eDiscovery Senior Project Manager
About The Position
The Senior Project Manager is responsible for high-level management, delegation, and execution of day-to-day e-discovery project tasks and reports to the PM Directors. The role concurrently manages multiple projects of significant complexity and collaborates with attorneys, paralegals, IT personnel, and other members of counsel or client legal teams to ensure successful completion of e-discovery matters. The position includes planning project execution, mentoring and training team members, and delegating work as needed. The Senior Project Manager provides end-to-end oversight of discovery matters and serves as a primary client contact. The role offers consultative expertise across data collections, processing, review workflows, analytics, and production/export deliverables; manages project schedules, resources, communications, quality, budgets, and reporting; and develops strong client and internal-team relationships. The position also provides team leadership, client-level reporting, risk mitigation, and support for business development.
Requirements
- BA/BS degree or a minimum of 5 years in the litigation support or legal industry.
- Demonstrable experience with leadership responsibilities.
- 5 years of experience using the Relativity platform or equivalent eDiscovery tools.
- Willingness to travel.
- Experience managing multiple concurrent projects involving cross-functional teams within budget and schedule constraints.
- Ability to manage client expectations and maintain client satisfaction.
- Experience coordinating project work and resources with global resources.
- Proactive problem-solving approach and ability to anticipate client needs.
- Ability to address unexpected problems quickly and effectively.
- Availability for a flexible schedule driven by client requirements, which may periodically exceed a standard 40-hour work week depending on project needs.
- Strong teamwork, written and oral communication, client management, and interpersonal skills.
- Ability to manage project teams, including teams of supporting project managers.
Responsibilities
- Serve as an escalation point for junior team members.
- Train and supervise junior team members and help create an environment where employees thrive.
- Manage and plan project resources, and identify growth opportunities for colleagues.
- Identify operational risks and implement strategies to mitigate them for clients.
- Participate in strategic client meetings and oversee client-level reporting.
- Initiate and participate in business development opportunities with GRO.
- Guide junior project managers in building client relationships.
- Provide end-to-end oversight of discovery matters and serve as the primary client point of contact.
- Provide expertise and consultative advice on data collections, processing, review workflows, analytics, and production/export deliverables.
- Create and maintain project schedules and reporting, defining activities, sequencing, dependencies, effort, duration, and resource requirements.
- Develop and manage relationships with internal teams.
- Define, communicate, implement, and monitor quality standards for project deliverables.
- Plan and manage internal and external project communications and ensure effective exchange of project information and deliverables.
- Serve as an expert on Consilio's review platforms and proprietary offerings.
- Forecast, track, and manage project budgets.
- Oversee and consult on multiple concurrent complex projects.
- Generate and distribute project reporting metrics and identified KPIs.
- Develop strong client relationships through collaborative, consultative service.
- Manage project teams, including teams of supporting project managers.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
