Manager, eDiscovery

About the role

The Marriott eDiscovery Team supports litigation, arbitration, and investigation matters across the hospitality industry using cutting-edge technology. The Manager, eDiscovery conducts data preservation, legal hold, and collection activities.

Responsibilities

• Conduct data preservation, litigation hold, and other collection and release activities using various tools and methods, such as forensic imaging, email archiving, cloud extraction, etc.
• Communicate with identified litigation matter custodians in support of their responsibility to preserve their ESI as required.
• Document chain of custody for each matter to ensure compliance with discovery rules and court orders.
• Manage reminders (deactivation) for recently terminated associates.
• Communicate with eDiscovery vendors and inside and outside counsel as necessary to ensure proper transfer of ESI for processing, to troubleshoot issues with collected ESI, and the transition of custodians off of litigation holds.
• Provide technical assistance and training to legal staff and external counsel on the use of eDiscovery tools and best practices.
• Maintain an organized physical Evidence Room, accurately tracking its contents and demonstrating a defensible approach to our collections.
• Maintain and organize the data on the Evidence Servers, accurately tracking activity and demonstrating a defensible approach to our collections.
• Coordinate with internal and external stakeholders, such as IT, HR, vendors, service providers, etc., to ensure timely and efficient delivery of eDiscovery services.
• Assist in developing and documenting eDiscovery workflows, protocols, reports and metrics.
• Participate in hardware/software pilots in support of new technologies.
• Other special technology projects as applicable.
• Serve as a corporate representative, as required, by providing affidavits, declarations, and testimony related to the preservation and production of electronically stored data in litigation or investigations.

Requirements

• High school degree and 6+ years related experience OR college degree and 4+ years work experience.
• Ability to read and understand technical documentation and ability to speak to a group for technical training purposes.
• Ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Openness to change and new technologies.

Qualifications

• Expertise in the legal environment software applications including the Microsoft Office Suite document management, records management, matter management, document assembly and electronic billing databases.
• Experience in eDiscovery at a law firm or in-house law department, or service provider.
• Experience with Relativity or other eDiscovery legal software solution.
• Experience with ServiceNow.

Skills

• Technical skills in eDiscovery tools and processes.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Attention to detail and organizational skills.

Benefits

• 401(k) plan
• Stock purchase plan
• Discounts at Marriott properties
• Commuter benefits
• Employee assistance plan
• Childcare discounts

Pay

$72,600 - $106,500 annually

Schedule

Full Time