eDiscovery Senior Advisor

Legal Operations - Sr.

Advisor - eDiscovery

The Legal Operations and Shared Services Team is a growing organization within Legal and Corporate Affairs.

The focus of the Legal Operations - Sr.

Advisor - eDiscovery role is to energize existing data collection processes for large litigation matters and lead cross functional initiatives to continually improve the quality and efficiency of the eDiscovery process.

This role will also manage relationships with external vendors supporting the eDiscovery.

This role will report to the Senior Director of Legal Operations.

Problem solving, project and process management are key competencies that will drive success in this role.

Essential Functions:


* Regularly review and refine existing eDiscovery processes to enhance efficiency, reliability, and continued alignment to best practices.


* Ensure compliance with legal and regulatory standards.



* Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with eDiscovery vendors and law firms.


* Monitor vendor and law firm performance to ensure high-quality delivery of services.



* Develop strategies to manage and reduce eDiscovery-related costs without compromising quality.


* Evaluate and implement technologies that enhance cost efficiencies.



* Utilize advanced data analytics to support eDiscovery efforts.


* Analyze complex data sets to identify patterns and insights that support legal and business objectives.



* Lead and manage the implementation of Relativity solutions.


* Provide expert guidance and support to ensure seamless integration.



* Work closely with cross-functional teams including Legal, IT, and Compliance.


* Mentor and provide guidance to team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.



* Identify potential risks related to eDiscovery processes and develop mitigation strategies.


* Ensure data confidentiality and integrity at all stages of the eDiscovery lifecycle.

Qualifications:


* Bachelors' Degree in relevant field required; M.B.A., preferred.


* 8+ years of eDiscovery operations and litigation support in large law firm or in-house environments required.


* Expertise to implement and manage Cigna's Relativity instance.


* Demonstrated experience working in eDiscovery platforms such as Exterro, Relativity, RelativityOne, and others.


* Experience working with leading eDiscovery vendors such as Consilio, Epiq, or others.


* Detailed understanding of litigation life cycle and best practices related to the identification, preservation, collection, processing and production of data.


* Hybrid - this role requires someone to be in office 3 days a week.

If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.

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