[Hiring] Senior Director, eDiscovery Technology & AI @KLDiscovery

Role Description

The Senior Director, eDiscovery Technology leads the eDiscovery Technology practice globally. You will:

• Lead a team of eDiscovery technologists and consultants who design and run advanced analytics and AI-assisted workflows on client matters, including technology-assisted review and continuous active learning.
• Run the practice on a billable model: request intake, scoping, staffing, utilization, quality, and turnaround, against a demand curve that is growing fast.
• Run it as one global practice, with one intake, one standard, and one set of playbooks across the US, EMEA, and APAC.
• Grow the practice by hiring, onboarding, and developing a manager, consultants, and technologists as demand expands.
• Build the operating rhythm: intake standards, capacity forecasting, coverage for second-shift, weekend, and deadline-driven work, quality standards, and playbooks.
• Own the methodology and its defensibility, including how KLD applies analytics and AI to review.
• Serve as the senior subject matter expert for clients and counsel on AI-assisted review.
• Build reusable playbooks, prompt libraries, validation templates, and reporting.
• Own AI governance for client matters with Legal and InfoSec.
• Adapt the methodology to the jurisdiction without lowering the standard.
• Co-own the consulting offerings with Advisory.
• Partner with Product and Engineering to serve as the practice’s voice into KLD’s own AI review capabilities.
• Evaluate and adopt third-party analytics and AI tools.
• Lead clients and cross-functional partners as the senior technical voice for Client Success, Sales, and clients.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in eDiscovery or litigation technology, including 5+ years applying advanced analytics and AI-assisted review on client matters and 3+ years leading a team.
• Deep hands-on expertise in TAR 1.0 and 2.0, continuous active learning, and generative AI review.
• A client-facing record: scoped, defended, and explained AI-assisted review to counsel and clients.
• Multi-jurisdiction experience: delivered analytics or AI-assisted review on matters outside the US.
• Commercial fluency: packaged or priced consulting work and partnered with sales on pursuits.
• Product partnership experience as the operational or practitioner voice on AI feature design.
• A record of building and developing a technical consulting team.
• A direct, clear communication style.
• Experience in PE-backed or high-growth environments.

Requirements

• Legal degree (JD or equivalent); bar admission a plus.
• Structured analytics experience (Brainspace, Reveal, or similar).
• Declaration or testimony experience on review methodology.
• Relativity certifications, CEDS, or equivalent.

Benefits

• Competitive total compensation including base pay, bonus potential, inclusive benefits, wellness programs, and perks.
• Market and industry data used to inform pay decisions.
• Current annualized base pay range for this position is $156,000 to $195,000.

Company Description

KLDiscovery brings clarity, trust, and meaning to data for clients navigating legal matters worldwide.