What are the responsibilities and job description for the Senior eDiscovery Project Manager position at Innovative Driven?
Innovative Driven is currently seeking an experienced Senior eDiscovery Project Manager to join the team at a collegial and vibrant law firm client!
Candidates must have at least five years of eDiscovery project management from a law firm or vendor. Relativity and eDiscovery database management experience is required for this position.
This is a, full-time, exempt position that will be hybrid, requiring 3 days onsite in Austin, and 2 days remote.
Responsibilities
- Provide eDiscovery project management support to internal stakeholders
- Monitor deadlines, deliverables and dependencies.
- Design and implement best practices for document and data management.
- Coordinate the QC and completion of work requests with vendor teams.
- Develop and maintain protocols for project onboarding and closing, reporting, and document retention
- Develop and update templates, playbooks, guidelines, decision logs, reports, and other document review tools.
- Monitor the firm’s eDiscovery Managed Service Provider’s service delivery, activities and performance, and assist in managing the firm’s relationship with the service provider.
- Develop and maintain a functional and current understanding of defensible practices, case law and industry guidance related to eDiscovery.
- Work with eDiscovery Manager to identify and implement innovative technologies to improve eDiscovery service delivery and increase productivity.
- Support administrative processes related to service management including timekeeping, forecasting, reporting, billing and invoicing.
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor’s degree required; JD or MBA is preferred
- 5 years of project management experience in a law firm or corporate legal environment (litigation or eDiscovery) required.
- Certified E-Discovery Specialist (CEDS) Certification preferred.
- Experience working with vendors on eDiscovery pricing proposals and project management.
- Must have Relativity and database management experience. Relativity Certified Admin credentials preferred but not required.
- Strong proficiency using the Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint.
