Document Review Services Team Lead (Contract Management)

You are a dedicated and experienced Team Lead for the Document Review Services team at Epiq Global in Hyderabad, India. Your expertise in e-discovery, legal analysis, and project management will be crucial for overseeing document review projects, maintaining quality standards, and ensuring timely delivery aligned with client expectations. Your responsibilities include reviewing documents for relevancy, privilege, and other issues as directed by clients, conducting research on technical and industry-specific matters, drafting reports and findings, participating in QC reviews, creating complex searches, establishing review workflows based on client requirements, managing document review projects with teams ranging from 10-20 members, providing project status updates, escalating issues, and serving as the initial escalation point and SME for the project team. Key skills and competencies required for success in this role involve having a solid understanding of the document review and e-discovery/litigation industry, familiarity with litigation management software such as Relativity, Xerox, and/or DocuMatrix, industry-specific subject matter knowledge, proficiency in Microsoft Office tools, knowledge of the U.S. judicial system and legal procedures, excellent communication skills, strong analytical abilities, sound decision-making skills, commitment to maintaining quality standards, being a team player, displaying adaptability to changing needs and deadlines, demonstrating ethics and integrity, and the ability to work efficiently under pressure. Qualifications and experience necessary for this position include an LLB (three- or five-year program) or LLM (optional) from India or abroad, a minimum of 5+ years of document review experience, experience with contract management, hands-on experience with Relativity tools, at least 1+ years of experience managing a team as a Team Lead, and the flexibility to support U.S. business hours based on business requirements.,