eDiscovery Project Manager

Location: Remote – Oregon 

Description:

Pay Rate: Salary is DOE

Hours:  Mon-Fri 8am-5pm

About Cinder

CINDER is looking to change the community’s understanding of how a staffing company operates. Our purpose is to humanize the staffing process by connecting awesome people and providing them with the skills and tools they need to succeed in whichever job they find. We believe happy employees inspire commitment and community.

About Cinder‘s Client

Tired of the big corporate eDiscovery machine?  Tired of not actually solving clients’ problems?  Tired of working where the bottom line is all that matters? 

We can do better.

Would you rather help your clients get the job done better, faster, cheaper?  

Join a family of established hi-tech companies that service the largest names in technology, manage the world’s most influential technology standards, and validate the latest in hi-tech gadgetry.  SIFT is the newest member of our hi-tech family and has a startup mentality, rewarding ingenuity and initiative. 

SIFT—a different kind of legal services vendor—sits at the intersection of law, big data, and technology.  eDiscovery analysts, data scientists, developers, and tech savvy attorneys come together to provide law firms and legal departments actual solutions. 

Responsibilities:

• True project management, determining client needs and budget, allocating available resources, and completing projects on time and under budget.
• Support clients in the administration and management of ESI workflows, from handling the collection and ingestion of ESI into our data centers, through review and production.
• Manage internal and external use of SFTP, Sharefile, Medial Shuttle, etc. to securely move data while maintaining chain of custody.
• Provide front-line assistance and end-user training to customers that utilize our eDiscovery review platforms (g., Relativity, RelOne, IPRO ADD).
• Assist clients with the creation of complex searches, batches, and the use of analytical tools, such as email threading and near-text deduplication.
• Create productions and exports for delivery to clients.
• Perform quality control at all stages of the eDiscovery workflow, including insuring accuracy and accessibility of processed data and running imaging and productions in formats required by clients.
• Track, manage, and document eDiscovery requests to completion.
• Update and follow workflow processes and protocols to maintain standardized service.
• Provide written client reports on the status of collection, processing, review, and productions.

Qualifications:

• Requires 1–3 years of professional experience in litigation support (law firm or vendor) and at least 1 year of experience on the administrative side of eDiscovery tools, such as IPRO, Relativity, Disco, Everlaw, etc.
• IPRO or Relativity Administrator experience a plus, but not required. SIFT will support any PMs willing to become certified as an IPRO Enterprise Administrator or Relativity administrator.
• Knowledge of the EDRM lifecycle and the litigation workflow.
• Project management degrees or certifications a plus, but not required.
• Excellent communication skills, especially written, with the ability to clearly present technical information to non-technical clients and users.
• Ability to work independently and to communicate with team when assistance is needed to meet client deadlines.
• Strong technical skills, including in the use of SFTP, Sharefile, Microsoft Office (Excel, lots of Excel), and Adobe Acrobat.
• Other technical skills that are strongly preferred include experience in the use of machine learning in the eDiscovery process, such as TAR and CAL.

Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the