eDiscovery Project Manager (evening shift)

Company: LIGHTHOUSE
Location: Seattle
Posted on: September 17, 2020

Job Description:

eDiscovery Project Manager (evening shift) Project Management San Francisco, California Seattle, Washington Multiple Locations, Remote

Description **This is an evening shift**

E-discovery experience required

The Project Manager (“PM”) works as a member of a project management team (“pod”) and collaborates with operational teams and external clients to design, implement and manage work associated with ediscovery matters and clients. This work is conducted at the direction of the pod’s Director, Associate Director(s), and Senior Project Manager(s).

Project Managers assist with the management of cases by driving work through various operational departments to meet litigation project requests. This includes creating work orders for tasks associated with data intake, culling, processing, hosting and production and completing quality checks to ensure the accuracy and completeness of work product before it is released to clients.

This role is responsible for developing project and client workflow standards, managing to a case or client annual budget, providing a consultative approach to problem solving, and identifying critical paths to completing projects with a focus on reducing costs, increasing speed of delivery and promoting the use of innovate technology to exceed client expectations.

PMs are expected to facilitate Lighthouse’s goal of maintaining a high level of client satisfaction, to ensure client facing error rates are kept below industry and Lighthouse standards, and to ensure delivery deadlines are consistently met. Success relies heavily on the ability to work effectively as a member of a team, to be flexible, and to manage multiple tasks across multiple cases at the direction of pod leaders

What You'll Do:

Respond to client requests and provide consultation to clients to manage the scope, execution, and overall delivery of solutions that comply with industry best practices and Lighthouse standards

Understand Lighthouse workflows, critical paths needed to progress work through the system, and tools used by Lighthouse to manage workflows

Initiate work on behalf of clients by creating work orders for tasks associated with data processing, review, and production

Conduct quality checks to ensure accuracy and completeness of job instructions and of final work product

Communicate expectations for scope and deadlines to internal and external stakeholders

Establish informed project schedules based on a solid understanding of project activities, sequences of events, dependencies, work effort, duration of tasks across departments, and associated resource requirements based upon the complexity of work and the size of the queue

As requested, draft and manage or participate in project management tasks including SOW creation, kick-off call preparation and completion, and documentation of workflows, standards and project closure tasks such as final billing and data destruction

Manage the pod’s work request queue and coordinate with internal teams to ensure established project deadlines are met

Participate in process improvement initiatives as identified by pod leaders

Maintain an understanding of e-discovery, market competitors and the tools used to support the industry

This position has a billable target of 1,600 billable hours per year once training is completed (70% utilization based on 2,300 worked hours annually).

What You'll Need:

Able to work evening shift

At least four years of work experience with at least two years of e-discovery experience

Bachelor’s degree

Strong analytical and logical skills

Ability to solve problems and deal with a variety of variables in situations where only limited standards exist

Effective written and oral communication skills, including having the ability to deal with difficult situations and manage conflicts to successful resolutions

Outstanding organizational skills and the ability to multitask

Strong project management skills, including the ability to interpret a variety of instructions provided in written or oral form

Ability to work within timelines and budget parameters

Ability to delegate tasks to appropriate inter-department team members

Flexibility and adaptability to handle a changing and growing workload

Ability to foster positive and professional relationships at all levels internally and externally

Masters or JD a plus

Direct Reports:

This position reports to and takes work direction from an Associate Director and/or Director. This position does not have any direct reports.

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