E-Discovery Project Manager

LOD
(Lawyers On Demand) is one of the largest and fastest growing global legal services businesses, and as a 'new law' pioneer, we continue to lead the market we created.

We're a global business with offices around the world that focus on providing end-to-end solutions for our clients' legal needs, by connecting them with our team of exceptional legal professionals. We provide secondment opportunities, legal advisory services, and legal operations & tech solutions. Together, we find new ways to supercharge the value that legal professionals and in-house legal teams deliver.

With LOD, you get all the best bits of being a lawyer - interesting work with some of the world's most exciting organisations, plus the flexibility and freedom to live your life how you want.

Who are we looking for?

We're seeking an experienced litigator with strong electronic discovery expertise, who would be interested in stepping into a non-legal secondment supporting the Discovery & Forensics team with one of our clients, a leading top-tier law firm.

This secondment will see you leading complex e-discovery matters and providing hands-on support as our client closes out several large projects through the end of the year and into early 2026. The secondmentsits within a national team and offers the opportunity to apply litigation and project management skills in a dynamic, technical, and fast-paced and legal environment.

This is a full-time secondment opportunity (with flexibility to consider 3-4 day per week working arrangements), commencing in November, initially for a period of 3 months.

Key Requirements

1. 8+ years' experience in litigation, ideally with significant exposure to electronic discovery and document review processes.
2. Strong understanding of eDiscovery platforms, workflows, and data management.
3. Demonstrated ability to manage large-scale matters and lead cross-functional teams.
4. A legally technically savvy professional.
5. Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.

What sets us apart?

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We're an Employer of Choice:
for consecutive years we've been recognised as an Employer of Choice by Australasian Lawyer. We're even prouder that we've received an employee NPS score across Australia of 81 which is recognised as "ground-breaking".

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CV-enhancing work with global brands:
We provide our people with varied, challenging, career-enhancing work with world-class global brands, allowing them to take control of their career and diversify their experience across a range of industries.

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No limits:
We've helped open doors, break glass ceilings, facilitate the transition from private practice to in-house, and develop career pathways to become a GC. Whatever direction you want to take your career, we can help you get there.

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You call the shots:
We take work-life balance pretty seriously. You can work on-site with our clients or remotely, undertake full-time or part-time assignments, or assignments that are for set months of a year – it's your choice

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You're never on your own:
Throughout your LOD career, you'll become part of a community. You'll be supported by your LOD colleagues and our HQ team, have access to mentoring programs and high quality know-how, LOD social events, and receive regular training to assist in your ongoing growth and development.

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Our Ways Of Working help shape who we are and what we do:
we deliver, we are creative, we are inclusive, we care & collaborate, and we are trusted.

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We're global:
LOD can provide you with local, interstate and international working opportunities. In late 2023, LOD joined forces with Consilio, the global leader in legal consulting and enterprise legal services. Together, LOD & Consilio have a team of approximately 10,000 lawyers, legal engineers, legal operations consultants, paralegals, and risk & compliance professionals spanning North America, Europe, Australia, Asia, and the Middle East.

LOD is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. Diversity and inclusion are a core part of our Ways of Working, and we celebrate and embrace it. We know the individual differences of our people make us collectively better and we encourage all applicants; including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people, people with disabilities, career breaks, gender diverse, LGBTQIA, and culturally diverse communities to join us so we can do great things together.

What's next?

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