Senior ALS Lab Manager

CGS Federal (Contact Government Services); Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision

Life Insurance

401k

Flexible Spending Account

Paid Time Off

Job summary

A leading government services provider located in Chicago is seeking a Senior Automated Litigation Support Lab Manager. This role involves overseeing lab data processing services, ensuring compliance with ESI specifications, and managing a team of professionals. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in eDiscovery, particularly with Relativity, and strong management skills. Benefits include health insurance, a 401k plan, and paid time off, among others.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in eDiscovery roles, particularly electronic files processing.
• Strong familiarity with the EDRM workflow.
• Over eight years of relevant professional experience.

Responsibilities

• Lead manager for lab data processing services.
• Ensure timely and accurate task completion.
• Consult with attorneys and support staff on ESI specifications.

Skills

Extensive Relativity experience

Management experience

Knowledge of eDiscovery process

Quality assurance

Data analysis

Communication skills

Education

Undergraduate degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Relativity

iConect

Venio

MS Office Suite

LAW

Concordance

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, and market research, and have wide-ranging experiences across operating systems and coding languages. You will serve as the lead manager responsible for the delivery of lab data processing services and be responsible for ensuring that incoming productions are made pursuant to the applicable ESI specifications and providing the case attorney with detailed notice of deficiencies.

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

Ideal Qualifications

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

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

EEO Statement

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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