{"id":177698,"url":"https://alion.io/job/harborglobal-legal-technology-consulting-director-discovery-and-data-management","title":"Legal Technology Consulting Director - Discovery and Data Management","company":{"id":1778030,"name":"Harbor Global","domain":"harborglobal.com","url":"https://alion.io/company/harbor-global","size_band":"501-1000","is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"ats_vendor":"Greenhouse","truth_index":null},"role":"Leadership","role_family":"Leadership","seniority":"head","employment_type":null,"work_mode":"remote","remote_scope":"stated_countries","hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":[],"countries":[],"hiring_countries":["US"],"hiring_countries_total":1,"salary":null,"salary_estimate":{"min_usd":180000,"max_usd":307000,"period":"year","method":"role_seniority_country_remote_cell","sample_n":378},"experience_years_min":10,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Slack","optional":false}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-08-16T20:10:15Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-08-16","last_verified_at":"2026-09-24T04:19:39Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":38,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":38},"description":"Harbor is seeking a Legal Technology Consulting Director - Discovery and Data Management to join our Corporate Legal Solutions practice. The Corporate Legal Solutions practice provides services to corporate law departments around the areas of Contract Lifecycle Management, Enterprise Legal Management, and Discovery and Data Management. This role is for our Discovery and Data Management service line, which helps Fortune 500 companies establish, refresh, and effectively manage defensible eDiscovery programs. As a Director, you will help lead and deliver on a strong pipeline of legal hold and broader discovery assessment and implementation projects. This remote role is open to candidates nationwide, with a preference for those based in Chicago, our headquarters, where part of the Discovery team is located. \nThe following is an overview of the services the Discovery team provides to help clients manage their eDiscovery obligations: \nAssess: Conduct eDiscovery process, structure, technology, and spend assessments and provide recommendations to enact change \nImplement: Perform the end-to-end selection, implementation, and migration of legal hold, data preservation, data collection, data processing, ECA, and document review systems \nEnhance: Drive process and program improvement initiatives, including designing operating models and related roles, establishing discovery service preferred provider programs, defining workflows, drafting eDiscovery playbooks, creating discovery dashboards, and more \nRemediate: Profile systems to create data inventories, map data flow for eDiscovery, regulatory, or compliance purposes, advise on good data hygiene, and assist with defensible disposition initiatives \nSupport: Provide augmented eDiscovery case management support to drive progress on individual cases, serve as eDiscovery system administrators, and provide legal hold managed services\nJob Duties and Responsibilities:\nLead multiple client engagements and relationships \nOversee all aspects of project delivery and administration \nMentor and guide team members to drive timely completion of high-quality client deliverables \nCultivate strong client relationships by consistently delivering exceptional service \nContribute to business development and marketing initiatives to fuel team and company growth \nClient and Project Management: \nFacilitate workshops with senior legal and IT stakeholders to understand current state processes and gather future state goals and objectives \nBenchmark eDiscovery processes, technologies, reporting and metrics, cost structures, spend, and team structures against industry best practices \nIdentify eDiscovery service providers and available technologies to satisfy client requirements \nDevelop and present recommendations and implementation roadmaps to client leadership teams on how to mitigate risk, lower costs, scale, and/or achieve operational efficiencies \nMap current state workflows to new technology-enabled processes and/or integrations to create innovative yet practical solution frameworks \nCreate eDiscovery process documentation, workflow diagrams, playbooks, standard operating procedures, roles and responsibilities matrices, checklists, trackers, and other deliverables \nIdentify and document test scenarios to ensure new processes, technologies, integrations, data handoffs, hosting models, etc. align with expected outcomes \nDefine change management strategies and execute key tasks required to ensure enduring change, strong user adoption, and a seamless implementation experience \nPartner with client teams to develop training curriculum and materials, as well as lead end-user training in partnership with technology providers \nServe as lead project manager for system implementation projects, including creating and maintaining project schedules, managing the project budget and scope, providing routine status updates, tracking and reporting issues, and coordinating activities with third party vendors \nServe as the primary point of contact and/or escalation path for our key client contacts, which include eDiscovery managers or directors, senior litigation attorneys, legal technology managers, legal operations leads, and legal IT managers \nPeople and Team Development: \nCultivate relationships at current clients and mentor junior team members to become trusted advisors and future lead client contacts \nSupport quarterly business reviews with key account clients \nEnhance our project delivery methodologies, documentation, training, and tools \nActively manage, develop, coach and/or mentor junior team members across all facets of project management and client engagement \nParticipate in company-wide strategic initiatives \nVolunteer for company-sponsored community enrichment programs \nBusiness Development: \nParticipate in business development activities, including qualifying opportunities, creating proposals, leading or supporting new business pitches, and drafting statements of work \nDevelop and grow existing relationships with vendors and other partners to expand or create new service offerings \nAttend industry conferences and events to bring fresh ideas and learnings back to broader team and identify new client opportunities \nContribute to thought leadership pieces (e.g., participate in webinars, draft an article) \nExperience, Education and Other Qualifications: \n10+ years of relevant experience in legal consulting or technology implementation, specifically in a customer facing role advising clients \nSignificant experience performing eDiscovery process and/or technology assessments, selecting and implementing eDiscovery platforms, designing eDiscovery team structures and operating models, creating eDiscovery documentation (e.g., playbooks), or advising on best practices \nHands-on experience implementing Exterro, RelativityOne, Reveal, DISCO, Everlaw, Nuix, OpenText, or other similar systems \nStrong knowledge of common productivity platforms, such as M365 Purview, Google Vault, Slack, and how their data preservation features work \nFour-year degree in Finance, Business, Computer Science, Software Engineering, Information Science, Economics, Statistics, Accounting, Data & Analytics, and the like, or equivalent combination of experience and education \nDemonstrated knowledge of the following areas: Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM) \nFederal Rules of Civil Procedure (FRCP) \nIndustry leading eDiscovery technologies and service providers \neDiscovery stakeholders and their typical roles and responsibilities \nCommon legal operations and eDiscovery platform integrations \nInformation governance and good data hygiene practices \nIT implementation methodologies and controls \nManaging project budgets, resources, and timelines \n\nAbility to independently managing multiple concurrent engagements and clients \nExcellent communication and storytelling skills (written, via data and deliverables, and verbally) \nKeen attention to detail and capability to prepare polished client deliverables \nWillingness to self-study and learn new concepts or technologies to solve problems \nAptitude and desire to learn and develop generative or other AI-enabled solutions \nHave permanent US work authorization \nAbout Us:\nHarbor is the preeminent provider of expert services across strategy, legal technology, operations, and intelligence. Our globally integrated team of 900+ strategists, technologists, and specialists navigate alongside our clients - leading law firms, corporations, and their law departments - to provide essential resources and invaluable insights. Anchored in a rich heritage of deep knowledge, steadfast relationships, and mutual respect, our unwavering dedication lies in shaping the future of the legal industry and fostering enduring partnerships within our community and ecosystem.\nHarbor is an equal opportunity employer. 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