Senior ALS Lab Manager

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

Benefits offered by this job

Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance

401k

Paid Time Off

Flexible Spending Accounts

Job summary

A leading government services provider in Rockville is seeking a Senior Automated Litigation Support Lab Manager. This role involves managing lab data processing services, ensuring compliance with ESI specifications, and supervising a team of eDiscovery professionals. Candidates should have extensive experience with Relativity and eDiscovery tools, along with strong management skills in the litigation process. Competitive salary and benefits offered.

Qualifications

• At least eight years of experience in eDiscovery roles.
• Five years of management/supervisory level experience required.
• Experience with various eDiscovery tools and processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead manager responsible for delivery of lab data processing services.
• Ensure timely and accurate completion of eDiscovery tasks.
• Consult with attorneys on ESI specifications and requirements.

Skills

Extensive Relativity experience

Management/supervisory experience

Knowledge of EDRM workflow

Document review software knowledge

Education

Undergraduate degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Relativity

iConect

Venio

Job description

Overview

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, market research, and 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.

CGS brings motivated, highly skilled, and creative people together to solve the government’s most dynamic problems with cutting-edge technology. To carry out our mission, we are seeking candidates who are excited to contribute to government innovation, appreciate collaboration, and can anticipate the needs of others. Here at CGS, we offer an environment in which our employees feel supported, and we encourage professional growth through various learning opportunities.

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

EOE and Benefits

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

We offer a comprehensive benefits package including Health, Dental, and Vision; Life Insurance; 401k; Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter); Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays.