & Operations and Libra functional leaders and LR content/software Business Units functional leaders. The role translates strategic priorities into executable programs, ensures alignment across stakeholders, and drives successful and timely delivery of high-impact initiatives.
The role will manage multiple concurrent programs spanning market growth, operational scaling, commercial effectiveness, and organizational readiness. Examples include geographic expansion into new markets, expansion into new customer segments, and the establishment of new sales channels and strategic partnerships.
What You'll Do
1. Program Leadership & Strategic Execution
Lead strategic initiatives from concept through execution, ensuring successful delivery of business outcomes aligned with Libra's growth ambitions.
Independently 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.
2. Growth & Expansion Initiatives
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.
3. Governance, Planning & Performance Management
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…