Senior eDiscovery Project Manager

Cimplifi; United States; On-site; USD 110,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Cimplifi is actively seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead end-to-end delivery of eDiscovery engagements, mentoring PMs and APMs while guiding strategy, workflow design, and technology adoption.

You will collaborate with operations, forensics, analytics, and review services to deliver scalable, defensible solutions, ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery while growing client relationships.

Qualifications

• 3 additional years of legal industry experience
• 5+ years of eDiscovery experience in a service provider, consulting, or law firm environment
• Extensive experience with Relativity or comparable eDiscovery platforms
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex, high-value eDiscovery matters
• Strong client relationship management and communication skills
• Advanced understanding of eDiscovery analytics and review workflows

Responsibilities

• Serve as the primary strategic advisor to clients on eDiscovery workflows, technology, and best practices.
• Lead complex engagements across multiple clients, ensuring defensible and efficient processes.
• Provide consultative guidance on production planning, review workflows, analytics strategies.
• Develop trusted relationships with legal teams, litigation support professionals, and internal stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to expand service offerings and support account growth and revenue generation.
• Partner with internal leadership to ensure successful delivery of services across client portfolios.
• Own the delivery of complex and high-visibility eDiscovery matters.
• Ensure matters are executed on time, on budget, and in alignment with client objectives.
• Anticipate risks and proactively develop mitigation strategies.
• Design and oversee project plans, workflows, and resourcing strategies.
• Maintain executive-level visibility into matter status, risks, and deliverables.
• Lead, mentor, and support a pod of Project Managers and Associate Project Managers.
• Provide guidance on project strategy, workflow execution, and client engagement.
• Ensure consistency in project management standards and best practices across pod matters.
• Train junior team members on Cimplifi technologies, workflows, and operational standards.
• Support the Director, Client Delivery with escalations and strategic client initiatives.
• Drive process improvement, collaboration, and operational innovation across the project management organization.
• Consult with cross-functional teams to deliver customized solutions and scalable workflows.
• Contribute to the evolution of best practices, technology adoption, and service delivery standards.
• Ensure consistent application of SOPs across all matters.
• Ability to manage multiple high priority matters simultaneously.
• Flexibility to work extended hours as required to meet client deadlines; workloads may average 50+ hours per week.
• Occasional travel may be required.

Skills

Client relationship management

Project management

eDiscovery analytics

Communication skills

Relativity experience

Education

JD or LLM

Tools

Relativity

Job description

Cimplifi is a leading integrated legal services provider that leverages technology and deep industry expertise to simplify eDiscovery and contract analytics for corporate legal departments and law firms. For more than two decades, clients have relied on Cimplifi to solve complex challenges, deliver innovative solutions, and provide the intelligence and insight needed to manage risk, control costs, and operate more efficiently.

POSITION SUMMARY

Under the direct supervision of the Director, Client Delivery, the Senior Project Manager serves as a strategic leader responsible for the successful delivery of eDiscovery services and project management solutions across a portfolio of client matters. This role owns the end-to-end execution of complex engagements across the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM), while also mentoring a pod of Project Managers (PMs) and Associate Project Managers (APMs).

Senior Project Managers act as trusted advisors to clients, providing consultative guidance on eDiscovery strategy, workflow design, and technology adoption. They ensure the successful execution of matters while driving operational excellence, revenue growth, and long-term client relationships.

The SPM collaborates closely with cross-functional teams - including operations, forensics, analytics, and review services - to deliver scalable, defensible, and cost-effective solutions for clients.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

In this role, a Senior Project Manager will:

• Serve as the primary strategic advisor to clients on eDiscovery workflows, technology, and best practices.
• Lead complex engagements across multiple clients, ensuring defensible and efficient processes.
• Provide consultative guidance on production planning, review workflows, analytics strategies.
• Develop trusted relationships with legal teams, litigation support professionals, and internal stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to expand service offerings and support account growth and revenue generation.
• Partner with internal leadership to ensure successful delivery of services across client portfolios.
• Own the delivery of complex and high-visibility eDiscovery matters.
• Ensure matters are executed on time, on budget, and in alignment with client objectives.
• Anticipate risks and proactively develop mitigation strategies.
• Design and oversee project plans, workflows, and resourcing strategies.
• Maintain executive-level visibility into matter status, risks, and deliverables.
• Lead, mentor, and support a pod of Project Managers and Associate Project Managers.
• Provide guidance on project strategy, workflow execution, and client engagement.
• Ensure consistency in project management standards and best practices across pod matters.
• Train junior team members on Cimplifi technologies, workflows, and operational standards.
• Support the Director, Client Delivery with escalations and strategic client initiatives.
• Drive process improvement, collaboration, and operational innovation across the project management organization.
• Consult with cross-functional teams to deliver customized solutions and scalable workflows.
• Contribute to the evolution of best practices, technology adoption, and service delivery standards.
• Ensure consistent application of standard operating procedures (SOPs) across all matters.
• Ability to manage multiple high priority matters simultaneously.
• Flexibility to work extended hours as required to meet client deadlines; workloads may average 50+ hours per week.
• Occasional travel may be required.

EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE, AND SKILLS

Required:

• 3 additional years of legal industry experience
• 5+ years of eDiscovery experience in a service provider, consulting, or law firm environment
• Extensive experience with Relativity or comparable eDiscovery platforms
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex, high-value eDiscovery matters
• Strong client relationship management and communication skills
• Advanced understanding of eDiscovery analytics and review workflows

Preferred:

• Juris Doctorate (JD) or LLM
• Experience advising AmLaw firms or enterprise legal departments

GOALS & VARIABLE COMPENSATION

Compensation is commensurate with experience and may include performance-based incentives aligned with annual goals established during the performance review process.

CIMPLIFI CORE VALUES

Our Core Values serve as the guiding principles behind all services we deliver. A Cimplifi employee is…

• Courageous: We back our best practices with integrity and ethics, making our employees resilient and able to drive honest conversations, and engage in problem-solving in the face of adversity.
• Reliable: We consistently respond faster, work harder, think smarter, and work collaboratively to support our clients’ needs, building trust and dependability.
• Inventive: We are proactive and resourceful original thinkers, we are capable of creating innovative solutions, and delivering time-tested results due to our training, skills, and industry knowledge.
• Adaptable: We are nimble, eager, and prepared for the challenges facing our clients, allowing us to be flexible and responsive to client needs.