Manager, eDiscovery Technology

🔥 17 hours ago

🏢🏡 New York City – Hybrid

💵 $150k - $175k / year

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Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP

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1001 - 5000 employees

Founded 1884

💸 Finance

🏠 Real Estate

📋 Compliance

Finance • Real Estate • Compliance

Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP is a leading global law firm providing a wide range of legal services to businesses and institutions. The firm specializes in areas such as litigation, banking and credit, capital markets, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, private funds, and more. With a history of over 140 years, it serves clients from its offices in major cities around the world, including New York, London, Tokyo, and São Paulo. Simpson Thacher is known for its work in financial services, private equity, and infrastructure, advising clients on major transactions and regulatory matters.

📋 Description

• Provide day to day technical (Relativity One) expertise to eDiscovery stakeholders • Serve as the firm’s primary hands‑on technical expert for RelativityOne, including administration, configuration, analytics, processing, productions, performance optimization, and troubleshooting. • Provide advanced consultation on metadata integrity, search methodology, privilege screening, and defensible workflow design. • Support and advise on secondary platforms (Reveal, Everlaw, Nuix, Logikcull) when matter needs require diversification. • Manage and process modern data sources including M365/Purview, Teams, Slack, Zoom, WhatsApp, Google Workspace, Salesforce, mobile device data, and cloud repositories. • Automate workflows using Relativity scripts, APIs, PowerShell, or Python to improve efficiency and consistency • Maintain strong security posture through access controls, audit trails, secure data transfers, and workspace oversight • Lead consultations on defensible EDRM workflows, including identification, preservation/legal hold collaboration, collection strategy, processing, review, and production. • Lead matter kickoffs, conduct search strategy consultations, and ensure technical workflows align with legal strategy and case requirements. • Design complex search and culling strategies, advanced analytics (email threading, near‑duplicate detection, clustering, TAR/CAL), and defensible validation approaches. • Perform detailed quality control on processing, review sets, and productions; maintain rigorous defensibility documentation throughout. • Act as a liaison with vendors, ensuring cost-effective service models and consistent delivery quality. • Develop and maintain SOPs, workflow documentation, templates, guidelines, and knowledge articles. • Deliver targeted training and enablement sessions for attorneys, paralegals, and internal support teams on eDiscovery technology and best practices. • Lead internal initiatives to evaluate emerging technologies and incorporate innovations into existing processes. • Troubleshoot and resolve RelativityOne performance or configuration issues. • Provide timely updates to case teams, including workload prioritization and risk identification. • Partner with vendors as a technical liaison; support budget and SOW development with relevant inputs. • Support internal analytics, operational reporting, and KPI data collection (but does not own governance) • Maintain up-to-date knowledge of legal technology trends, analytics capabilities, and regulatory expectations.

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in information technology, Computer Science, Legal Studies, or related discipline (or comparable experience) • 7+ years of hands-on eDiscovery experience, including 3+ years supporting a major law firm (AmLaw 100 preferred) • Advanced, demonstrable expertise with RelativityOne administration, analytics, processing, productions, performance, and troubleshooting. • Proven experience with AI‑assisted review (TAR/CAL) and advanced analytics workflows. • Familiarity with one or more additional platforms (Reveal, Everlaw, Nuix, Logikcull, etc.). • Proficiency with modern data sources and cloud‑based collection considerations. • Ability to automate or enhance workflows using scripts or APIs (PowerShell, Python, Relativity scripts). • Strong understanding of FRCP, defensibility, chain‑of‑custody, privacy/compliance frameworks, and complex eDiscovery documentation. • Exceptional communication and the ability to guide attorneys and stakeholders through high‑pressure, technical challenges. • Deep Relativity One workflow configuration • Preferred: J.D. or advanced technical/legal degree. • Relativity certifications: RCA, plus R1 Pro, Analytics Specialist, or Expert-level credentials. • PMP or equivalent project management training.