Litigation & Practice Technology Project Manage (UK)
Job Location
London
Description
This job description will be reviewed periodically and is subject to
change by management and/or Human Resources.
POSITION OVERVIEW
The UK-based Litigation & Practice Technology (LPT) Project
Manager will be joining an established team of US-based discovery and
data science specialists dedicated to defining and executing projects
focused on thoughtful analysis of data and documents to support the
needs of legal teams and clients. Matters in scope include
litigations, internal investigations, regulatory responses, due
diligence reviews, arbitration support, general case management and
other complex litigation, dispute, and transactional legal matters.
The LPT Project Manager will also function as a representative of the
broader LPT team and so should enjoy, with support from LPT and local
leadership, building and maintaining strong working relationships with
local teams and broader EMEA stakeholder groups.
The LPT Project Manager reports to the Associate Director of
Discovery Program Management and will also have dotted-line reporting
and support from local attorney and IT leadership. The role will
support both EMEA and US-based projects.
Ideal candidates will have proven proficient experience in their
career delivering disclosure/discovery consulting and project
management services in one or more of a variety of roles (e.g., at a
law firm, advisory firm, or with an inhouse legal team).
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS (This list is not exhaustive
and may be supplemented and changed as necessary.)
Coordinate Disclosure/Discovery Workstreams
Working in partnership with Kirkland attorneys, paralegals, and other
LPT members, the LPT Project Manager will support the coordination and
execution of key disclosure/discovery workstreams including;
Regular communications with clients, case teams, and vendors to
define and manage matter goals, action items, and timelines;
Identification, collection, and tracking of documents, data, and
other key information from client systems through production,
including compliance with necessary data protection, privacy and
cross-border considerations;
Supporting and documenting discussions and action items with
client inhouse legal teams, IT teams and employees;
Supporting disclosure/discovery and document review vendor
assessment, engagement, and onboarding;
Coordinating development and tracking of matter fee estimates and budgets.
Facilitate Cross-Team Collaboration
The LPT Project Manager will also play a key role in keeping members
across multiple workstreams coordinated and aware of relevant
developments. These efforts may include;
Scheduling and leading matter planning, kick-off, and status calls;
Managing a centralize tracker of action items and support documentation.
Execute Technical eDiscovery Tasks
In addition to general project management
and coordination the LPT Project Manager will complete technical
tasks as required including;
Providing hands-on support in Relativity, Brainspace and other
technology toolsets for a variety of requests, including: case
creation; field and coding layout creation; strategic application of
TAR and other analytics; advanced search design, implementation and
validation; creation and support of document review and production
workflows; privilege log design and management; compliant data and
exhibit management.
Advising on development of key specifications (g., data
processing and exception handling) with case teams and internal LPT
Operations team.
Addressing any issues found in reporting related to data
processing, exception handling or completeness of data collection.
Coordinating (or performing if necessary) in-house data management
activities such as data processing, loading into database
applications, imaging and building production subsets.
Performing final quality control and assurance on deliverables to
case teams, clients and third parties.
Supporting other advisory or technical services as requested by
local and EMEA legal teams.
Department Initiatives
The LPT Project Manager may also support team initiatives and
special projects focused on building awareness of team services,
technology training and team process improvement.
LPT leadership may adjust or assign responsibilities within the
context of this role to support the Firm and our clients as
required. The LPT Project Manager role includes client-billable and
non-billable tasks.
QUALIFICATIONS & REQUIREMENTS
A successful LPT Project Manager will have a strong combination of
the following technical, project management and consulting experience,
capabilities, and knowledge.
Required
Candidates will have proven experience, mastering litigation and
disclosure/discovery-focused project management services in one or
more of a variety of roles (e.g., at a law firm, advisory firm,
service provider, inhouse legal team).
This experience should include significant client interactions and
strong familiarity with core workflows including data preservation,
collection, and production standards; ediscovery platforms
(Relativity); and common disclosure/discovery rules that impact
project planning (disclosure/discovery orders, data
privacy/cross-border requirements).
This position requires a high level of collaboration with clients,
attorneys, and other case team members; therefore, the ideal
candidate must possess strong communication skills and enjoy
interacting with people at all levels with a high degree of
accuracy, professionalism, and accountability.
Candidates must possess exceptional organizational skills, coupled
with good judgement and the ability to independently define and make
progress on action items. Concurrently, they must demonstrate a
commitment to consensus building and demonstrate an ability to stay
aligned with and meet directives set forth by leadership and case teams.
Candidates must have a strong hands-on experience with leading
eDiscovery review platforms (Relativity, Reveal) with an emphasis on
database setup, complex search construction and results validation,
design of optimized review workflows including document batching.
Candidates must have robust hands-on experience with the use of
TAR and other analytics (BrainSpace, NexLP) with an emphasis on the
use of CAL/CMML and other techniques for deduplication, email
threading, review prioritization, sampling, production quality
control, privilege identification and other predictive models.
Candidates must have experience assessing and designing data
workflows to support compliance with data protection, privacy, and
cross-border requirements.
Candidates must have expert knowledge of industry standard data
processing specifications, exception handling and other data
assessment techniques.
Candidate must have thorough knowledge of the litigation lifecycle
and Disclosure/Discovery processes.
Preferred
Ideal candidates will have experience assessing and summarizing
service providers RFP responses, including pricing models.
Ideal candidates will have experience consulting case teams and
clients on best practices related to data identification,
preservation and collection.
Ideal candidates will have Experience training case teams on
analytics use and best practices.
Other Qualifications & Requirements.
Ability to express thoughts, ideas and information in a clear and
compelling manner by highlighting critical points, adjusting
messaging to suit the audience, addressing questions and points from
others with appropriate responses.
Ability to identify problems by detecting patterns or connections,
researching and analyze problems, determining alternative solutions
and creating action steps to solve the problem.
Ability to think and act quickly, effectively, and appropriately
in a variety of situations, solving problems while balancing time,
quality, cost and risk.
Ability to work independently and as part of a cross-office team,
building relationships, delegating working and escalating risk appropriately.
'Can Do' attitude. Ability to proactively manage case team
expectations, recognize needs and adapt plans accordingly.
Willingness and ability to identify gaps, propose solutions and
take ownership of projects.
Bachelor's Degree preferred, though a combination of associate's
degree and commensurate experience will be considered.
This position requires some weekend and after hours support and
may require occasional travel.
