Associate Director, E-Discovery

Hilco Global•Chicago, IL

2d•Hybrid

About The Position

Hilco Global is expanding its Global Investigations & Dispute Resolution practice and is seeking an Associate Director to oversee complex e-discovery matters. This role involves managing engagement teams, leading execution, and contributing to practice development. The position offers a unique opportunity to shape a growing e-discovery and litigation support capability within an established platform known for its strength in financial services, advisory, and capital solutions. The practice advises clients on a range of matters including fraud investigations, forensic accounting, commercial disputes, bribery and corruption, asset tracing, investigative due diligence, litigation support, regulatory response, digital forensics, cyber-enabled investigations, and e-discovery. This role is ideal for ambitious, commercial professionals looking to build a market-facing practice with significant cross-disciplinary opportunities.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in information systems, computer science, business, legal studies, accounting, finance, economics, or a related discipline required; candidates with master's degrees or JD degrees are strongly encouraged and will be prioritized.
Approximately 7-10 years of relevant experience in e-discovery, litigation support, forensic technology, managed review, investigations, disputes, or related consulting services.
Significant experience managing complex, multi-workstream e-discovery matters and interacting directly with senior clients and counsel.
Strong technical grounding in the EDRM lifecycle, data scoping, preservation, collection coordination, processing, review design, analytics, production workflows, and quality control.
Experience with leading e-discovery platforms such as Relativity, RelativityOne, Everlaw, Reveal, DISCO, Nuix, Brainspace, Casepoint, Microsoft Purview, Google Vault, or similar platforms.
Demonstrated leadership in engagement oversight, team development, client service, vendor management, and review workflow execution.
Excellent written, verbal, and presentation skills.
Strong judgment and ability to operate effectively in sensitive, high-stakes, deadline-driven matters.
Willingness to travel based on client and business needs.

Nice To Haves

Professional credentials such as RCA, CEDS, ACEDS, Relativity certifications, PMP, JD, CFE, or other relevant credentials are advantageous.

Responsibilities

Lead large or high-complexity e-discovery matters from planning and scoping through processing, hosting, review management, production, and close-out.
Oversee multiple workstreams and engagement teams, ensuring quality, responsiveness, defensibility, and cost discipline across discovery workflows.
Serve as a primary day-to-day contact for clients, external counsel, vendors, managed review teams, and senior stakeholders.
Direct preparation and review of discovery plans, review protocols, search methodologies, analytics workflows, production specifications, privilege workflows, status reports, and client presentations.
Advise clients and counsel on discovery strategy, data scoping, proportionality, analytics, review design, production issues, and cost-management opportunities.
Manage engagement economics, resource planning, timelines, data security, vendor coordination, and risk considerations.
Coach and develop Managers, Associates, Analysts, review teams, and other team members across active matters.
Help drive consistency in e-discovery methodology, quality standards, documentation, data handling, and execution across the practice.
Support proposals, pitches, thought leadership, recruiting, training, technology/vendor relationships, and strategic growth initiatives.
Identify opportunities to expand existing client relationships and connect e-discovery work with Hilco's broader investigations, disputes, restructuring, valuation, and advisory capabilities where relevant.