E-Discovery Lead Project Manager

Job Title:

E-Discovery Lead Project Manager

Job Category:
Project and Program Management

Time Type:
Full time

Minimum Clearance Required to Start:
Public Trust

Employee Type:
Regular

Percentage of

Travel Required:

None

Type of Travel:
None

Lead Project Manager will oversee all internal litigation support projects for the Litigation Support office. This person must have experience as a PM in a technical office and be familiar with project management concepts and should have a basic understanding of E-Discovery practice and litigation support. The selected LPM will:
Plan and execute case management strategies, ensuring timely and high-quality delivery of support services.

• Develop, document, and maintain overall project plans and schedules that adhere to defined policies.
• Implement project management services in accordance with policies.
• Participate in the continuous improvement cycle by recommending improvements to project management policies, processes, and procedures.
• Organize and manage project staff into a cohesive team to achieve mission goals and performance objectives.
• Assist Government project managers in developing, updating, and maintaining project plans and schedules as required.
• Manage projects based on requirements specific to the agency and the principles of the Project Management Institute (PMI), the industry standard for project management training and certification.
• Identify issues and risks to project success, develop risk management tracking log and log all identified issues / risks in the log, along with issue/risk mitigation recommendations / plans, and facilitate issue resolution and risk mitigation as required by the Government.
• Provide other project management support services as it relates to ALS.
• Provide Project Management Deliverables as part of the governance process.
• Review and update the data collection templates quarterly to reflect changes in the environment.
• Implement any legal, regulatory, or contractual information security requirements that are applicable, and inform FRD of any additional or changed requirements.
• Provide periodic security and compliance reporting guidelines.
• Provide security and compliance reports as required.
• Provide support for application assessments including audit activities, audit issue management services and closure of issues after audit.
• Participate in the continuous improvement cycle by recommending improvements to innovation policies, processes, and procedures.

Required:

• 6+ years of progressively more responsible experience in major litigation support projects, including at least one year of Project Manager experience or equivalent.
• Demonstrated ability to manage numerous complex and time-critical litigation support activities simultaneously, including technical/data processing support activities and cases involving e-discovery.
• Demonstrated ability to interact with attorneys on complex support activities. Requires expert knowledge of litigation support; outstanding writing skills; outstanding oral communication skills; outstanding management skills.
• Strong technical background as demonstrated through user level knowledge of eDiscovery tools and data management.
• Demonstrated working knowledge of the Government’s and Contractor’s IT environment in which the work is to be performed, as well as Contractor’s “standard solutions” for eDiscovery, e.g., Clearwell, Relativity, etc.
• Must be able to anticipate litigation support needs and develop and execute detailed plans for addressing needs.
• Requires knowledge of the Government’s data processing environment in which the work is to be performed, including office automation networks, PC-based databases and other applications, and internet and server-based databases and other applications, such as Oracle, Relativity or other document review platform, Trial Director, etc.
• Undergraduate degree required.
• E-Discovery experience required
• Relativity and Analytics experience required.

Desired:

• Law degree, advanced technical certification, or other pertinent graduate degrees preferred.
• Demonstrated criminal law experience and/or background, namely working on criminal matters, to include…