Associate Director - eDiscovery & Forensics

We do Consulting Differently

Berkeley Research Group, LLC (BRG) is a global consulting firm that helps leading organizations advance in three key areas: disputes and investigations, corporate finance, and strategy and operations. Headquartered in California with over 40 offices around the world, we are an integrated group of experts, industry leaders, academics, data scientists, and professionals working beyond borders and disciplines.
 

As we expand our footprint, we’re seeking a dynamic and forward‑thinking Associate Director / Senior Managing Consultant to strengthen our eDiscovery & Forensics practice in the Dubai office, with influence extending across the wider APAC region.

This is your opportunity to work with high‑profile clients, lead transformative projects, and shape the future of digital investigations.

Responsibilities

As senior consulting staff, you’ll take charge of complex, high‑stakes matters — guiding teams, partnering with clients, and delivering world‑class solutions. Your impact will be felt across every phase of the digital investigation lifecycle.

You will:

• Lead strategic communication with clients, ensuring clarity, confidence, and exceptional service.

• Run electronic evidence collection operations on‑site across the UAE, navigating diverse environments and challenges.

• Use industry‑leading and proprietary tools to extract, analyze, and process complex datasets.

• Direct teams as they apply advanced analytics and create bespoke solutions for evolving client needs.

• Oversee high‑quality data handling — from processing to conversion, analysis to QC.
  Collaborate across BRG teams globally to deliver seamless, integrated results.

• Support the business development initiatives and go-to-market strategy to further promote BRG capabilities in the region.

This is a role for someone who thrives in complexity, leads with confidence, and excels in the intersection of technology, investigation, and strategy.

Qualifications and Experience

We're looking for a seasoned digital forensics and eDiscovery professional with the experience and presence to lead major engagements.

• 10+ years of relevant experience in computer forensics, eDiscovery, compliance, or investigations

• Proven leadership in forensic technology or eDiscovery settings

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Forensics, MIS, or similar

• Hands‑on mastery of leading forensic tools: EnCase, FTK, Axiom, XWays, Cellebrite, etc.

• Exposure to enterprise email and archiving systems (Exchange, O365, G Suite, eVault, etc.)

• Strong data skills: SQL, MS Excel, databases (MS SQL, Access), scripting/querying

• Experience advising high‑profile, multinational clients

• A passion for solving complex technical puzzles with precision and creativity

• Certifications such as Relativity Expert/Master, Nuix Discover Master, Brainspace/Reveal Admin, EnCE, CCE, ACE, GCFE, and more

About BRG
 
BRG combines world-leading academic credentials with world-tested business expertise purpose-built for agility and connectivity, which sets us apart—and gets you ahead.

At BRG, our top-tier professionals include specialist consultants, industry experts, renowned academics, and leading-edge data scientists. Together, they bring a diversity of proven real-world experience to economics, disputes, and investigations; corporate finance; and performance improvement services that address the most complex challenges for organizations across the globe.

Our unique structure nurtures the interdisciplinary relationships that give us the edge, laying the groundwork for more informed insights and more original, incisive thinking from diverse perspectives that, when paired with our global reach and resources, make us uniquely capable to address our clients’ challenges. We get results because we know how to apply our thinking to your world.

At BRG, we don’t just show you what’s possible. We’re built to help you make it happen.  

BRG is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer. Our hiring practices provide equal opportunity for employment without regard to race, religion, color, sex, gender, national origin, age, United States military veteran status, ancestry, sexual orientation, marital status, family structure, medical condition including genetic characteristics or information, veteran status, or mental or physical disability so long as the essential functions of the job can be performed with or without reasonable accommodation, or any other protected category under federal, state, or local law.