eDiscovery Project Manager - Hybrid NYC

Sheppard; New York (NY); On-site; USD 116,000 - 173,000; Full time

Job summary

Sheppard Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, a global Am Law 50 firm, seeks an eDiscovery Project Manager for its New York office. The PM will oversee multiple matters, coordinate data collection, processing, and review, and serve as the main liaison for attorneys, clients, and vendors.

The role emphasizes customer service, budgeting, and best-practice governance, with a hybrid in-office/work-from-home schedule and strong emphasis on analytics and technology platforms.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 3 years' experience as an eDiscovery project manager, preferably in a large law firm environment.
• Effective oral and written communication skills, focused on clarity, accuracy and tact.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple matters and escalation issues as appropriate.
• Customer service orientation with attention to detail and process management skills.
• Demonstrated ability to deliver results to case teams with moderate direct supervision.
• Emotional intelligence and professionalism consistent with the firm's performance culture.

Responsibilities

• Provide sound advice and tactical support for data preservation, collection, processing and culling.
• Plan and manage all eDiscovery activities for assigned matters and budgets.
• Conduct intake meetings to determine requirements, schedules, budgets and deliverables.
• Perform document productions and quality testing of data deliverables.
• Manage vendor services and monitor schedules and budgets.
• Troubleshoot eDiscovery applications and databases as needed.
• Coach junior colleagues and maintain defensible records of case work.
• Follow department best practices and information governance procedures.

Skills

Communication skills

Customer service orientation

Project management

Multitasking

Attention to detail

Professionalism

Emotional intelligence

Education

Bachelor’s Degree

Tools

Relativity

Relativity Analytics

Brainspace

CaseMap

TextMap

Case Fleet

Everchron

Opus2

Notepad++

UltraEdit

TextPad

EM editor

MS Office

MS Teams

Forensic data collection tools

Job description

Sheppard Mullin, Richter & Hampton LLP, a global Am Law 50 firm, seeks an eDiscovery Project Manager for its New York office. The PM will oversee multiple matters, coordinate data collection, processing, and review, and serve as the main liaison for attorneys, clients, and vendors.

The role emphasizes customer service, budgeting, and best-practice governance, with a hybrid in-office/work-from-home schedule and strong emphasis on analytics and technology platforms.