Hybrid ALS Lab Manager

at CGS Federal (Contact Government Services)

• Job title: ALS Lab Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: $102,891 - $139,637 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Boston, United States

About the role

• CGS ALS Lab Manager overseeing lab data processing services and managing eDiscovery professionals. Requires extensive Relativity experience and management skills in a hybrid environment.

Responsibilities

• Serves as the lead manager responsible for delivery of lab data processing services.
• Primarily ensures timely and accurate completion of tasks.  Performs analysis, development and implementation of processing approaches for electronic files and related services pursuant to applicable ESI specifications.
• Consults with attorneys and support staff on best practices for conforming to ESI specifications and, as required, participates in teleconferences with co-counsel, client agencies, and opposing counsel upon attorney request.
• Responsible for ensuring that incoming productions are made pursuant to the applicable ESI specifications and when deficiencies are found, provides case attorney with detailed notice of deficiencies.
• Responsible for keeping the client informed on activities in the Lab, e.g. deadlines, technical challenges, and availability of resources to complete work.
• Responsible for webhosting support for unsupported cases managed by the lab.
• Manages a team of eDiscovery professionals situated in a client-site eDiscovery laboratory, including: scheduling, requirements assessments, assigning work and ensuring deadlines are met, creating progress reports, and Quality Control (QC) of deliverables.
• Advises client attorneys, paralegals, and case managers on all phases of the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM); especially: Data Collection, Processing, Hosting, Review, Analytics, and Production.

Requirements

• Extensive Relativity experience required.
• Relativity certifications including Relativity Certified Administrator (RCA) and/or Relativity Analytics Specialist strongly preferred.
• At least eight years of experience performing eDiscovery roles including but not limited to electronic files processing (EFP), image and data file conversion, data culling using review tools, quality assurance, database loads and retrieval, and data analysis and review.
• At least five years of experience at the management/supervisory level.
• Requires thorough knowledge of the litigation discovery process, and the EDRM workflow.
• Working knowledge and certifications of document review software such as iConect, Relativity, Venio or similar tools.
• Undergraduate degree required, preferably in computer science or related field.  Only the Contracting Officer can approve a waiver of the degree requirement.
• Ideally, you will also have:
• Experience with litigation support tools such as LAW, IPRO, Concordance, MS Office Suite, and LiveNote highly valued.

Benefits

• Health, Dental, and Vision
• Life Insurance
• 401k
• Flexible Spending Account (Health, Dependent Care, and Commuter)
• Paid Time Off and Observance of State/Federal Holidays