Senior eDiscovery Operations Manager

Company Summary

EchoStar is reimagining the future of connectivity. Our business reach spans satellite television service, live-streaming and on-demand programming, smart home installation services, mobile plans and products.

Today, our brands include Boost Mobile, DISH TV, Gen Mobile, Hughes and Sling TV.

Department Summary

Our legal teams support the innovators driving the growth and success of EchoStar and its subsidiaries. From identifying and supporting a variety of corporate legal matters to negotiating the industry’s evolving legal landscape, our corporate counselors bring their own kind of invention to effect positive change across the company.

Job Duties And Responsibilities

EchoStar has an exciting opportunity for an on-site Senior eDiscovery Operations Manager in our legal department. This position is full-time, permanent, and salaried with standard work hours. This position has supervisory duties and requires very little travel. We are looking for someone who can start immediately.

The Senior eDiscovery Operations Manager will lead EchoStar’s ITeDiscovery (“ITeD”) team in supporting EchoStar’s Litigation team in all aspects and stages of electronic discovery. This position will also partner with other IT, Legal, Regulatory and HR Investigations team members to drive strategic initiatives, enhance and implement processes to decrease litigation risk, manage ITeD operations, and identify new technology, tools, and solutions to improve eDiscovery workflows.

Responsibilities

• Liaise with internal and external technology partners to ensure that Legal and eDiscovery priorities are considered in management of existing processes related to all types of data across the EDRM and in launching and sunsetting novel or legacy technology applications.
• Oversee forensic data collection practices to maintain evidentiary integrity and defensibility, including chain-of-custody maintenance.
• Define and implement standard operating procedures and best practices regarding technical eDiscovery processes for vendors and internal stakeholders; draft and maintain documentation for internal ITeD operations.
• Contribute to the development of innovative ideas to continually improve and automate operating procedures and new programs, platforms and services.
• Manage and prioritize multiple technical eDiscovery projects; set achievable deadlines and ensure that milestones are met.
• Build relationships within the IT Department, the Legal Team, and across various EchoStar business verticals; use strong interpersonal skills to interact effectively with all levels of personnel.
• Work independently and as a member of cross-functional teams in the areas of data retention, privacy, security and governance, as well as eDiscovery.
• Supervise members of the ITeD team in the accurate and timely execution of eDIscovery tasks.
  
  

Skills, Experience And Requirements

Skills, Experience, and Requirements

A successful Senior eDiscovery Operations Manager will have the following:

• Bachelor's degree from a four-year college or university.
• Six years technical eDiscovery experience, with a proven track record managing an eDiscovery or Litigation Support team in a corporate or law firm environment.
• Outstanding eDiscovery services and client relationship-building skills.
• Strong analytical thinking; ability to apply a broad range of creative problem-solving skills to analyze and synthesize data, develop recommendations, and solve complex problems; initiative and the ability to take ownership both individually and in a team-oriented environment.
• Familiarity with TAR/predictive coding, advanced analytics, and GenAI; experience with Relativity, CS DISCO, or other industry-standard review tools.
• General comprehension, familiarity, and functional knowledge with standard IT concepts, practices, procedures, models and theories, including familiarity with Google Workspace and/or Microsoft Purview.
• Experience working well under pressure to meet ongoing and overlapping deadlines with short time constraints; strong desire to work in a dynamic, high-growth environment with the ability to manage multiple priorities.
• Ability to communicate with all levels of management, business stakeholders, product managers and as a member of cross-functional teams; experience translating complex legal and technological concepts for various audiences.
• Attention to detail; excellent organizational and time management skills with intentional follow-through; communicate in a systematic and methodical manner.
• Willingness to participate in continuing education opportunities and obtain advanced certifications as needed.
• Experience managing people or teams.
  
  

Visa sponsorship not available for this role

Englewood, Colorado; Washington, Washington, DC; New York, New York

Salary Ranges

Compensation: $133,700.00/Year - $181,000.00/Year

Benefits

From versatile health perks to new career opportunities, check out our benefits on our careers website.

Employment is contingent on Successful completion of a pre-employment screen, which may include a drug test.

We pride ourselves on developing and promoting talent as an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. EchoStar will accommodate the sincerely held religious beliefs of employees if such accommodations are not undue hardships and are otherwise within the bounds of applicable law. All qualified applicants with arrest or conviction records will be considered for employment in accordance with local, state, and federal law. You may redact any information that identifies age, date of birth, or dates of school/graduation from your application documents before submission and throughout our application process.

EchoStar will provide reasonable accommodation to otherwise qualified job applicants and employees with known physical or mental disabilities, unless doing so poses an undue hardship on the Company, poses a direct threat of substantial harm to others, or is otherwise not required by law. EchoStar has a more detailed Accommodation Policy that applies to employees. EchoStar endeavors to make echostar.com and jobs.echostar.com accessible to users. Please contact leaves@dish.com if you would like to discuss the accessibility of our website or need assistance completing the application process. This contact information is for accommodation requests only; do not use this contact information to inquire about the status of applications.

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