- US citizen or permanent resident
only.
- This position requires 40-55%
travel for client-engagement delivery
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- The Consulting Senior Manager
leads engagements relating to electronic discovery and technology
business process consulting. The Senior Manager is responsible
for directing consulting teams advising large, multi-national
corporations seeking reductions in the costs and risks of preparing
for and conducting discovery while maintaining management control
over the discovery process.
This role is part of an entrepreneurial team, building upon our
expertise and experience to continue the growth in consulting
services. The successful applicant is someone who thrives in
a flexible, evolving and multi-tasking environment and is adept
at utilizing his or her industry acumen and strong customer relationship
skills in a client-facing role leading consulting teams.
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- Responsibilities:
- Lead client engagements, including
assessing client's current discovery practices, identifying gaps
(impacting time, cost and risk) in those practices, analyzing
alternatives, and developing and implementing tangible and actionable
strategies and business processes to address those gaps.
- Guide corporate general counsel
and corporate IT executives with strategic consulting around
establishing protocols for discovery response planning as an
industry expert and trusted advisor.
- Prepare and present business
process framework documents that outline business requirements
for legal hold management systems, email archive systems and
other technology based solutions.
- Develop, implement and embed
comprehensive discovery response plans for Fortune 500 corporations
involved in high visibility litigation.
- Establish new business process
approaches for managing the discovery lifecycle based on industry
standards such as the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM),
Six Sigma, Information Technology Infrastructure Library (ITIL),
and the Capability Maturity Model (CMM).
- Direct the discovery response
process of complex matters such as SEC second requests, regulatory
compliance and governmental investigations, class action, product
liability & other civil litigation matters.
- Evaluate and research current
and emerging legal technology and IT trends, including information
technologies utilized for information management and related
infrastructure, content and e-mail management, search and information
retrieval, records management, electronic discovery, and litigation
and practice support.
- Assist in development of new
business opportunities by preparing and delivering presentations
and proposals to clients and the public.
- Provide professional, clear,
unambiguous, and complete written and verbal communication that
ensures that the intended audience receives information appropriately;
- The following is a general breakdown
of activities:
- 65% of the time devoted to leading
project teams delivering consulting engagements;
- 20% of the time devoted to business
development including leading presentations and drafting proposals;
- 15% of the time devoted to developing
methodologies and researching emerging trends and technologies
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Required Skills,
Knowledge and Experience:
- Bachelor degree or equivalent
experience required
- 4 to 6 years experience in one
or more of the following: electronic discovery, business process
consulting, consulting project management, records management
or technology consulting;
- Expert knowledge or experience
in one or more of the following areas: electronic discovery,
litigation support, business process consulting, records management,
content management, email archiving, IT system management, or
business process integration
- The ideal candidate will be
self-motivated and will be driven to exceed customer and project
goals, while contributing to a successful team and dealing with
a wide variety of competing demands
- Advanced written and oral communication,
presentation, problem-solving, project management, and relationship
building skills
- Ability to communicate effectively
with a diverse spectrum of individuals, including Legal, Records
Management and IT staff;
- Software application proficiency
with Microsoft Office Suite including MS PowerPoint, MS Project,
MS Excel, MS Word, MS Visio;
- Fierce commitment to exceptional
work, client success, and having fun.
Candidates with lesser qualifications
may be considered at a lower level.
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