Senior ALS Lab Manager

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services); Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 132,288 - 191,082; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision

Life Insurance

401k

Flexible Spending Account

Paid Time Off

Job summary

A government services organization in Chicago seeks a Senior Automated Litigation Support Lab Manager. The role involves leading a team, ensuring compliance with eDiscovery processes, and managing lab operations. Candidates must have extensive Relativity experience and at least eight years in eDiscovery roles, including supervisory experience. The position offers a competitive salary and comprehensive benefits including health, dental, and retirement plans.

Qualifications

• At least eight years of experience performing eDiscovery roles.
• At least five years of experience in management/supervisory roles.
• Undergraduate degree required; waiver only by Contracting Officer.

Responsibilities

• Lead manager for delivery of lab data processing services.
• Ensure timely and accurate completion of tasks.
• Manage a team of eDiscovery professionals in a client-site lab.

Skills

Extensive Relativity experience

Knowledge of litigation discovery process

Management/supervisory experience

Working knowledge of document review software

Education

Undergraduate degree in computer science or related field

Tools

iConect

Relativity

Venio

Job description

Overview

Senior Automated Litigation Support Lab Manager
Employment Type: Full-Time, Experienced
Department: eDiscovery

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services) provided pay range. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range: $132,288.00/yr - $191,082.67/yr

Responsibilities

• Serves as the lead manager responsible for delivery of lab data processing services
• Primarily ensures timely and accurate completion of tasks. Performs analysis, development and implementation of processing approaches for electronic files and related services pursuant to applicable ESI specifications
• Consults with attorneys and support staff on best practices for conforming to ESI specifications and, as required, participates in teleconferences with co-counsel, client agencies, and opposing counsel upon attorney request
• Responsible for ensuring that incoming productions are made pursuant to the applicable ESI specifications and when deficiencies are found, provides case attorney with detailed notice of deficiencies
• Responsible for keeping the client informed on activities in the Lab, e.g. deadlines, technical challenges, and availability of resources to complete work
• Responsible for webhosting support for unsupported cases managed by the lab
• Manages a team of eDiscovery professionals situated in a client-site eDiscovery laboratory, including: scheduling, requirements assessments, assigning work and ensuring deadlines are met, creating progress reports, and Quality Control (QC) of deliverables
• Advises client attorneys, paralegals, and case managers on all phases of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM); especially: Data Collection, Processing, Hosting, Review, Analytics, and Production

Qualifications

• Extensive Relativity experience required
• Relativity certifications including Relativity Certified Administrator (RCA) and/or Relativity Analytics Specialist strongly preferred
• At least eight years of experience performing eDiscovery roles including but not limited to electronic files processing (EFP), image and data file conversion, data culling using review tools, quality assurance, database loads and retrieval, and data analysis and review
• At least five years of experience at the management/supervisory level
• Requires thorough knowledge of the litigation discovery process, and the EDRM workflow
• Working knowledge and certifications of document review software such as iConect, Relativity, Venio or similar tools
• Undergraduate degree required, preferably in computer science or related field. Only the Contracting Officer can approve a waiver of the degree requirement

Ideally, you will also have

• Experience with litigation support tools such as LAW, IPRO, Concordance, MS Office Suite, and LiveNote highly valued

Our Commitment & Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision
• Life Insurance
• 401k
• Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
• Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays

Equal Opportunity Employer

Contact Government Services, LLC is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Applicants will be considered without regard to their race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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