Senior Manager, eDiscovery

The Opportunity

We are looking for a strategic Senior Manager, eDiscovery to join our Digital Legal Delivery team. This role can be based in our Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane or Perth offices.

In this role you will play a key part in delivering eDiscovery services and client-facing leadership, ensuring continuous team development and excellence in service delivery.

The role will require a process-minded individual with experience leading an eDiscovery team.  An ability to help deliver a performance culture among a group of diverse, talented, technically excellent individuals and to win trust and to collaborate with partners, associates and others across the organisation will be imperative.

Some of the key responsibilities of this role include:

• Delivering advanced technical solutions, highlighting predictive coding and other analytics features to the global business.

• Continuing to improve best practice eDiscovery processes including adopting new technology.

• On boarding new technology and delivering those at a global scale.

• Collaborating with leaders on the development of business strategy and implementation.

• Assisting and enabling internal stakeholders to work effectively with document review software, legal technology solutions and other related IT systems.

• Leadership.

• Financial Management.

• Risk Management.

To be successful in this position you will have:

• Strong IT literacy, including an aptitude for learning (and becoming proficient in) the use of new and innovative software and IT applications.

• 10 years+ experience in managing contentious eDiscovery matters with an end to end eDiscovery focus.

• Commercially astute with a demonstrable track record as a business leader.

• Proven skills in business growth and planning, able to spot and develop business opportunities.

• People management skills in a law firm or commercial legal environment managing senior  staff and other staff in and out of region.

• Experience resourcing, project managing and motivating teams to tight deadlines.

• High level of attention to detail, but can also step back from the detail and see problems, opportunities and trends.

• Strong creative and analytical ability, coupled with sound judgment to balance multiple factors and solve complex problems.

• Deep understanding on project scoping, costing and planning.

• In depth understanding of Australian court and regulatory production requirements and protocols.

• Experience working within a similar team at a comparable level.

• Experience in managing a large team with direct reports.

• Experience in thinking out of the box to create bespoke solutions.

• Proficiency in applications such as Ringtail, Relativity, Nuix, iPro or similar, to support the junior team.

• Proficiency in manipulating data on Excel and/or Access to support the junior team.

• Excellent understanding of the legal framework of eDiscovery, existing protocols, practices and relevant legal standards.

• A sound knowledge of eDiscovery software market and technology advancements.

The team:

Our Digital Legal Delivery combines the best analytical legal minds backed by investments in cutting-edge tools and technologists.

Continuing to support our clients, we deliver a holistic response to clients and our problem solvers support businesses needing invention and fresh thinking from their legal advisers alongside the technical excellence you expect from a leading global law firm.

Leveraging experience to map the intersections where people and tech deliver results, our group supports businesses undergoing their own digitisation projects and those who seek freedom from the manual and inefficient processes of traditional legal services delivery.

Experienced at delivering large and complex legal services, we are experts in the delivery of data-intensive mandates.

Imagining possibilities, our Digital Legal Delivery group is implementing the best solutions today, while experimenting with emerging tools to understand their practical applications for tomorrow.

Evolving through design thinking, legal project management, advisory and new law frameworks, generative AI came as no surprise to HSF’s digital team, neither will the next big digital transformation.

Herbert Smith Freehills is proud to be awarded Number 1 ‘Attraction Firm’ (Lawyers Weekly Legal Firm of Choice 2022-23), Law Firm of the Year (Australasian Law Awards, 2021) and Most Innovative International Law Firm, Asia Pacific (Financial Times Awards 2020).

What you can expect from us:

• We’re a world leading international law firm with a global team of over 5,000 professionals. As the market leader in Australia, we are committed to high performance, collaboration, diversity and digital innovation. We are client-centred, commercially driven, and renowned for our solution-focused expertise. We will align your growth with our ambitions.

• We make your personal and professional growth our business. And as part of the team, our ambition is yours too. Wherever you are in your career: grow and help the firm grow with you.

• We will provide opportunities to learn on the job as well as a mix of learning opportunities tailored to you. Daily experiences, supportive challenges, team collaboration, mentors, and structured learning opportunities help you to expand your knowledge and reach your goals.

• We value your wellbeing, both at home and work and we place a strong emphasis on mental health. If you need support, you’ll have it and we’ll empower you to harness your personal strengths, navigate uncertainty, embrace opportunities, and effectively manage things within your control.

• For more benefits on offer such as our 26 weeks paid parental leave, holistic wellbeing fund or home office allowance please click/ copy this link into your browser - https://marketing.hsf.com/20/29354/landing-pages/hsf-benefits.pdf

• Join us to be part of a human, bold and outstanding team at Australia’s market leading law firm.

We are committed to attracting people from all backgrounds and creating a respectful and inclusive culture where everyone thrives. We see this as essential to our success, including our ability to innovate and achieve sustained high performance. This is a key part of our Values—Human, Bold, and Outstanding.

For any questions or a confidential discussion, please contact Lindsay Kay, Senior Recruitment Adviser on Lindsay.Kay@hsf.com.

This vacancy is being managed directly by Herbert Smith Freehills Recruitment team. We will contact our preferred agency partners should we require additional assistance. Thank you.

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Diversity & Inclusion

We are committed to attracting people from all backgrounds and creating a respectful and inclusive culture where everyone thrives. We see this as essential to our success, including our ability to innovate and achieve sustained high performance. This is a key part of our Values—Human, Bold, and Outstanding.