EDiscovery Analyst

Job Description

Takeda is committed to equitable pay and offers a competitive compensation package. The following outlines the role's objectives, responsibilities, qualifications, and benefits.

• Deliver reliable, timely, and defensible eDiscovery and litigation support services for Legal, Compliance, and related business stakeholders.
• Support the full eDiscovery lifecycle, including legal hold, data identification, preservation, collection, processing, review support, production, and disposition.
• Partner with Legal Business Partners, outside counsel, records and information management, DD&T stakeholders, peers, and service providers to execute casework and operational deliverables.
• Collect and manage custodial and non-custodial data from enterprise applications, archives, collaboration platforms, file shares, cloud repositories, and other relevant data sources.
• Administer, support, and continuously improve eDiscovery platforms and related technologies, including Exterro, Relativity, Microsoft Purview, and other preservation, collection, processing, and review tools.
• Use scripting and automation, such as Power Shell, Python, or workflow automation tools, to reduce manual effort, improve repeatability, enhance reporting, and accelerate routine eDiscovery tasks.
• Maintain current, accurate, and audit-ready documentation for collection procedures, operational playbooks, process controls, and technology support activities.
• Monitor technology trends, regulatory expectations, and market capabilities to identify opportunities to modernize Legal and eDiscovery operations.
• Communicate priorities, risks, decisions, and status clearly and proactively while escalating issues when appropriate.

• Execute and document defensible workflows for the collection, preservation, processing, transfer, loading, review support, and production of electronically stored information as requested by Legal.
• Ensure data subject to legal hold is appropriately preserved across relevant enterprise systems, collaboration platforms, cloud repositories, and archived data sources.
• Coordinate with Legal and Records and Information Management when legal holds are released to support defensible disposition of data not subject to other retention or preservation obligations.
• Configure, operate, and support eDiscovery and information governance tools, including Exterro, Relativity, Microsoft Purview, and related collection, review, analytics, reporting, and data transfer capabilities.
• Develop scripts, queries, and automation routines to streamline repetitive tasks, validate data, generate reports, reconcile collections, and improve quality control across the eDiscovery lifecycle.
• Partner with Legal Operations, Cybersecurity, Infrastructure, Records and Information Management, and application teams to identify data sources, resolve technical issues, and define scalable support models.
• Provide functional and technical support, training, and guidance to attorneys, paralegals, eDiscovery analysts, vendors, and internal partners.
• Analyze operational trends, recurring issues, service demand, and stakeholder feedback to recommend process improvements and technology enhancements.
• Model Takeda's values and leadership behaviors through accountability, collaboration, integrity, continuous improvement, and customer‑focused delivery.

Required:

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems, digital forensics, legal technology, data governance, or a related discipline; equivalent experience may be considered.
• 3‑5 years of experience across eDiscovery, legal technology, information governance, IT operations, digital forensics, cloud platforms, or enterprise application support.
• Hands‑on knowledge of eDiscovery platforms and workflows, including Exterro, Relativity, Microsoft Purview, legal hold administration, data preservation, collection, processing, review support, and production.
• Working knowledge of scripting or automation languages such as Power Shell, Python, SQL, or similar tools to automate tasks, perform data validation, generate reports, and improve operational efficiency.
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