Job Title: Manager, ELS
Job Responsibilities:
- Lead the design, implementation, and oversight of enterprise-level protocols related to privilege review, data handling, and eDiscovery compliance.
- Assist with the design and implementation of a robust, scalable Privilege Review Protocol to be utilized across litigation, investigations, and regulatory requests.
- Collaborate with internal stakeholders such as Legal, Compliance, IT, Information Security, and HR, as well as external partners including outside counsel and vendors, to ensure alignment on discovery and privilege objectives.
- Develop and deliver training on privilege protocols and eDiscovery best practices to internal teams and outside counsel.
- Monitor and interpret legal and regulatory developments affecting discovery obligations, privilege law, and data privacy.
Education and Experience Information:
- A Bachelor’s degree is required, with a JD or equivalent legal training strongly preferred.
- 5–8+ years of experience in eDiscovery, legal operations, or litigation support, preferably in a corporate in-house environment.
- Strong project management skills with the ability to manage multiple priorities across cross-functional teams.
Key Competencies:
- Strong command of grammar, syntax, and legal style conventions.
- Experience with legal citation standards such as Bluebook, OSCOLA, and MLA legal adaptations.
- Familiarity with plain language drafting or editing for different audiences, including lawyers and the general public.
- Advanced legal research skills using platforms like Westlaw, LexisNexis, and Bloomberg Law.
- Ability to verify case law, statutes, and secondary sources for accuracy and currency.
- Strategic thinking and attention to detail.
- Excellent written and verbal communication.
- Legal and technical fluency.
- Cross-functional collaboration.
- Confidentiality and discretion.
- Attention to detail and a meticulous approach to fact-checking.
- Deadline-oriented and capable of juggling multiple editorial projects.
- Strong collaboration and communication skills, especially when working with attorneys, writers, or external contributors.
Salary Information:
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Company Values:
- Excellence: Strive to make every client an advocate.
- Passion: Action driven by care.
- Collaboration: Winning together through teamwork and communication.
- Agility: Flexibility, adaptability, and embracing change.
- People: Valuing, respecting, and investing in teammates.
- Vision: Creating clarity of purpose and a clear path forward.
Legal Notice:
The company is an EEO/Affirmative Action Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability, or any other legally protected status.
