Program Manager, Litigation
About The Position
LinkedIn is the world’s largest professional network, built to create economic opportunity for every member of the global workforce. Our products help people make powerful connections, discover exciting opportunities, build necessary skills, and gain valuable insights every day. We’re also committed to providing transformational opportunities for our own employees by investing in their growth. We aspire to create a culture that’s built on trust, care, inclusion, and fun – where everyone can succeed. Join us to transform the way the world works. This role can be based in Mountain View, Sunnyvale, San Francisco or New York. At LinkedIn, our approach to flexible work is centered on trust and optimized for culture, connection, clarity, and the evolving needs of our business. The work location of this role is hybrid, meaning it will be performed both from home and from a LinkedIn office on select days, as determined by the business needs of the team. As Program Manager, Litigation, you will provide program management/paralegal support to our Protection, Competition, and Defense team, with primary emphasis on support for the Litigation team, including tracking and managing all active litigation matters, onboarding outside counsel, supporting budgeting and reporting tasks, and assisting on attorney workstreams. You will work within a fast-paced, well-rounded, collaborative team that values humor and teamwork.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree or related practical experience
- 5+ years of relevant experience as a Litigation Paralegal, Legal Project Manager, or equivalent.
- 5+ years of experience in project / program management.
- 2+ years of experience with a variety of computer software applications, including word processing, spreadsheet, database, and presentation software (Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint)
Nice To Haves
- Ability to learn and utilize other business software (LawVu, SimpleLegal, Slack, Jira, Salesforce)
- Organizational skills to manage multiple contemporaneous matters.
- Familiarity with litigation processes such as identifying outside counsel, discovery, and witness interviews.
- You are a self-motivated and organized team player with the ability to drive projects, identify and resolve issues, and earn the confidence and cooperation of others.
- You communicate effectively and can work both independently and collaboratively.
- You have project management experience and give attention to detail while at the same time understanding the big picture.
- You are able to assess, update, and improve processes to make team work more efficient.
- Comfort juggling tasks from the mundane to the strategic, and an ability to work productively and deliver on deadline in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment with a smile and a sense of humor.
- Excellent judgment and high integrity.
Responsibilities
- Manage and update litigation matters in docket tracking software (currently LawVu).
- Under attorney supervision, identify custodians, draft, and manage sending of legal hold notices.
- Use a variety of tools to locate and collect corporate documents and platform information as needed for litigation matters.
- Support in-house attorneys’ work on litigation matters, including organizing docket files, collecting information in response to discovery requests, scheduling witness interviews, getting declarations signed, crafting meeting notes, and interfacing with outside counsel.
- Track case deadlines and project-manage attorney workstreams to ensure on-time deliverables to in-house and outside counsel.
- Work with our eDiscovery professionals to collect and review documents in Relativity.
- Investigate and independently handle small claims matters.
- Collaborate with attorneys, Legal Ops, and Finance to support Litigation budget management, spend reporting, and ensuring payment of litigation settlements
- Manage meeting agendas, create presentations and Litigation docket reports, and track key metrics updates for internal and external stakeholders.
- Manage Litigation software vendor relationships and contracts.
- Collaborate with other program managers across teams within the Protection, Competition, and Defense team on team-wide projects and shared initiatives
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Manager
