Senior eDiscovery & Cyber Project Lead — Remote

NRF United Kingdom; Houston (TX); Remote; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Disability insurance

401(k) and profit-sharing

Paid time off (≥20 days)

Job summary

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP is seeking a Sr. Project Manager, eDiscovery Cyber Services to lead eDiscovery and data analysis for complex CIR matters, from data assessment through review and reporting.

You will partner with Cybersecurity and clients, manage scope and budgets, and mentor junior staff in a dynamic, evidence-driven environment. The role requires five years in eDiscovery or related fields, with substantial project management experience, and proficiency in Relativity, SQL, advanced

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Five years of progressively responsible experience in eDiscovery, litigation support, legal technology or related consulting with significant project management responsibility, including at least one year leading cyber incident response or sensitive data review.
• Independently manage complex matters with large data volumes and guide attorneys, clients and stakeholders on strategy, workflow, risk, cost and technology; lead multidisciplinary teams and escalations.
• Advanced Excel skills with XLOOKUP, INDEX/MATCH, Power Query and Power Pivot/DAX; experience with large structured and semistructured datasets.
• Three years of Relativity experience with advanced proficiency in review workflows, analytics and reporting; certification preferred but not required.
• Experience with complex structured and unstructured data, privacy classifications such as PII/PHI and GDPR.
• Ability to manage multiple projects under tight deadlines and adapt to urgent matters outside standard hours.
• Experience with database tools (MS SQL, Access, Oracle); scripting/automation (Python, PowerShell or APIs); and visualization tools (Power BI or Tableau).
• Excellent verbal and written communication to explain technical issues to legal teams, clients and nontechnical stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Lead eDiscovery and data analysis strategies for complex CIR matters, including file listing analysis, data assessment, identification of sensitive data, defensible reduction, review, extraction, normalization, entity resolution, notification and reporting.
• Serve as the senior eDiscovery/CIR advisor and primary point of contact for assigned matters, translating technical and data issues into practical strategies, risks, options and recommendations for legal teams, clients and stakeholders.
• Design, validate and document defensible methodologies for data reduction, identification of sensitive data, search term calibration, statistical sampling, analytics and other technology assisted workflows.
• Coordinate with forensic providers, clients, legal teams, vendors and review teams on secure data assessment, transfer, workflow design, quality control, productivity, budgets, timelines and deliverables.
• Develop and manage matter budgets, forecasts, work plans, resource needs, metrics and customized reporting; monitor scope, costs and vendor spend and proactively identify variances.
• Oversee extraction, normalization, entity resolution, deduplication, address validation and development of notification lists, including analysis of anomalies, near duplicates and matching issues using SQL, advanced Excel, scripts, queries or other data transformation techniques as appropriate.
• Support legal teams and clients in interpreting data findings, methodologies, metrics, notification populations and responses to client or regulatory inquiries.
• Serve as an escalation point for complex project, technology and vendor issues while maintaining active ownership of complex matters and delegating effectively.
• Mentor and develop Project Managers, Project Analysts and other team members through coaching, knowledge sharing and guidance on active matters.
• Help shape the department’s Cyber eDiscovery service model, standards, playbooks and process improvement initiatives.
• Evaluate emerging technologies and analytics approaches that may improve quality, efficiency, defensibility or client outcomes.
• Expand consulting, client service and leadership capabilities through increasingly complex matters and initiatives that span multiple practice and business functions.

Skills

Advanced Excel

SQL

Power Query

Power Pivot

Relativity

Project management

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

MS SQL

Access

Oracle

Python

PowerShell

Power BI

Tableau

Job description

Norton Rose Fulbright US LLP is seeking a Sr. Project Manager, eDiscovery Cyber Services to lead eDiscovery and data analysis for complex CIR matters, from data assessment through review and reporting.

You will partner with Cybersecurity and clients, manage scope and budgets, and mentor junior staff in a dynamic, evidence-driven environment. The role requires five years in eDiscovery or related fields, with substantial project management experience, and proficiency in Relativity, SQL, advanced