The Opportunity:This is a Hybrid role, open to candidates within commuting distance of our offices in Chicago, Atlanta or Washington, DC.HKA is seeking an experienced eDiscovery Project Manager to independently lead complex litigation, regulatory, and investigative matters in a client-facing consulting environment. This is a hands-on role for someone who is comfortable owning matters, working directly with counsel and senior stakeholders, and making sound decisions where accuracy and production risk matter.
You will combine deep Relativity aiR (formerly RelativityOne) expertise with visible client leadership, moving between technical delivery, project coordination, and practical guidance.
This is an opportunity to take meaningful ownership, influence how matters are run, and work alongside experienced legal and technical professionals.
Responsibilities- Independently lead eDiscovery matters from scoping and data identification through processing, review, production, and closeout.
- Configure, administer, and troubleshoot Relativity aiR workspaces, including permissions, searches, analytics, review workflows, exports, productions, and quality-control processes.
- Respond to frequent attorney and client requests, prioritize competing needs, and maintain continuity so work can be handed off without loss of context.
- Translate legal instructions, ESI protocols, and production requirements into defensible searches, workflows, specifications, and deliverables.
- Manage production workflows with particular attention to scope, format, metadata, privilege, confidentiality, and counsel approval before release.
- Create and maintain project plans, budgets, schedules, trackers, process notes, decision logs, production specifications, and quality-control records.
- Identify risks, scope changes, data gaps, and potential errors early; communicate them clearly and escalate material issues appropriately.
- Lead client calls, clarify requirements, explain technical processes in practical terms, and provide clear status updates and recommendations.
- Coordinate attorneys, clients, analysts, reviewers, technical professionals, and vendors across multiple concurrent matters.
- Provide direction and quality review to analysts, consultants, and reviewers while helping less-experienced team members plug into active matters.
Required Skills and Qualifications- 5+ years of eDiscovery experience, including independent ownership of complex matters or major workstreams.
- 2+ years of client-facing consulting experience with attorneys, clients, and senior stakeholders.
- Deep, hands-on Relativity aiR (RelativityOne, RelOne) experience across workspace administration, searches, review workflows, analytics, exports, productions, and troubleshooting.
- Proven ability to translate counsel instructions into accurate, defensible productions with documented quality control and approval steps.
- Strong knowledge of the eDiscovery lifecycle, ESI, processing, review, metadata, privilege, production formats, and chain of custody.
- Executive presence and sound judgment to lead calls, manage expectations, explain technical issues, and escalate risk.
- Ability to manage multiple fast-moving matters with strong organization, accuracy, and follow-through.
- Bachelor's degree in a relevant field or equivalent professional experience.
Preferred- Relativity certification.
- Experience with advanced review technologies such as generative AI, technology-assisted review, continuous active learning, email threading, near-duplicate detection, or clustering.
- Experience creating eDiscovery playbooks, templates, or other process improvements.
CompensationHKA offers an annual salary range of
$110,000 to $145,000, along with a competitive benefits package designed to support your health, financial well-being, and work-life balance. Benefits include medical, dental, and vision coverage, a
401(k) plan with company match,
20 days of paid time off plus additional company holidays and wellness time, performance bonus opportunities, and access to robust training, professional development, and career advancement programs across our global organization.
