Litigation Support Project Manager - Multiple Offices (Hybrid)

Littler; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 84,777 - 111,130; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Wellness program

Parental leave

Life insurance

Disability insurance

Employee referral bonus

Job summary

Littler Mendelson is seeking an experienced Litigation Support Project Manager to lead end‑to‑end eDiscovery projects across identification, collection, review, analysis and production. The role requires coordinating with legal teams, eDiscovery counsel, and staff to deliver on timelines and budgets.

The position offers a hybrid schedule with one in‑office day per week and quarterly NYC in‑office presence for New York home offices, with residency options in several Eastern U.S. cities.

Qualifications

• Comprehensive knowledge of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) and Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.
• Familiarity with common IT systems and applications.
• Ability to assess eDiscovery issues to formulate workflows to achieve objectives.
• Advise case teams on best practices for review and analysis of evidence.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: Develop and implement comprehensive eDiscovery project plans for identification, collection, review, analysis, and production.
• Stakeholder Management: Provide cost estimates and statements of work aligned with deadlines.
• Expert Consultation: Draft and test search terms and prepare search term analysis reports.
• Project Oversight: Oversee managed review projects ensuring cost-efficiencies.
• Project Reporting: Deliver reports while maintaining process defensibility for audits.
• Compliance: Ensure adherence to best practices, QA, workflows, and production specs.
• Technology & Innovation: Evaluate emerging eDiscovery technologies for review and strategy.
• Process Improvement: Identify automation and efficiency opportunities.
• Team Building: Mentor junior Litigation Support personnel.

Skills

EDRM knowledge

Project management

RelativityOne

Everchron

OnCue

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

RelativityOne

Everchron

OnCue

Job description

The Litigation Support Project Manager will develop and implement comprehensive eDiscovery project plans addressing identification, collection, review, analysis, and production of evidence in administrative and litigation matters.

This position follows a hybrid work schedule with one day per week in office. If New York is not your home office, you will be required to be in the New York City office once per quarter. This position can be resident in Boston, MA, New York, NY, Newark, NJ, Philadelphia, PA, or New Haven, CT.

Pursuant to Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York regulation, the hourly salary range for this position is $61.54 - $80.67, contingent on relevant experience and education, and includes eligibility for performance-based bonuses. We offer generous compensation and benefits packages. For more information visit: https://www.littler.com/benefits/state-details.

Responsibilities

• Strategic Leadership: Develop and implement comprehensive eDiscovery project plans addressing identification, collection, review, analysis, and production of evidence in administrative and litigation matters.
• Stakeholder Management: Ensure internal case teams, eDiscovery Counsel, and Department Directors receive timely and accurate cost estimates and statements of work based on litigation team objectives and deadlines.
• Expert Consultation: Provide expert assistance with eDiscovery search projects, including drafting and testing search terms, and preparing search term analysis reports.
• Project Oversight: Oversee managed review projects, ensuring cost-efficiencies aligned with litigation team objectives and deadlines.
• Project Reporting: Deliver timely and accurate project reports based on litigation team objectives and deadlines, while maintaining defensibility of processes and documentation for audits and legal challenges.
• Compliance: Ensure adherence to Litigation Support and eDiscovery best practices, including pre-review quality assurance protocols, managed review workflows, pre-production validations, adherence to production specifications, and quality assurance checks for production deliverables.
• Technology & Innovation: Evaluate emerging eDiscovery technologies (Machine Learning, Generative AI, and Agentic AI systems) for document review, privilege analysis, data classification, and case strategy.
• Process Improvement & Protocol Development: Analyze existing litigation support workflows to identify opportunities for automation, efficiency, and quality enhancement.
• Team Building: Provide mentorship and guidance to junior Litigation Support personnel.

Qualifications

eDiscovery Consulting

• Comprehensive knowledge of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) and Federal Rules of Civil Procedure address eDiscovery-related topics.
• Familiarity with common Information Technology systems and applications.
• Ability to assess eDiscovery issues in administrative and litigation matters to formulate and implement workflows to achieve case team and client objectives.
• Advise case teams on best practices and methodologies for the review and analysis of evidence, including customized workflows to increase efficiency and minimize costs.

EDiscovery Project Management

• Primary liaison for eDiscovery and Litigation Support issues between legal teams, eDiscovery resources, technical staff, outside providers, and discovery consultants.
• Plan, organize, and manage projects in a proportional and cost-efficient manner using appropriate workflow and technology options.
• Ensure proper documentation of eDiscovery project plans, workflows, role and task assignments, cost estimates, timetables, and process improvements.
• Prepare cost estimates, budgets, and guidelines for maximizing efficiency and minimizing costs.
• Create key reports memorializing ESI collections, filtering, culling, processing, review, and productions.
• Oversee data processing and production specifications per legal requirements.Manage and prioritize multiple projects with attention to detail and accuracy.

Litigation Support & EDiscovery Technology

• RelativityOne expertise, including administrative capabilities, Structured Analytics, CAL Prioritized Review, aiR for Review, aiR for Privilege, aiR for Case Strategy, managed review workflows, and production capabilities.
• Proficient search term construction, including testing, reporting, and measuring search term effectiveness.
• Expertise with Everchron and OnCue.

Resource Management

• Promote and encourage legal teams to leverage internal and external resources through all phases of eDiscovery.
• Guide legal teams and clients on the selection of appropriate eDiscovery services and software solutions.
• Delegate eDiscovery and litigation support tasks to the appropriate personnel and/or outside eDiscovery service providers.

Administrative

• Comply with the Firm’s Employee Security Policy, including ethical obligations to protect clients’ confidential and sensitive information and the Firm’s proprietary and confidential business information.
• Complete project time entry contemporaneously and release time weekly.
• Maintain and complete time sheets pursuant to Firm policy.
• Attain expertise in litigation support technology and proactively use state-of-the-art solutions to further teamwork, client service, and efficiency.
• Maintain comprehensive knowledge about litigation support and eDiscovery systems.
• Participate and contribute to eDiscovery and litigation support peer groups.
• Ensure all written and oral communications are succinct and professional in tone.
• Work collaboratively and efficiently with attorneys and cross-department personnel.
• Prioritize and manage multiple complex projects with attention to detail.
• Develop creative solutions.
• Exercise independent judgment and discretion in furtherance of client projects.

Education & Certifications

• Bachelor's Degree required.

Experience Required

• Minimum 10 years of Litigation Support/eDiscovery Project Management experience required, preferably for a major law firm with responsibilities across multiple offices.
• Prior Litigation Paralegal experience is preffered.

Benefits

We offer a generous benefits package to full-time and part-time employees working at least a 50% schedule. Benefits include comprehensive health, dental and vision plan for you, your spouse/domestic partner and children. In addition, we provide a superior 401(k) plan, ample time off programs, mental health programs, family building and caregiving, generous paid parental leave, life insurance, disability insurance, a wellness program, flexible spending accounts, and an employee referral bonus program.

For more information about our benefits visit: www.littler.com/benefits/state-details.

Littler Mendelson is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.