Job Description
Legal Operations - Sr. Advisor - eDiscovery
The Legal Operations and Shared Services Team is a growing organization within Legal and Corporate Affairs. The focus of the Legal Operations - Sr. Advisor - eDiscovery role is to energize existing data collection processes for large litigation matters and lead cross functional initiatives to continually improve the quality and efficiency of the eDiscovery process. This role will also manage relationships with external vendors supporting the eDiscovery.
This role will report to the Senior Director of Legal Operations. Problem solving, project and process management are key competencies that will drive success in this role.
Essential Functions:
- Regularly review and refine existing eDiscovery processes to enhance efficiency, reliability, and continued alignment to best practices.
- Ensure compliance with legal and regulatory standards.
- Cultivate and maintain strong relationships with eDiscovery vendors and law firms.
- Monitor vendor and law firm performance to ensure high-quality delivery of services.
- Develop strategies to manage and reduce eDiscovery-related costs without compromising quality.
- Evaluate and implement technologies that enhance cost efficiencies.
- Utilize advanced data analytics to support eDiscovery efforts.
- Analyze complex data sets to identify patterns and insights that support legal and business objectives.
- Lead and manage the implementation of Relativity solutions.
- Provide expert guidance and support to ensure seamless integration.
- Work closely with cross-functional teams including Legal, IT, and Compliance.
- Mentor and provide guidance to team members, fostering a culture of continuous learning and improvement.
- Identify potential risks related to eDiscovery processes and develop mitigation strategies.
- Ensure data confidentiality and integrity at all stages of the eDiscovery lifecycle.
Qualifications: - Bachelors' Degree in relevant field required; M.B.A., preferred.
- 8+ years of eDiscovery operations and litigation support in large law firm or in-house environments required.
- Expertise to implement and manage Cigna's Relativity instance.
- Demonstrated experience working in eDiscovery platforms such as Exterro, Relativity, RelativityOne, and others.
- Experience working with leading eDiscovery vendors such as Consilio, Epiq, or others.
- Detailed understanding of litigation life cycle and best practices related to the identification, preservation, collection, processing and production of data.
- Hybrid - this role requires someone to be in office 3 days a week.
If you will be working at home occasionally or permanently, the internet connection must be obtained through a cable broadband or fiber optic internet service provider with speeds of at least 10Mbps download/5Mbps upload.
For this position, we anticipate offering an annual salary of 109,600 - 182,600 USD / yearly, depending on relevant factors, including experience and geographic location.
This role is also anticipated to be eligible to participate in an annual bonus plan.
We want you to be healthy, balanced, and feel secure. That's why you'll enjoy a comprehensive range of benefits, with a focus on supporting your whole health. Starting on day one of your employment, you'll be offered several health-related benefits including medical, vision, dental, and well-being and behavioral health programs. We also offer 401(k) with company match, company paid life insurance, tuition reimbursement, a minimum of 18 days of paid time off per year and paid holidays. For more details on our employee benefits programs, visit Life at Cigna Group .
About The Cigna Group Doing something meaningful starts with a simple decision, a commitment to changing lives. At The Cigna Group, we're dedicated to improving the health and vitality of those we serve. Through our divisions Cigna Healthcare and Evernorth Health Services, we are committed to enhancing the lives of our clients, customers and patients. Join us in driving growth and improving lives.
Qualified applicants will be considered without regard to race, color, age, disability, sex, childbirth (including pregnancy) or related medical conditions including but not limited to lactation, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, veteran or military status, religion, national origin, ancestry, marital or familial status, genetic information, status with regard to public assistance, citizenship status or any other characteristic protected by applicable equal employment opportunity laws.
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The Cigna Group has a tobacco-free policy and reserves the right not to hire tobacco/nicotine users in states where that is legally permissible. Candidates in such states who use tobacco/nicotine will not be considered for employment unless they enter a qualifying smoking cessation program prior to the start of their employment. These states include: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, Delaware, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Idaho, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Nebraska, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Vermont, and Washington State.
Qualified applicants with criminal histories will be considered for employment in a manner consistent with all federal, state and local ordinances.
Job Tags
Holiday work, Permanent employment, Local area, Work from home, 3 days per week,