eDiscovery Senior Project Manager

Overview

This Senior Project Manager role provides high-level management, delegation, and execution of day-to-day e-discovery project tasks, reporting to the PM Directors. The position involves concurrently managing multiple projects of significant complexity. You will collaborate with attorneys, paralegals, IT personnel, and other members of the counsel and/or client legal team to ensure successful completion of e-discovery matters. Planning for project execution is essential, along with mentoring, training, and delegating responsibilities to team members as needed.

Responsibilities

Leadership

• Serve as a point of escalation for junior team members.
• Provide training and supervision for junior team members.
• Motivate team members to create an environment where employees thrive.
• Manage and plan project resources.
• Identify and facilitate growth opportunities for colleagues.
• Identify operational risk and implement strategies to mitigate risk for clients.
• Participate in strategic client meetings (quarterly meetings; in-person meetings, etc.) and oversee client-level reporting.
• Initiate and participate in business development opportunities.
• Initiate and provide guidance to junior PMs on building client relationships.

Management of Projects

• Provide end-to-end oversight of discovery matters and serve as the primary client point of contact.
• Provide expertise and consultative advice regarding data collections, processing, review workflows, analytics, and production/export deliverables.
• Create and maintain project schedules and reporting, including defining activities, sequence of events, dependencies, work effort, duration, and associated resource requirements.
• Develop and manage relationships with internal teams.
• Define, articulate, implement, and monitor quality standards on all project deliverables.
• Plan and manage internal and external project communications to ensure effective exchange of project information and deliverables.
• Serve as an expert on review platforms and proprietary offerings.
• Forecast, track, and manage project budgets.
• Oversee and consult on multiple, concurrent complex projects.
• Generate and distribute reporting metrics and other identified KPIs as needed for each project.
• Develop strong client relationships through collaborative, consultative service.

Qualifications

• BA/BS degree or minimum 5 years in the litigation support / legal industry.
• Demonstrable experience of leadership responsibilities.
• 5 years experience using the Relativity platform or equivalent eDiscovery tools.
• Willingness to travel.
• 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.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating project work and resources with global resources.
• Proactive approach to problem-solving and ability to anticipate client needs.
• Ability to confront unexpected problems quickly and effectively.
• Available for a flexible schedule driven by client requirements that will periodically exceed a standard 40 hour work week depending on project needs.
• Strong teamwork, communication (written and oral), client management, and interpersonal skills.
• Demonstrated ability to manage project teams, including teams of supporting project managers.

Compensation & Benefits

Not specified in the provided job description.

Location

Not specified in the provided job description.

Equal Employment Opportunity

The employer is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability or any other legally protected status.