eDiscovery Project Manager

Apt Search; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Apt Search is seeking an eDiscovery Project Manager in London to run and advise on complex disclosure exercises from data mapping and collection through processing, review and production, leveraging analytics and AI-based tools and explaining workflows clearly to lawyers. This is a hybrid, permanent role with three days in the office.

You should have solid litigation support/eDiscovery experience, Relativity Certified Administrator (RCA), and the ability to coordinate multiple projects while

Qualifications

• Solid litigation support or eDiscovery experience across the full disclosure process.
• Experience in a law firm is preferred.
• Strong Relativity skills; RCA
• Understanding analytics and how to use it within a review
• Experience managing several projects at once
• Ability to explain technical points in plain English

Responsibilities

• Project manage disclosure exercises end to end, from data mapping and collection through processing, review and production
• Advise lawyers on the most effective disclosure strategy for each matter, including where analytics and AI-based tools will save time and cost
• Prepare and contribute to the disclosure documents exchanged between parties, including Disclosure Review Documents (DRDs) and Electronic Documents Questionnaires (EDQs)
• Work with client IT teams to map data sources and plan collections
• Organise and run document productions
• Train review teams on the platform and the workflow

Skills

Project management

Communication

Disclosures strategy

Data mapping

Education

Relativity Certified Administrator (RCA)

Tools

Relativity

Job description

You'll be part of the conversation about litigation strategy at the very start of a case, not brought in once documents are due. This London law firm has its own in-house eDiscovery team that works side by side with lawyers across a wide range of practice groups, on disputes that are often complex and cross-border.

As eDiscovery Project Manager, you'll run and advise on complex disclosure exercises from collection through to production. The team focuses on using the right technology at the right point in a matter, and makes extensive use of analytics and AI-based review tools. You'll shape the workflow, keep it efficient and explain it clearly to the lawyers relying on it.

The essentials

• London, hybrid, 3 days per week in the office
• Permanent
• You must already have the right to work in the UK

Responsibilities of an eDiscovery Project Manager:

• Project manage disclosure exercises end to end, from data mapping and collection through processing, review and production
• Advise lawyers on the most effective disclosure strategy for each matter, including where analytics and AI-based tools will save time and cost
• Prepare and contribute to the disclosure documents exchanged between parties, including Disclosure Review Documents (DRDs) and Electronic Documents Questionnaires (EDQs)
• Work with client IT teams to map data sources and plan collections
• Organise and run document productions
• Train review teams on the platform and the workflow

Requirements of an eDiscovery Project Manager:

• Solid litigation support or eDiscovery experience across the full disclosure process, ideally gained in a law firm
• Relativity Certified Administrator (RCA)
• Strong hands-on Relativity skills, including setting up reviews to run efficiently and keep costs down
• A practical understanding of analytics and how to use it within a review
• Experience managing several projects at once
• Confident advising lawyers and partners, and able to explain technical points in plain English

Nice to have:

• Awareness of, or hands-on exposure to, Relativity aiR
• Experience leading or supervising others, such as review teams

Equal Opportunity Statement

APT Search is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a workplace free from discrimination, providing fair consideration to all applicants regardless of background or protected status. This client is not able to offer visa sponsorship for this role, so you must already have the right to work in the UK.