Job Description
Overview The eDiscovery Project Manager role is responsible for high level management, delegation, and execution of day-to-day e-discovery project tasks. The role involves concurrently managing multiple projects of varying complexity. The incumbent will collaborate with attorneys, paralegals, IT personnel, and other members of counsel and/or client legal team to ensure the successful completion of e-discovery matters. Project Manager must also mentor, train and delegate to an assigned team of Project Coordinators and Analysts.
- Responsibilities
Management of Projects: · Providing end-to-end oversight of discovery matters and serving as primary client point of contact.
· Providing expertise and consultative advice regarding data collections, processing, review workflows, analytics, and production/export deliverables.
· Creating and maintaining project schedules, including defining activities, sequence, dependencies, work effort, duration and associated resource requirements.
· Developing and managing relationships with internal teams.
· Defining, communicating, implementing and monitoring quality standards on all project deliverables.
· Planning and managing internal and external project communications, ensuring effective exchange of project information and deliverables.
· Serving as expert on Right Discovery’s review platforms and proprietary offerings.
· Forecasting, tracking and managing project budgets and invoices.
· Successfully overseeing multiple, concurrent projects.
· Generating and distributing reporting metrics for processed requests and KPI’s on a regular basis.
· Developing strong client relationships through collaborative, consultative service.
- Project Team Leadership:
· Leading an assigned team of project managers and project coordinators.
· Serve as a point of escalation for junior members of the team.
· Managing utilization and project assignment within the project team.
· Providing training and supervision for junior team members.
- Qualifications:
· BA/BS degree or minimum of 5 years in the litigation support / legal industry.
· Minimum 3+ years of experience managing eDiscovery projects with increasing level of responsibility.
· Demonstrated working knowledge of either Relativity, Everlaw, or Reveal review platforms.
· Experience with structural and conceptual analytics, including TAR 1.0, CAL (TAR 2.0), email threading, and knowledge of the entire EDRM from collection to production; GenAI experience a plus.
· Demonstrated experience managing multiple, concurrent projects involving cross-functional teams within budgetary and schedule constraints.
· Demonstrated ability to manage client expectations and maintain client satisfaction.
· A proactive approach to problem-solving and the ability to anticipate client needs.
· The ability to confront unexpected problems quickly and effectively.
· Strong teamwork, communication (written and oral), client management, and interpersonal skills.
· Demonstrated ability to manage project teams, including teams of supporting project managers.
· Experience with or understanding handling forensic collections is a plus.
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