Discovery Manager

TRU is representing a fantastic leading global law firm seeking a Discovery Manager to join their dynamic and growing team. This role involves collaborating with attorneys and paralegals to coordinate and execute key discovery workstreams for the team’s largest and most complex legal matters. In addition to being hands-on with RCA-level technical prowess, this position will be a larger scale project manager and the person who coordinates metrics, has workflows that run in parallel to produce the right things to the right people at the right time by dashboarding and tracking and drives consistent and realistic decision making. Ideal candidates will have significant experience in discovery consulting and project management, with a strong understanding of core discovery workflows and excellent communication skills for client interactions. The role includes facilitating cross-team collaboration, supporting department initiatives, and ensuring alignment with leadership directives. If you have a background in project management within legal settings and a keen eye for detail, this could be the perfect opportunity for you.

Essential Functions

Coordination of Discovery Workstreams

Working in partnership with Firm attorneys, paralegals, and other members from LPT, the Discovery Manager will support the coordination and execution of key discovery workstreams including;

• Regular communications with clients, case teams, and vendors to define and manage matter goals, action items, and timelines
• Identification, collection, and tracking of documents, data, and other key information from client systems through production
• Supporting and documenting discussions and action items with client inhouse legal teams, IT teams and employees
• Supporting eDiscovery and document review vendor assessment, engagement, and onboarding
• Coordinating development and tracking of matter fees estimates and budgets
  
  

Facilitate Cross-Team Collaboration

The Discovery Manager will also play a key role in keeping members across multiple workstreams coordinated and aware of relevant developments. These efforts may include;

• Scheduling and leading matter planning, kick-off, and status calls
• Managing a centralize tracker of action items and support documentation
• Onboarding new joiners to project teams
  
  

Department Initiatives

The Discovery Manager may also support team initiatives and special projects focused on process improvements.

• Leadership may adjust or assign responsibilities within the context of this role to support the Firm and our clients as required
• The Principal role includes client-billable and non-billable tasks
  
  

Required

QUALIFICATIONS AND REQUIREMENTS

• Candidates will have spent a significant portion of their career delivering litigation and discovery-focused project management services in one or more of a variety of roles (e.g., at a law firm, advisory firm, service provider, inhouse legal team)
• This experience should include significant client interactions and strong familiarity with core discovery workflows including data preservation, collection, and production standards; ediscovery platforms (Relativity); and common ediscovery rules that impact project planning (ESI Orders, Federal Rules of Civil Procedures, data privacy/cross-border requirements)
• This position requires a high level of collaboration with clients, attorneys, and other case team members; therefore, the ideal candidate must possess strong communication skills and enjoy interacting with people at all levels with a high degree of accuracy, professionalism, and accountability
• Candidates must possess exceptional organizational skills, coupled with good judgement and the ability to independently define and make progress on action items. Concurrently, they must demonstrate a commitment to consensus building and demonstrate an ability to stay aligned with and meet directives set forth by leadership and case teams
• Bachelor’s Degree
  
  

Preferred

• Project management credentials; completion of project management or process improvement courses
• JD/LLM and/or MBA is a plus, but not necessary
  
  

Expected salary for this role is $150,000 - $175,000, commensurate with experience, training, skills, qualifications, and other market factors.