eDiscovery Technical Specialist

Job description

  Job facts

Group Functions IT is a multicultural, dynamic team providing Finance, HR, Legal and Compliance solutions to the Roche & Genentech community worldwide. As part of Informatics Group Legal, you are a member of the team dedicated to eDiscovery & Privacy Operations.

As eDiscovery Technical Specialist you will provide expertise and services to identify, preserve, collect, and process electronically stored information for our worldwide litigation matters. This will be done utilizing the Electronic Discovery Reference Model (EDRM), ensuring full compliance with legal and regulatory requirements as well as company directives and policies.

You will act as a liaison between inside and outside counsel and support them in all aspects regarding the eDiscovery process.

The Opportunity

·  Act as liaison with in-house / outside counsel, paralegals and eDiscovery vendors regarding technical aspects of eDiscovery
·  Perform eDiscovery operational activities following the EDRM:
·  Coordinate, initiate and facilitate the identification and preservation of data
·  Collect and processing of data
·  Data transfer
·  Keep abreast of current best-practices, emerging technologies and solutions in the context of eDiscovery
·  Follow and actively participate in developing defensible processes and standards for eDiscovery and litigation activities
·  Provide clear direction and advice to IT professionals to ensure that key objectives for eDiscovery and litigation are met
·  Develop and maintain strong and trusting relationships with key stakeholders within both Legal (litigators) and IT and interface with all internal and external parties involved
·  Proactively coordinate within a global team of highly skilled experts in the context of eDiscovery and litigation support activities
·  Report service status & KPIs to key stakeholders in the legal department
·  Proactively contribute to the continuous improvement of the eDiscovery services

Who we are

At Roche, 94,000 people across 100 countries are pushing back the frontiers of healthcare. Working together, we've become one of the world's leading research-focused healthcare groups. Our success is built on innovation, curiosity and diversity.

Roche is an equal opportunity employer and strictly prohibits unlawful discrimination based upon an individual's race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin/ancestry, age, mental/physical disability, medical condition, marital status, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.

Desired profile

Who you are

·  Bachelor's degree in Legal and/or Informatics or equivalent
·  9 years of Informatics experience
·  Comprehensive understanding of legal business environment
·  Customer oriented mind-set
·  Ability to work in a global team
·  Analytical mind-set and structured approach
·  Ability to coordinate cross-functionally and lead global teams of highly skilled personnel
·  Ability to work under pressure and adhere to strict deadlines
·  Good communication and documentation skills
·  At least 2-year experience working within the Electronic Discovery Reference model (EDRM) following standard operating procedures preferred
·  Proficiency with at least one of the following solutions preferred:
·  Google Mail / gDrive / Vault
·  Guidance EnCase Enterprise /eDiscovery /Forensic
·  Veritas Clearwell eDiscovery Platform
·  SharePoint eDiscovery methodology
·  Data forensics

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