Legal Project Manager, Employment Litigation & Discovery

Consilio LLC•,

About The Position

Consilio is seeking a highly skilled Legal Project Manager to support a corporate legal department as part of a client-facing legal services team. Embedded within the client's legal function, this hybrid role combines litigation support, discovery management, and legal project management. The role oversees employment-related discovery matters from inception through production, working closely with attorneys, HR, IT, compliance, and outside counsel to deliver timely, defensible, high-quality results. The successful candidate is proactive, resourceful, adaptable, quick to learn new technology and systems, and committed to accurate, high-quality work. The position provides litigation and e-discovery support, manages multiple concurrent discovery matters, coordinates cross-functional project teams, and maintains client relationships and service commitments. It also supports process improvement, quality standards, and reporting for legal and business decision-making.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree or comparable experience.
5–8+ years of experience in litigation support or the legal industry, including significant project management experience.
Strong experience managing complex discovery processes, particularly employment-related matters.
Proficiency with e-discovery tools and legal technology, and ability to quickly learn new systems.
Excellent analytical, organizational, communication, and client-management skills.
Ability to adapt to changing priorities and meet deadlines in a fast-paced litigation environment.

Responsibilities

Establish and manage cases from inception through the completion of discovery, including case setup, legal holds, outside counsel guidance, case files, deadlines, discovery coordination, and completion of case-related tasks.
Use multiple systems to set up cases.
Prepare accurate legal hold notices and ensure documentation and compliance with document preservation requirements.
Collect, organize, and review company records, documents, and policies in support of litigation.
Lead discovery meetings across teams to gather information, establish priorities, track progress, and ensure timely collection and production of responsive documents and records.
Ensure compliance with company policies, procedures, and internal protocols throughout case management and discovery.
Prepare electronic data in compliance with legal and court-mandated protocols.
Oversee multiple concurrent discovery matters and serve as a primary contact for designated client stakeholders, attorneys, outside counsel, and cross-functional business partners.
Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, dependencies, and resource requirements.
Manage project teams and cross-functional stakeholders to deliver work on time and within scope.
Manage client expectations and build consultative relationships through proactive communication, risk identification, and timely issue resolution.
Meet established service-level commitments, quality standards, and client expectations.
Manage the full e-discovery lifecycle in compliance with the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM).
Oversee data collections, custodian interviews, processing, review workflows, analytics, and productions.
Support complex discovery efforts, including responses to discovery requests, document production, and ESI stipulations.
Execute searches and use analytics to identify relevant data.
Identify and implement process improvements related to discovery, document review, and legal operations.
Define and monitor quality standards across project deliverables.
Generate and distribute reporting metrics and KPIs for legal and business decision-making.
Partner with internal teams, including HR, compliance, and IT, and with outside counsel to support ongoing legal matters.