Director, Acuity Review Manager - Technology

FTI Consulting•Atlanta, NY

About The Position

This role is part of FTI Consulting’s Acuity team, which supports, coordinates, manages, and participates in document reviews at the direction of clients. The position primarily uses Relativity, Brainspace, Reveal, and Nuix Discover, though knowledge of other platforms is helpful. The Review Manager independently manages multiple client matters and review workflows, provides clients with substantive review workflow and strategy advice, and develops relationships with existing and prospective clients. The role covers the full matter lifecycle, from developing proposals through final billing, and contributes to general management activities such as scheduling, resource allocation, revenue projections, and operational procedures. The manager oversees review teams and quality, maintains client and project communications, and ensures agreed deliverables are completed within established timelines and quality standards. On-site work at client locations may be needed to supervise teams and provide training. FTI Consulting describes a collaborative culture that supports diversity, recognition, and professional development. The company offers on-the-job learning, self-guided courses and certifications, a dedicated coach, and programs for professional milestones. Applicants must be authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis; visa sponsorship is not provided. The stated base salary range is $122,500 to $177,500, with actual compensation determined by relevant factors including location, skills, experience, and qualifications.

Requirements

At least 5 years of relevant post-graduate professional experience in legal/electronic discovery or primarily leading or managing projects in a document-review environment.
At least 5 years of relevant post-graduate professional experience supporting document-review software applications, preferably in document-intensive cases.
Experience interfacing with end clients, including corporations, outside counsel, or both.
J.D. required.
B.S. or B.A. college degree required.
Must be barred, active, and in good standing.
Ability to travel to clients and FTI offices as needed.
Must be currently authorized to work in the United States on a full-time basis; visa sponsorship is not provided.

Nice To Haves

Experience managing privacy-breach document reviews, including personally identifiable and confidential or sensitive information, complex extraction workflows, and multiple concurrent workflows on tight timelines.
IAPP data privacy professional certification, such as CIPP or CIPM.
Experience managing antitrust or merger reviews, including multi-jurisdictional matters.
Experience consulting on Technology Assisted Review (TAR) workflows, privilege-log and redaction best practices, deposition or investigational-hearing preparation reviews, and analytical research tasks.
Flexibility and ability to work under tight deadlines while prioritizing and managing multiple tasks.
Experience using technology-assisted review to identify responsive documents more quickly.
Ability to speak or read a language other than English and experience supervising foreign-language review.
Broad experience participating in and managing a wide variety of document reviews.
Antitrust or Foreign Corrupt Practices Act experience.
Experience supervising a case using predictive coding.
Experience developing budgets and working with spreadsheets.
Knowledge of alternative document-review platforms.

Responsibilities

Independently lead and manage document reviews and set review workflows and strategies.
Manage client relationships from the beginning of a project and beyond its scope.
Create and monitor timelines for review phases.
Supervise review teams on site as needed, and train and guide team leads and reviewers.
Coordinate with operations and human resources to onboard and offboard reviewers.
Support Acuity sales pursuits, identify upselling opportunities, and contribute to proposals, consultative sales, and contract closing.
Develop initial project budgets and monitor adherence, communicating changes in work scope and budget to clients and project teams.
Ensure billing-system inputs accurately reflect matter status, revenue projections, and authorized budgets.
Maintain communication among the client, FTI service delivery team, and project review team, and ensure mutual understanding of scope and costs.
Coordinate, counsel, and manage review teams to ensure document-review accuracy and throughput while managing multiple projects simultaneously.
Set up, supervise, and complete privilege logs with attorney teams.
Monitor review speeds and progress, and implement and oversee quality-control protocols.
Interview and build project review teams, including developing regional and substantive reviewers.
Provide substantive review support on review tools to clients and project teams, both on site and remotely.
Work with clients or outside counsel to define substantive project parameters, select review tools and repositories, and estimate timelines and budgets.
Recommend review workflows, including quality-control workflows involving clients and senior reviewers.
Build and foster relationships with client contacts.
Define project scope, deliverables, and deadlines, and oversee delivery to established time and quality standards.
Maintain working relationships across company offices and departments, and promote consistent procedures and high-quality work products.
Contribute to general management, including scheduling, resource allocation, revenue projections, and operational processes and procedures.

Benefits

Professional development programs and opportunities.
On-the-job learning, self-guided professional development courses, and certifications.
A dedicated coach who provides mentoring and support through regular coaching sessions.
Tailored programs for critical professional milestones.

Stand Out From the Crowd

Upload your resume and get instant feedback on how well it matches this job.

Upload and Match Resume