Associate Director, eDiscovery Project Management

HKA Birmingham; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 145,000; Full time

Job summary

HKA is seeking an experienced eDiscovery Project Manager to independently lead complex litigation, regulatory, and investigative matters in a client-facing consulting environment. This hybrid role is open to candidates within commuting distance of our offices in Chicago, Atlanta or Washington, DC.

You will combine deep Relativity aiR expertise with visible client leadership, moving between technical delivery, project coordination, and practical guidance.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of eDiscovery experience leading complex matters.
• 2+ years of client-facing consulting with attorneys and stakeholders.
• Hands-on Relativity aiR (RelativityOne) expertise.
• Ability to translate instructions into defensible productions with QC steps.
• Strong knowledge of eDiscovery lifecycle, ESI, processing, and production formats.

Responsibilities

• Lead eDiscovery matters from scoping to closeout.
• Configure and troubleshoot Relativity aiR workspaces with permissions and workflows.
• Respond to attorney and client requests; prioritize needs and maintain continuity.
• Translate instructions into searches, workflows, and deliverables.
• Manage production workflows with scope, metadata, privilege, and approvals.
• Create project plans, budgets, schedules, and quality-control records.
• Identify risks and communicate issues clearly to stakeholders.
• Lead client calls and provide status updates and recommendations.
• Coordinate attorneys, clients, analysts, reviewers, and vendors across matters.
• Provide guidance to junior team members and ensure active matter integration.

Skills

eDiscovery

Client-facing consulting

Relativity aiR

Defensible productions

eDiscovery lifecycle

Executive presence

Project coordination

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Relativity aiR

Job description

HKA is a global leader in risk mitigation, dispute resolution, and expert witness services. We tackle complex challenges with our multi-disciplinary expertise. As trusted consultants and advisors, we deliver solutions in uncertain and disputed situations, ensuring the best outcomes for clients worldwide. Our experts have testified globally on major cases spanning across a wide range of industries and sectors.

As part of the HKA team you can expect:

• A strong collaborative culture with a mutual pursuit ofyour success alongside the success of our teams.
• The opportunity to solve problems creatively, contribute to our innovative direction, and be valued as an individual
• The ability to leverage HKA’s strong network and presence in various industriesand reputation for exceptional expert witnesses to accelerate career development and connections.

The Opportunity:

This is a Hybrid role, open to candidates within commuting distance of our offices in Chicago, Atlanta or Washington, DC.

HKA is seeking an experienced eDiscovery Project Manager to independently lead complex litigation, regulatory, and investigative matters in a client-facing consulting environment. This is a hands-on role for someone who is comfortable owning matters, working directly with counsel and senior stakeholders, and making sound decisions where accuracy and production risk matter.

You will combine deep Relativity aiR (formerly RelativityOne) expertise with visible client leadership, moving between technical delivery, project coordination, and practical guidance.

This is an opportunity to take meaningful ownership, influence how matters are run, and work alongside experienced legal and technical professionals.

Responsibilities

• Independently lead eDiscovery matters from scoping and data identification through processing, review, production, and closeout.
• Configure, administer, and troubleshoot Relativity aiR workspaces, including permissions, searches, analytics, review workflows, exports, productions, and quality-control processes.
• Respond to frequent attorney and client requests, prioritize competing needs, and maintain continuity so work can be handed off without loss of context.
• Translate legal instructions, ESI protocols, and production requirements into defensible searches, workflows, specifications, and deliverables.
• Manage production workflows with particular attention to scope, format, metadata, privilege, confidentiality, and counsel approval before release.
• Create and maintain project plans, budgets, schedules, trackers, process notes, decision logs, production specifications, and quality-control records.
• Identify risks, scope changes, data gaps, and potential errors early; communicate them clearly and elevate material issues appropriately.
• Lead client calls, clarify requirements, explain technical processes in practical terms, and provide clear status updates and recommendations.
• Coordinate attorneys, clients, analysts, reviewers, technical professionals, and vendors across multiple concurrent matters.
• Provide direction and quality review to analysts, consultants, and reviewers while helping less-experienced team members plug into active matters.

Required Skills and Qualifications

• 5+ years of eDiscovery experience, including independent ownership of complex matters or major workstreams.
• 2+ years of client-facing consulting experience with attorneys, clients, and senior stakeholders.
• Deep, hands-on Relativity aiR (RelativityOne, RelOne) experience across workspace administration, searches, review workflows, analytics, exports, productions, and troubleshooting.
• Proven ability to translate counsel instructions into accurate, defensible productions with documented quality control and approval steps.
• Strong knowledge of the eDiscovery lifecycle, ESI, processing, review, metadata, privilege, production formats, and chain of custody.
• Executive presence and sound judgment to lead calls, manage expectations, explain technical issues, and elevate risk.
• Ability to manage multiple fast-moving matters with strong organization, accuracy, and follow-through.
• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent professional experience.

Preferred

• Relativity certification.
• Experience with advanced review technologies such as generative AI, technology-assisted review, continuous active learning, email threading, near-duplicate detection, or clustering.
• Experience creating eDiscovery playbooks, templates, or other process improvements.

Compensation

HKA offers an annual salary range of $110,000 to $145,000, along with a competitive benefits package designed to support your health, financial well-being, and work-life balance. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, a 401(k) plan with company match, 20 days of paid time off plus additional company holidays and wellness time, performance bonus opportunities, and access to robust training, professional development, and career advancement programs across our global organization.

At HKA we recognize that our people are critical to our ongoing success. Our priority is to provide an inclusive and collaborative culture aimed at providing the best opportunities for our people to thrive and develop in their chosen career path.

Our Global Recruitment team is committed to providing an authentic candidate experience for all those who take the time to apply to HKA. We are committed to providing an efficient and insightful recruitment process giving candidates a true reflection of life at HKA.

Fairness and Equality at HKA:

HKA works hard to provide a welcoming environment for all of our employees. We are committed as a business on the continued improvement of our fairness and equality strategy. Please visit our website for further information or feel free to ask our recruitment team for further information.

All HKA employment decisions shall be made in accordance with controlling laws and based on merit.