Director, Risk Advisory, eDiscovery

Ankura; Greater London; On-site; GBP 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Ankura is seeking a Director in London to lead and mentor junior team members, align with clients' big-picture objectives, and ensure delivery of high-quality project outputs. You will design efficient workflow Solutions and guide teams through litigation data management and review planning.

The role requires experience in eDiscovery, strong leadership, and willingness to travel nationally and internationally as engagements vary in length.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree required.
• Experience in eDiscovery teams, ideally gained in Big 4 or a mid-tier consulting firm.
• Strong quantitative and qualitative research and analytical skills.
• Experience managing individuals or small teams with strong people skills.

Responsibilities

• Generate leads and develop relationships with legal practitioners for Ankura's eDiscovery and Risk Advisory services.
• Educate clients and prospects about Ankura's services through visits, conferences, and events.
• Increase revenue by cross-selling services and maintaining a CRM database of prospects and pipeline activities.
• Participate in industry conferences and maintain post-sales contact for quality assurance and future business.
• Assist clients in managing data relevant to litigation and business operations, and develop collection strategies.
• Coordinate forensic collections and pre-processing workflows with Ankura's forensics team.
• Advise on data reduction strategies and coordinate processing work with Ankura's team.
• Assist clients in selecting technology and developing review strategies for various tiers of review and trial preparation.
• Provide guidance on production format and timelines, manage project finances, and ensure proper project close-out.
• Support documentation of processes and mentor junior colleagues, while participating in recruiting and supervising personnel.
• Willing to travel nationally and internationally, which could involve a few weeks at a time as engagement duration can range from a week to months.

Job description

Why Join Ankura

We can support and develop individuals who aspire to be an expert. Vast opportunities for career development, with formal development process, training programmes and internal e-learning training platform, Ankura Academy. Work with leading experts in an established leading global consultancy. Work in a collaborative environment, where our professionals have the freedom to innovate which promotes curiosity, learning and communication.

Role Overview

As Director, you will manage and project lead more junior members of the team to become familiar with the clients' big-picture objectives and challenges. You will ensure the execution of critical project deliverables to ensure these objectives are met on time and with the highest quality. You will be responsible for designing and executing efficient and innovative workflow solutions to address our client's issues. This role is based in our London office.

Responsibilities

• Generate leads and develop relationships with legal practitioners for Ankura's eDiscovery and Risk Advisory services.
• Educate clients and prospects about Ankura's services through visits, conferences, and events.
• Increase revenue by cross-selling services and maintaining a CRM database of prospects and pipeline activities.
• Participate in industry conferences and maintain post-sales contact for quality assurance and future business.
• Assist clients in managing data relevant to litigation and business operations, and develop collection strategies.
• Coordinate forensic collections and pre-processing workflows with Ankura's forensics team.
• Advise on data reduction strategies and coordinate processing work with Ankura's team.
• Assist clients in selecting technology and developing review strategies for various tiers of review and trial preparation.
• Provide guidance on production format and timelines, manage project finances, and ensure proper project close-out.
• Support documentation of processes and mentor junior colleagues, while participating in recruiting and supervising personnel.
• Willing to travel nationally and internationally, which could involve a few weeks at a time as engagement duration can range from a week to months.

Requirements

• Minimum of a bachelor's degree.
• Preferred degree in engineering, computer science, finance, accounting, economics, information technology, forensics, data analytics, or work experience in a related field.
• Demonstrable work experience within an eDiscovery team, ideally gained in Big 4 or a mid-tier consulting firm.
• Possess strong quantitative and qualitative research and analytical skills.
• Familiar with the EDRM and experience in using eDiscovery products / tools: eDiscovery Review/Processing Platforms: Relativity, Brainspace, Disco, Ringtail, Catalyst, Zylab, Everlaw, CasePoint, Nuix, Law, Eclipse, or comparable.
• Forensic Software: EnCase, Cellebrite, Oxygen, BlackBag, FTK.
• Database/Programming: Microsoft SQL Server, SQL, Microsoft Access, Visual Basic, Python, R.
• Email Systems: Office 365, Microsoft Exchange, Lotus Notes/Domino, eVault, email archive platforms.
• System administration experience in Microsoft, Linux/Unix, or Macintosh Core consulting skills Hold strong team-oriented personality characteristics: hard-working, thoughtful, and collaborative, with a positive outlook and confidence.
• Experience of managing individuals or small teams with strong people skills.
• Highly motivated, eager to learn and able to motivate others.
• Ability to utilize technology to solve complex problems.
• Ability to demonstrate excellent communication (written and verbal) and organisational skills.
• Ability to adapt quickly in handling multiple/evolving tasks as a result of new engagements and/or re-prioritised deadlines.
• Ability to produce high quality and/or final work product under strict deadlines.

Ankura is an affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer.

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Ankura Consulting Group, LLC is an independent global expert services and advisory firm that delivers services and end-to-end solutions to help clients at critical inflection points related to conflict, crisis, performance, risk, strategy, and transformation.

Collaborative Lateral Thinking That Delivers, hard-earned experience, expertise, and multidisciplinary capabilities drive results and Ankura is unrivalled in its ability to assist clients to Protect, Create, and Recover Value.

For more information, please visit, ankura.com.