Senior Legal Analyst & Litigation Project Manager

About the role

You will champion Customer Data Privacy & Protection, coordinate with external and internal stakeholders to address customer data requests, uplevel strategies & processes for responding to customer data requests, enhance responsiveness to changing legal & legislative frameworks, own & elevate our eDiscovery operations, and drive litigation operations & legal tech innovation.

Responsibilities

• Champion Customer Data Privacy & Protection: Lead the operational verification, technical scoping, and execution of initial responses to subpoenas or other legal requests seeking Samsara customer data.
• Cook up Strategies & Processes: Draft and champion legal and operational policies around responding to subpoenas and protecting Samsara customer data from disclosure. Pressure test and continuously improve existing processes for addressing and tracking customer data requests.
• Enhance Responsiveness: Monitor developments in federal and state case law and regulations, devising and implementing strategies that best position the company to manage customer data requests while driving business objectives.
• Elevate eDiscovery Operations: Direct the litigation team’s eDiscovery lifecycle, from drafting and issuing legal holds, to executing enterprise-wide data collections, and managing final quality control for data productions to internal teams and external providers.
• Drive Litigation Operations & Legal Tech Innovation: Act as a central project manager for active litigation portfolios, utilizing data-driven insights and metrics to identify process gaps and design scalable, tech-driven workflows to optimize efficiency across legal and cross-functional teams.

Requirements

• Experience: 8+ years of experience in data disclosure management and litigation project management within a corporate legal department, law firm, or government agency.
• Core Competencies: Strong ability to manage complex, cross-functional projects with rigorous attention to detail, excellent communication, and top-tier organizational skills.
• Regulatory & Framework Familiarity: Operational experience working within boundaries established by the Stored Communications Act, Electronic Communication Privacy Act, Wiretap Act, Pen Register/Trap and Trace Statute; MLAT (Mutual Legal Assistance Treaties) and other data privacy frameworks.
• Legal and Regulatory Interaction: Direct operational experience fulfilling data and evidence requests originating from U.S. or international law enforcement authorities, regulators, and civil litigants.
• Technical Proficiency: Hands-on experience managing the e-discovery lifecycle, including review platforms.
• Professional Judgment: Demonstrated business judgment, consultative skills, and the ability to interface confidently with both internal stakeholders and external legal counsel.