Senior Project Manager, Practice Technology

Position Summary

Our client is seeking a highly motivated and technically skilled Senior Project Manager, Practice Technology Disputes in New York. Reporting to the Manager, Practice Technology Disputes, this strategic, hands-on role supports attorneys and clients on complex, event-driven matters.

Responsibilities

• Support the implementation, rollout, and adoption of practice technologies while ensuring integration with firm systems through collaboration with technical and procurement teams.
• Identify and implement emerging legal technologies and workflow improvements.
• Cook up technology testing, user feedback, and vendor collaboration to support successful deployments.
• Develop and promote best practices for AI/GenAI-enabled and automation technologies.
• Provide strategic recommendations to leadership on technology adoption, procurement, and process improvement.
• Lead all phases of legal technology and eDiscovery projects, ensuring quality, efficiency, and defensibility.
• Manage complex matters, including white collar, antitrust, arbitration, regulatory investigations, and other disputes.
• Coordinate the identification, preservation, collection, processing, review, and production of ESI and paper records.
• Design matter-specific workflows and databases while tracking and analyzing client data.
• Develop project strategies, budgets, timelines, and regular stakeholder reporting.
• Serve as the primary liaison with the firm’s Managed Services provider for eDiscovery and disclosure matters.
• Partner with legal technology vendors to design, implement, and maintain solutions aligned with practice needs.
• Aid with vendor selection, contract negotiations, and service coordination.
• Collaborate with legal teams to scope technology requirements and deliver tailored solutions.
• Act as a trusted advisor to senior legal stakeholders, providing strategic guidance on complex legal technology matters.
• Advise attorneys on disputes-related technology and appropriate use cases for platforms including Relativity, VincentAI, Legora, Opus 2, Clearbrief, and similar tools while partnering with platform owners for administration and training.
• Provide hands-on platform support, user training, and guidance on document management, discovery workflows, and best practices.
• Communicate with case teams regarding discovery strategy, budgets, production planning, and project status.
• Assist with client IT interviews and related questionnaires.
• Contribute to knowledge management through playbooks, templates, training programs, CLEs, and cross-functional initiatives.
• Travel domestically and internationally as needed.
• Meet firm billable hour requirements.

Required Skills

• Bachelor’s degree preferred; RCA Certification strongly preferred.
• PMP, ACEDS, or other project management/business analysis certifications are a plus.
• 8+ years of legal technology experience, preferably with an AmLaw 100 firm, Big 4, or eDiscovery vendor.
• Proven experience managing complex eDiscovery projects, including government investigations and cross-border matters.
• Deep knowledge of the eDiscovery lifecycle, EDRM, Sedona principles, litigation workflows, and relevant case law.
• Strong understanding of data processing, vendor deliverables, database design, and workflow development.
• Experience managing large-scale domestic and international matters across multiple offices.
• Hands-on expertise with AI/GenAI, TAR, and leading legal technology platforms including Relativity/Relativity aiR, VenioOne, Nuix, eZReview, Trial Director, CaseRooms, Opus Magnum, Clearbrief, VincentAI, Legora, and similar tools.
• Experience with change management in large law firms is a plus.
• Strong technical knowledge of legal databases, analytics tools, workflow automation, information retrieval, archiving systems, and emerging legal technologies.
• Experience training users on legal technology platforms; classroom instruction experience is a plus.
• Demonstrated leadership, project management, and independent problem-solving skills.
• Excellent communication, interpersonal, client service, and stakeholder management abilities.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities, deadlines, budgets, and service level agreements.
• Highly detail-oriented with a proactive, solutions-focused mindset.

Location & Reporting

Location: New York (Hybrid: 4 days in office / 1 day remote) Reports to: Manager, Practice Technology Disputes (within the Practice Technology group), with overall reporting to the Associate Director, Practice Technology.

Formal Management Responsibilities

• Representing the Practice Technology Disputes function globally.
• Delivering Practice Technology solutions to attorneys and clients worldwide.
• Collaborating with other Practice Solutions teams.
• Supporting and mentoring Practice Technology Disputes team members globally.

Compensation

$175,000-$200,000 base.