Legal eDiscovery Specialist

Role Summary

The Legal eDiscovery Specialist position will work with eDiscovery and cybersecurity stakeholders to manage the efficient and defensible eDiscovery and data lifecycle in support of legal, security, and compliance investigation matters. This role requires expert analytical and project management skills as well as in-depth expertise with technologies such as MS Office, Relativity server and RelOne Legal Hold platforms. Daily triage, interaction, and collaboration with various business functions are required, along with strong interpersonal and communication capabilities.

Responsibilities

• Oversight and administration of the BMS RelOne environment.
• Management of corporate legal hold lifecycle.
• Documentation and auditing of data preservation in support of eDiscovery.
• Develop and maintain data map of applications, systems, and AI tools to enable Litigation to identify and collect relevant information for complex legal requests.
• Communicate with business intelligence and stakeholders including in-house and outside counsel and business partners.
• Assist with ownership of eDiscovery mailbox and fielding questions from the business with solution-oriented responses.
• Work with IT stakeholders to develop and implement standards for end-to-end data lifecycle including archiving and defensible disposition.
• Facilitate eDiscovery response to corporate transactions related to mergers, acquisitions, divestitures including retention/expiration questions.
• Assist in the oversight of eDiscovery vendors including budgeting.
• Assist privacy, data monitoring, and records management teams on projects.
• Effectuate ad hoc eDiscovery processes related to regulatory needs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree with high academic achievement.
• Extensive project management experience in eDiscovery.
• Proficiency at multitasking and prioritizing in a fast-paced environment.
• Understanding of current eDiscovery and forensics practices and their relationship to Compliance, Records, Information Governance, IT, Data Privacy/Protection, Data Security.
• Familiarity with PC and mobile device collection tools.
• Familiarity with GenAI and Microsoft tools such as Purview and Copilot.
• Ability to manage multiple projects from inception to completion as a team member.
• Ability to propose and implement improvements to policies and processes.
• Detail-oriented, analytical, technical, flexible, self-motivated, and big-picture minded.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; ability to maintain confidentiality.
• Team-oriented mindset with ability to participate in cross-functional meetings and document follow-ups.
• Experience in the pharmaceutical or healthcare industry valued.

Skills

• Project management
• eDiscovery and forensics
• Data lifecycle management
• Stakeholder communication
• Policy and process improvement
• Privacy and information governance
• Vendor management
• Technical proficiency with RelOne, Relativity, Purview, Copilot

Education

• Bachelor's degree