Lead Cybersecurity – Legal eDiscovery, Information Governance

AT&T

Lead Cybersecurity individual contributor overseeing legal eDiscovery strategy at AT&T. Partnering with Legal, Security, and IT to manage electronically stored information effectively.

Posted 4/28/2026full-timeDallas • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $158,200 - $237,400 per yearWebsite

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

Cloud

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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, ensuring outputs are defensible and reviewable.

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years of eDiscovery experience.
Bachelor’s degree in information technology, Computer Science, or a related field.

Benefits

Comp & perks

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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Hard Skills & Tools

eDiscoveryESI lifecycle managementdata governancelegal hold processesautomationanalyticsforensic toolsAI-assisted capabilitiescloud platformsMicrosoft 365

Soft Skills

leadershipcross-functional coordinationstrategic thinkingcommunicationadvisory skillsaccountabilityproblem-solvingcollaborationnegotiationreporting