Perkins Coie LLP

eDiscovery Project Manager

Perkins Coie LLP$98K — $149K *
Legal & Accounting
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree and at least 3 years of related work experience or equivalent combinations of education and experience.
  • Expertise in legal practice technologies, especially Generative AI.
  • Strong project and matter management skills with keen attention to detail.
  • Ability to thrive under tight deadlines and communicate effectively.
  • Proficiency in Relativity and/or DISCO, with adaptability to new technologies.

Responsibilities

  • Advise legal teams on strategic legal technologies, including AI, for better outcomes.
  • Manage multiple matters from initiation to successful delivery as the primary contact.
  • Lead projects simultaneously while balancing various priorities and risks.
  • Coordinate teams and external partners for various litigation services.
  • Oversee critical matter management activities like data transformation and document productions.
  • Define technical requirements, ensuring project deliverables and quality assurance.
  • Communicate proactively with stakeholders about project status and changes.

Benefits

  • Annual discretionary bonus
  • 401(k) plan
  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Accrued paid time off starting at 20 days annually
  • Personal medical and parental leave
  • Up to 10 paid holidays
  • Family care benefits
Full Job Description
Job Description:

eDiscovery Project Manager

Drive Operational Excellence

In this role, the eDiscovery Project Manager is a trusted advisor who delivers strategic, technology-driven solutions that support case teams, clients, and matter success. This role leads matter management and applies innovative legal technologies to streamline workflows, solve complex challenges, and advance case objectives. Working collaboratively with Senior Project Managers, Consulting Managers, Practice Attorneys, Project Coordinators, Data Transformation Analysts, and legal professionals across the firm, the Project Manager drives efficient, client-focused outcomes through expertise, partnership, and innovation.

What You'll Do
  • Advise legal teams and clients on the strategic use of legal technologies, including AI, to solve complex legal challenges and enhance matter outcomes.
  • Serve as the primary NewLaw contact, managing matters from initiation through successful delivery.
  • Lead multiple projects simultaneously, balancing priorities, timelines, budgets, risks, and evolving scope.
  • Coordinate cross-functional teams and external partners supporting forensics, analytics, review, trial readiness, and other litigation services.
  • Apply deep expertise in legal technology platforms, including Relativity, DISCO, and Everchron, to deliver efficient, high-quality solutions.
  • Oversee database design, data transformation, document productions, and other critical matter management activities.
  • Define technical requirements, manage deliverables, ensure quality assurance, and validate production accuracy, including privilege, redactions, conflict coding, and family relationships.
  • Communicate proactively with stakeholders on project status, milestones, risks, costs, and scope changes.
  • Stay current on emerging legal technologies and champion best practices and continuous improvement across the firm.
  • Support business development initiatives, including client presentations, and maintain availability to meet firm and client needs.
What You'll Bring
  • Bachelor's degree and at least 3 years of related work experience. Equivalent combinations of education and experience may be substituted.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Demonstrates expertise in legal practice technologies, including Generative AI, with exceptional project and matter management skills, attention to detail, and the ability to thrive under tight deadlines.
  • An innovative problem-solver and trusted client partner, this individual communicates effectively, exercises sound judgment, and takes initiative with minimal supervision.
  • Proficiency in Relativity and/or DISCO, along with the ability to quickly master emerging litigation technologies, is essential.
  • Prior experience in litigation or e-discovery project management is strongly preferred.


This position is eligible for an annual discretionary bonus, 401(k) plan, medical, dental, and vision insurance, accrued paid time off plan starting at 20 days annually, personal medical and parental leave, up to 10 paid holidays, and family care benefits. More information regarding benefits and programs may be found here.

This position may be filled in the following locations. The listed compensation range reflects the typical pay for this role, though it is rare for new hires to receive an offer at the top of the range. Actual compensation may vary depending on experience, skills, market conditions, and internal equity.

Illinois compensation range: $98,400.00 to $149,550.00 annually

New York compensation range: $108,190.00 to $164,430.00 annually

Washington state compensation range: $98,350.00 to $149,480.00 annually

Washington, D.C., compensation range: $106,220.00 to $161,440.00 annually

This job is remote.

About Perkins Coie LLP

Perkins Coie is an international law firm that represents clients across a wide range of industries and stages of growth—from startups to FORTUNE 50 corporations. The firm provides a full array of corporate, commercial litigation and intellectual property legal services. With more than 1,100 lawyers in 19 offices across the United States and Asia, Perkins Coie is consistently recognized as one of the leading law firms in the United States. The firm has been named to the FORTUNE Best Companies to Work For® list for 18 consecutive years.
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