Sr. Manager​/Manager, Digital Forensics & Expert Services

Overview

The EMEAA team is a small but highly capable and collaborative group, primarily based in London, with team members located across China, Germany, and South Africa. The team works closely across regions, combining deep technical expertise with strong communication and shared standards to deliver complex, cross-border forensic engagements with consistency and impact.

For an experienced managerial position within Forensic Investigation and Expert Witness Services (EMEAA), you will bring 6–12+ years of proven industry experience and play a central role in leading and executing complex forensic investigations, data collections, and preservation strategies across global litigation, regulatory, and corporate matters. This role provides the opportunity to combine your hands‑on technical experience with leadership responsibility, allowing you to stay close to the technical detail while shaping delivery and strategy.

It is well suited to professionals already operating in a hands‑on role at managerial level.

This is a hybrid role based in our London office.

• Lead strategic discussions with clients, acting as a primary advisor and providing expert guidance on data collection, preservation, investigative methodologies, and forensic strategy.
• Conduct data mapping and forensic scoping activities, identifying relevant systems, data sources, risks, and dependencies at the outset of engagements.
• Independently manage projects end-to-end, acting as the primary point of contact throughout the engagement lifecycle.
• Balance multiple concurrent matters, maintaining control over scope, resources and timelines.
• Identify delivery or technical risks early and elevate appropriately to the Team Lead, ensuring timely decision making and risk mitigation.
• Work closely with international teams to ensure consistency of approach, quality, and defensible methodology across regions.
• Represent the firm confidently in client meetings, regulatory discussions, and industry forums.

• Cloud forensics, with hands‑on collection experience across Microsoft 365, Google Workspace and Azure, including scoping and defensible preservation.
• Mobile device forensics, with hands‑on collection experience using advanced tools such as Cellebrite Premium and Magnet Grey Key, including handling of third‑party application data.
• Computer forensics, with hands‑on collection experience of logical and physical acquisition from macOS and Windows systems.
• File system expertise, including a strong understanding of common file systems (e.g., NTFS, APFS, HFS+, FAT/exFAT) and their forensic implications for data interpretation and collection.
• Troubleshooting and problem‑solving, with experience navigating complex issues relating to data integrity, preservation, extraction failures and encryption.

• Conduct and oversee domestic and international on‑site data collections, involving senior executives, sensitive matters, or time‑critical situations.
• Operate confidently in unfamiliar and high‑pressure environments, adapting to different business cultures while maintaining authority, professionalism, and discretion.
• Attend the London office 1–2 days per week, supporting collaboration, leadership presence, and client delivery.
• Assist with or oversee both local and international on‑site collections as required, including short‑notice engagements.

• Assisting in the development of senior analysts, setting clear expectations and driving professional growth.
• Acting as a technical escalation point, supporting analysts with complex forensic challenges.
• Providing mentorship and hands‑on guidance, helping build depth, confidence, and capability across the team.
• Conducting quality reviews and actively promote forensic best practices and defensible methodologies.

• Further develop your expert‑level technical capability by leading complex, high‑profile, and cross‑border forensic engagements.
• Strengthen your client advisory and consulting skills, working directly with a variety of senior legal teams, executives, and…