Planning and Operations Manager – Legal

The Premier League

Planning and Operations Manager responsible for managing operations within Premier League’s Regulatory and Enforcement teams. Overseeing processes, governance, budget management and driving operational efficiencies.

Posted 4/27/2026full-timeLondon • 🇬🇧 United KingdomMid-LevelSeniorWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Overseeing the operations of the Regulatory team including managing key processes such as Rule amendments each Season, the production of the annual Premier League Handbook, UEFA Licensing, safeguarding audits and administration of the League’s investigations/disciplinary proceedings and producing presentations and other materials.
Support the planning, coordination and production of reports and presentations provided by the Regulatory and Enforcement teams to key internal and external stakeholders.
Collaborate with colleagues to track, forecast and reconcile the team budget.
Playing a key role to help the team meet short-term and long-term objectives, including objective setting and strategy sessions.
Identifying areas for improvement of operational efficiencies across the team, including innovating through technology.
Ensuring pro-forma documents/templates are kept up to date and monitoring information flows and delegation of work across the team.
Identifying opportunities and assisting with the organising of professional development training.
Plan and organise events and group meetings.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Experience in legal operations and event planning and/or project management or planning role.
Ability to autonomously identify and implement operational efficiencies/improvements.
Excellent organisational skills, attention to detail and an ability to learn quickly.
Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to tailor communication in accordance with the audience.
Excellent work ethic and ability to cope with pressurised situations, multiple workstreams and tight timeframes whilst maintaining a professional approach.
Confidence and attritional skills with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
Strong proficiency across the Microsoft Office suite, specifically, PowerPoint, Excel and Word.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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Overseeing the operations of the Regulatory team including managing key processes such as Rule amendments each Season, the production of the annual Premier League Handbook, UEFA Licensing, safeguarding audits and administration of the League’s investigations/disciplinary proceedings and producing presentations and other materials.
Support the planning, coordination and production of reports and presentations provided by the Regulatory and Enforcement teams to key internal and external stakeholders.
Collaborate with colleagues to track, forecast and reconcile the team budget.
Playing a key role to help the team meet short-term and long-term objectives, including objective setting and strategy sessions.
Identifying areas for improvement of operational efficiencies across the team, including innovating through technology.
Ensuring pro-forma documents/templates are kept up to date and monitoring information flows and delegation of work across the team.
Identifying opportunities and assisting with the organising of professional development training.
Plan and organise events and group meetings. 🎯 Requirements
Experience in legal operations and event planning and/or project management or planning role.
Ability to autonomously identify and implement operational efficiencies/improvements.
Excellent organisational skills, attention to detail and an ability to learn quickly.
Strong analytical and problem solving skills.
Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to tailor communication in accordance with the audience.
Excellent work ethic and ability to cope with pressurised situations, multiple workstreams and tight timeframes whilst maintaining a professional approach.
Confidence and attritional skills with the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
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Hard Skills & Tools

legal operationsevent planningproject managementoperational efficienciesanalytical skillsproblem solving

Soft Skills

organizational skillsattention to detailwritten communicationverbal communicationwork ethicability to work under pressureteamworkindependence