Senior ALS Lab Manager

Cgsfederal; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 110,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, Vision

401(k)

Flexible Spending Account

Paid Time Off

Job summary

Contact Government Services, LLC seeks a Senior Automated Litigation Support Lab Manager to lead the eDiscovery lab data processing and ensure productions meet ESI specifications. You will supervise a client-site lab team and partner with attorneys to deliver high-quality results.

You will leverage extensive Relativity experience, oversee processing methodologies, and provide deficiency notices. The role includes mentoring staff, managing timelines, and communicating progress to clients and

Qualifications

• Extensive Relativity experience required.
• Relativity certifications preferred.
• 8+ years in eDiscovery with processing, QA, data loads and analysis.
• 5+ years of management/supervisory experience.
• Thorough knowledge of the EDRM workflow.
• Undergraduate degree in CS or related field.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of lab data processing services.
• Ensure timely completion and apply processing approaches per ESI specifications.
• Consult with attorneys and participate in teleconferences with clients and opposing counsel.
• Ensure incoming productions meet ESI specifications and send deficiency notices.
• Keep clients informed on lab activities, deadlines, and challenges.
• Provide web-hosting support for unsupported cases managed by the lab.
• Manage a team of eDiscovery professionals: schedule work, assign tasks, and generate progress reports with QC.
• Advise on all phases of the EDRM model from Data Collection to Production.

Skills

Relativity expertise

Team leadership

eDiscovery

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Relativity

iConect

Venio

Job description

Senior Automated Litigation Support Lab Manager

Employment Type: Full-Time, Experienced

Department: eDiscovery

As a CGS Senior ALS Lab Manager, you will leverage industry knowledge, conduct market research, and draw on wide‑range experience across operating systems and coding languages. You will serve as the lead manager responsible for delivering lab data processing services, ensuring that incoming productions meet ESI specifications, and providing the case attorney with detailed notices of deficiencies.

Responsibilities

• Lead the delivery of lab data processing services.
• Ensure timely and accurate completion of tasks; perform analysis, development, and implementation of processing approaches for electronic files and related services pursuant to applicable ESI specifications.
• Consult with attorneys and support staff on best practices for conforming to ESI specifications, and participate in teleconferences with co‑counsel, client agencies, and opposing counsel as requested.
• Ensure incoming productions meet ESI specifications and forward detailed deficiency notices to case attorneys.
• Keep clients informed on lab activities, including deadlines, technical challenges, and resource availability.
• Provide web‑hosting support for unsupported cases managed by the lab.
• Manage a team of eDiscovery professionals at the client‑site lab: schedule work, conduct requirements assessments, assign tasks, and ensure deadlines are met; create progress reports and conduct quality control of deliverables.
• Advise client attorneys, paralegals, and case managers on all phases of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) – Data Collection, Processing, Hosting, Review, Analytics, and Production.

Qualifications

• Extensive Relativity experience required.
• Relativity certifications (e.g., Relativity Certified Administrator, Relativity Analytics Specialist) strongly preferred.
• At least eight years of experience in eDiscovery roles, including electronic file processing, image and data conversion, data culling using review tools, quality assurance, database loads and retrieval, and data analysis and review.
• At least five years of management/supervisory experience.
• 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 a related field (degree waivers require contracting‑officer approval).

Preferred Additional Experience

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

Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision.
• Life Insurance.
• 401(k).
• Flexible Spending Account: Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter.
• Paid Time Off and observance of State and Federal holidays.

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