This position requires office presence of a minimum of 5 days per week and is only located in the location(s) posted. No relocation is offered.
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**Role Summary **
The Legal eDiscovery & Information Governance role serves as a senior individual contributor and organizational thought leader responsible for enterprise‑level eDiscovery strategy, program oversight, and process architecture. This role operates at the intersection of Legal, Security, IT, Compliance, and Records Management to ensure defensible, scalable, and cost‑effective management of electronically stored information (ESI) across its full lifecycle.
In this role you will lead strategic planning, program management, process design and implementation, and acts as a trusted advisor to Legal leadership on emerging discovery risks, technology evolution, and regulatory obligations. The role has broad influence without direct people management and is expected to shape policy, standards, governance models, and long‑term roadmap decisions impacting the enterprise.
**Core Responsibilities **
Strategic Leadership & Thought Leadership
- Serve as enterprise thought leader for Legal eDiscovery, ESI lifecycle management, and information governance strategy.
- Anticipate and respond to emerging technologies, regulatory trends, court expectations, and compliance risks, translating them into actionable strategy and standards.
- Partner with Legal, Security, and IT leadership to define future‑state eDiscovery and data governance capabilities, including Microsoft 365, Purview, cloud platforms, device ecosystems, and emerging collaboration tools.
- Represent eDiscovery interests in enterprise architecture, vendor evaluations, and major transformation initiatives.
Program & Portfolio Management
- Lead enterprise eDiscovery programs and large‑scale initiatives, including divestitures, data migrations, system retirements, ESI deletion cycles, and compliance transformations.
- Oversee multi‑year roadmaps, funding justifications, business cases, and executive‑level reporting for eDiscovery‑related programs.
- Coordinate cross‑functional teams (Legal, IT, Security, Privacy, Records, Asset Management, Vendors) without formal authority, ensuring accountability and outcomes.
Process Design, Governance & Defensibility
Design, document, and maintain defensible, auditable eDiscovery and legal hold processes, including:
- Legal hold preservation and release
- Custodian and device management (COUs, laptops, cloud sources)
- Collection, processing, retention, and deletion of ESI
Develop and govern standards, methods & procedures (M&P), metrics, and internal audit frameworks to support defensibility and continuous improvement.
Ensure consistent application of process across jurisdictions, matters, and business units.
Advisory & Complex Matter Support
- Act as advisor for complex litigation, regulatory requests, investigations, and class actions.
- Provide guidance on preservation scope, proportionality, data sources, and technical feasibility.
- Support executive leadership, Legal leadership, and outside counsel with expertise on high‑risk or non‑standard discovery scenarios.
Technology Strategy & Enablement
- Evaluate and guide adoption of legal and investigative technologies, including eDiscovery platforms, forensic tools, automation, and analytics.
- Partner with Security and IT on tooling alignment, access models, and Zero Trust considerations related to discovery operations.
- Influence enterprise tooling decisions to ensure Legal requirements are incorporated early and consistently.
Automation & AI Enablement
- Identify, prioritize, and deliver automation opportunities across eDiscovery and information governance workflows (e.g., legal hold notifications and acknowledgements, custodian tracking, collection intake, chain-of-custody documentation, exception handling, reporting).
- Define and implement AI-assisted capabilities to improve speed and quality of discovery operations, such as semantic search, relevance clustering, privilege and PII spotting, communication pattern analysis, and intelligent QA of productions—ensuring outputs are defensible and reviewable.
- Establish governance for AI use in Legal workflows (approved use cases, human-in-the-loop checkpoints, audit logging, model/data access controls, validation criteria, and repeatability standards) in partnership with Privacy, Security, and Compliance.
- Partner with IT and platform owners to embed automation and AI into enterprise toolsets (e.g., Microsoft 365/Purview and eDiscovery platforms), including integration patterns, role-based access, and secure data handling.
- Develop success metrics and executive reporting for automation/AI adoption (cycle-time reduction, cost avoidance, error-rate reduction, consistency, and defensibility indicators), and drive continuous improvement based on measured outcomes.
Required Qualifications:
Experience: 5+ years of eDiscovery experience.
Education: Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, or a related field.
Supervisor:
No
Our Lead Cybersecurity earns between $158,200-$237,400 USD Annual, not to mention all the other amazing rewards that working at AT&T offers. Individual starting salary within this range may depend on geography, experience, expertise, and education/training.
Joining our team comes with amazing perks and benefits:
- Medical/Dental/Vision coverage
- 401(k) plan
- Tuition reimbursement program
- Paid Time Off and Holidays (based on date of hire, at least 23 days of vacation each year and 9 company-designated holidays)
- Paid Parental Leave
- Paid Caregiver Leave
- Additional sick leave beyond what state and local law require may be available but is unprotected
- Adoption Reimbursement
- Disability Benefits (short term and long term)
- Life and Accidental Death Insurance
- Supplemental benefit programs: critical illness/accident hospital indemnity/group legal
- Employee Assistance Programs (EAP)
- Extensive employee wellness programs
- Employee discounts up to 50% off on eligible AT&T mobility plans and accessories,
- AT&T internet (and fiber where available) and AT&T phone.
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Weekly Hours:
40
Time Type:
Regular
Location:
USA:TX:Dallas / Three AT&T Plaza (308 S Akard St) - Co:308 S Akard St
**Salary Range: **
$158,200.00 - $237,400.00
It is the policy of AT&T to provide equal employment opportunity (EEO) to all persons regardless of age, color, national origin, citizenship status, physical or mental disability, race, religion, creed, gender, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or expression, genetic information, marital status, status with regard to public assistance, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law. In addition, AT&T will provide reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities. AT&T is a fair chance employer and does not initiate a background check until an offer is made.