Specialist, Information Governance

Job Description - Specialist, Information Governance (2500017N)

Specialist, Information Governance

White & Case is an elite global law firm serving leading companies, financial institutions and governments worldwide. Our long history as an international firm means we are perfectly placed to help our clients resolve their most complex legal challenges wherever they may be.

With lawyers operating from more than 40 locations, working in virtually every country of the world, we have invested heavily in building a high-quality full-service practice competing at the top of the market. We are distinguished by our on-the-ground presence in the world’s key financial markets and our strengths in handling complex cross-border work.

It’s not just about our global network of offices; it’s the global interconnectedness of the Firm that our people, and our clients, value most. We work well together across geographic and practice boundaries. It’s one of the reasons we attract and retain cross-border work.

Our lawyers are globally minded, enterprising, collaborative and committed to excellence. Our people represent 90 nationalities and speak 80 languages.

Technology at White & Case plays a key role in enabling our lawyers in practicing law around the world.

Our team comprises of three functions:
Business Services – who maintains, develops and supports our enterprise systems, Operations – who designs, builds and supports our communications and data center operations, and Technology Support – who provides desktop, audio visual and training support. Together we support our lawyers with leading edge technology and systems to deliver elite legal and best-in-class client service.

Globally-minded, our team covers a range of technical disciplines and business skill sets. This encompasses business analysts, data architects, application developers and engineering staff covering a range of technologies that include virtualization, cloud, networking, storage, collaboration services and security. We deploy the latest technology and hardware within our state‑of‑the‑art offices. Our technical support staff support and train our people on the latest hardware and operating systems, remote working capabilities and mobile devices.

Our Shared Services centers deliver Service Desk and Operations functions that support our colleagues and monitor Firm systems 24 x 7.

Working closely with our business services colleagues to support the Firm’s Finance, Human Resources, Marketing, and Knowledge systems, the Technology Department is at the heart of the Firm’s global operations.

As the Information Governance (IG) Data Management Specialist, you will lead as a Subject Matter Expert (SME) in all aspects of data management activities, ensuring the Firm remains current, responsive, and compliant with information practices across technologies and client requests. Your role involves supporting plans, targeting goals, taking direction, and executing services, initiatives, and projects aimed at reducing risks and costs related to information governance.

Responsibilities include leading strategic IG initiatives, ensuring electronic data activities across various IG departments, managing shared drives and Electronic Closing Binders (ECB), validating and provisioning collaboration systems, conducting surveys and assessments, managing firm‑chargeable numbers and mailboxes, handling legal opinions, and overseeing bulk import/export operations in iManage. You will also lead new and existing projects supporting global rollouts of M365, iManage Cloud, Exchange Cloud, AI, and Content Governance projects.

Key interactions will include the Firm’s General Counsel, Data Protection Officer, Technology Cyber Security leader, Practice Technology department, partners, practice leaders, external client compliance teams, and certification auditors.

Essential duties:

• Lead across core processes including daily work intake, assignment, quality review, and delivery of work product for the data management process and domain
• Lead as SME to Firm personnel on information governance best practices relating…