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About the Role

This strategic and hands-on role supports our lawyers and clients in managing complex, event-driven matters. As a Senior Project Manager, you will lead the full lifecycle of litigation technology projects, from early case assessment through trial or deal closure. You will coordinate with vendors and ALSPs, manage data quality, and provide regular updates, proposals, and budgets to stakeholders. The role requires hands-on expertise with practice-facing legal technologies, with a strong focus on eDiscovery and AI/GenAI/TAR solutions in the context of disputes, investigations, arbitrations, and trials.

Responsibilities

Support the implementation, roll-out, and adoption of practice technologies, ensuring integration with firm systems, processes, and data through cross-functional collaboration with technical and procurement teams.
Champion innovation by identifying and integrating emerging legal technologies and workflow enhancements.
Coordinate technology testing and feedback with project teams and vendors to support successful deployment and adoption.
Develop, document, and promote best practices for leveraging AI/GenAI-enabled and automation technologies.
Provide strategic insights to leadership to inform procurement, technology adoption, and process improvement.
Lead and oversee all phases of legal technology and eDiscovery projects, ensuring quality, efficiency, and defensibility.
Manage end-to-end support for complex matters, including white collar, antitrust, arbitration, and regulatory investigations.
Coordinate the identification, preservation, collection, processing, review, and production of ESI and paper files.
Track and analyze incoming client data; design workflows and databases tailored to matter requirements.
Develop strategic recommendations, project plans, and budgets for legal technology initiatives; report regularly on progress and status.
Act as primary liaison with the firm’s Managed Services provider, overseeing eDiscovery and disclosure matters.
Partner with legal technology vendors to design, deliver, and maintain solutions aligned with practice needs.
Assist in vendor selection and management, including negotiation and coordination of services.
Collaborate with deal and matter teams to scope legal technology needs and implement tailored solutions.
Serve as a trusted advisor to senior and demanding legal stakeholders, providing consultative leadership on complex and evolving matters, guiding teams through ambiguity, and delivering strategic, defensible solutions in high-pressure environments.
Serve as a consultative resource for disputes-related legal technology, advising lawyers on appropriate use cases and workflows for tools (i.e., Relativity, VincentAI, Legora, Opus 2, Clearbrief, etc.), while collaborating with existing platform owners for hands-on configuration, training, and administration.
Advise attorneys on best practices for legal technology and eDiscovery.
Provide hands-on support and training for legal technology platforms; maintain in-depth knowledge of vendor tools.
Guide case teams in effective document management, matter workflows, and discovery practices.
Communicate with case teams regarding discovery management, including budget updates, production planning, and project reporting.
Assist with client IT interviews and draft related questionnaires.
Contribute to firm knowledge management through the development of playbooks, templates, training programs, CLEs, and cross-functional boot camps.
Coordinate and support domestic and international travel for client engagements and case-related needs; willingness and ability to travel as required.
Meet firm billable hour requirements.

Requirements

8+ years of experience in legal technology within a law firm, corporation, or professional services.
Strong preference for candidates with hands-on eDiscovery expertise, prior experience as a Project Manager, and team leadership skills.
Proactive leader, capable of independently managing complex projects in high-pressure environments, with a strong commitment to leveraging emerging legal technologies.
Strong interpersonal skills, excellent written and verbal communication skills, and the ability to work independently in a fast-paced environment under strict deadlines, effectively manage multiple responsibilities, and meet budget and deadline demands.
Proven track record managing complex electronic discovery projects, including government investigations and cross-border matters.
Deep understanding of the eDiscovery lifecycle, legal standards (EDRM, Sedona), and evolving case law.
Experience with litigation workflows.
Strong knowledge of data processing, vendor deliverables, and database/workflow design for review and analysis.
Experience managing large-scale matters across multiple offices, both domestic and international.
In-depth, hands-on experience with eDiscovery tools (e.g., AI/GenAI, TAR) and legal tech platforms including, but not limited to, Relativity/Relativity aiR, VenioOne, Nuix, eZReview, Trial Director, CaseRooms, Opus Magnum, Clearbrief, VincentAI, Legora, and other similar tools.
Experience in change management within large law firms is a plus.
Expertise in legal databases, analytics tools, and workflow automation.
Strong technical knowledge of information retrieval, archiving systems, and emerging legal technologies.
Ability to train users in firm applications; experience in classroom settings is a plus.
Demonstrated leadership in managing teams and resolving complex technical issues independently.
Exceptional communication, interpersonal, and client service skills, with the ability to collaborate across all levels.
Skilled in managing time, resources, and priorities to meet or exceed service level agreements.
Highly organized with strong attention to detail and a proactive, solutions-oriented mindset.

Skills

eDiscovery
AI/GenAI/TAR
Litigation Technology
Project Management
Data Analytics
Workflow Design
Vendor Management
Budget Management
Information Management
Knowledge Solutions
Process Re-engineering
Relativity
VincentAI
Legora
Opus 2
Clearbrief
Relativity aiR
VenioOne
Nuix
eZReview
Trial Director
CaseRooms
Opus Magnum

Location

Work Type

Hybrid

Experience Level

Senior
8+ years

Education Level

Bachelor's degree preferred
RCA Certification strongly preferred
PMP, ACEDS, or other project management/business analysis certifications a plus

Salary/Compensations

$175 - $200K

Benefits

Medical insurance
Dental insurance
Vision insurance
Life insurance
Disability coverage
401(k) retirement savings
Vacation time
Leave programs
Parental leave
Performance bonus eligible

About the Company

Our Practice Solutions team leads the Firm’s innovation initiatives, supporting our lawyers in client delivery excellence.
The team has deep expertise in working with established and emerging technologies, data analytics and data science, knowledge solutions and process re-engineering.
The Practice Solutions team works with our lawyers to identify innovative solutions to support our clients.
Through fostering a Firmwide culture of innovation, we encourage our lawyers to think creatively about how to deliver the best value to our clients and we ensure that White & Case remains at the forefront of advancements in the legal industry.
The global Practice Technology Department keeps W&C at the forefront of today’s changing legal landscape.
We help lawyers practice smarter as they deliver world-class client service.
Our work ranges from helping the Firm leverage the latest legal, client and market knowledge to providing front-line support for legal teams in their client work.
Our Practice Technology Offering is broad, covering a wide array of Advisory and Data Services.
White & Case is an elite global law firm serving leading companies, financial institutions and governments worldwide.
With a long history as an international firm, we are well-positioned to help clients resolve their most complex legal challenges wherever they may arise.
Operating across six continents and working in virtually every country, we have invested heavily in building a high-quality, full-service practice that competes at the top of the market.
We are distinguished by our on-the-ground presence in key financial markets and our expertise in handling complex cross-border work.
What sets us apart is not just our global network of offices but the interconnectedness of our Firm.
Our people and clients value our collaboration across geographic and practice boundaries, which is why we attract and retain significant cross-border work.
Representing multiple nationalities from across the world and speaking a vast array of languages, our lawyers and Business Services professionals are globally minded, enterprising, and committed to excellence.

Equal Opportunity

White & Case is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and is committed to creating a fair workplace.
It is our Firm’s policy to recruit, employ, train, compensate and promote without regard to race, color, religion, creed, national origin, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, military or veteran status, disability, genetic information, or any other category protected by applicable law.
Applicants who are interested in applying for a position and require an accommodation during the process should contact talent.acquisition@whitecase.com.