Senior eDiscovery Project Director (Hybrid)

HKA; Chicago (IL); Hybrid; USD 110,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical coverage

Dental coverage

Vision coverage

401(k) with match

Paid time off

Wellness time

Performance bonus opportunities

Training & development

Job summary

HKA is seeking an experienced eDiscovery Project Manager to independently lead complex litigation, regulatory, and investigative matters in a client-facing consulting environment. The role combines technical delivery, project coordination, and practical guidance across Relativity aiR workspaces and production workflows.

You will own matters end to end, collaborate with counsel and senior stakeholders, and drive accurate, defensible productions while maintaining quality controls and deadlines in

Qualifications

• 5+ years of eDiscovery experience, including independent ownership of complex matters or major workstreams.
• 2+ years of client-facing consulting experience with attorneys, clients, and senior stakeholders.
• Deep hands-on Relativity aiR (RelativityOne/RelOne) experience across workspace administration, searches, review workflows, analytics, exports, productions, and troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Independently lead eDiscovery matters from scoping and data identification through processing, review, production, and closeout.
• Configure, administer, and troubleshoot Relativity aiR workspaces, including permissions, searches, analytics, review workflows, exports, productions, and QC processes.
• Respond to frequent attorney and client requests, prioritize competing needs, and maintain continuity so work can be handed off without loss of context.
• Translate legal instructions, ESI protocols, and production requirements into defensible searches, workflows, specifications, and deliverables.
• Manage production workflows with attention to scope, format, metadata, privilege, confidentiality, and counsel approval before release.
• Create and maintain project plans, budgets, schedules, trackers, process notes, decision logs, production specifications, and QC records.
• Identify risks, scope changes, data gaps, and potential errors early; communicate them clearly and elevate material issues.
• Lead client calls, clarify requirements, explain technical processes in practical terms, and provide status updates and recommendations.
• Coordinate attorneys, clients, analysts, reviewers, technical professionals, and vendors across multiple concurrent matters.
• Provide direction and quality review to analysts, consultants, and reviewers while mentoring less-experienced team members.

Skills

eDiscovery

Client-facing

Relativity aiR

Searches & workflows

Lifecycle knowledge

Executive presence

Organization

Bachelor's degree

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Relativity aiR

Job description

HKA is seeking an experienced eDiscovery Project Manager to independently lead complex litigation, regulatory, and investigative matters in a client-facing consulting environment. The role combines technical delivery, project coordination, and practical guidance across Relativity aiR workspaces and production workflows.

You will own matters end to end, collaborate with counsel and senior stakeholders, and drive accurate, defensible productions while maintaining quality controls and deadlines in