Senior Paralegal, Risk Management – Dispute Resolution
GitLab
full-time
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Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $80,600 - $172,800 per year
Job Level
Tech Stack
About the role
- Lead complex e-discovery matters and strategic legal operations projects as the directly responsible individual.
- Operate GitLab's e-discovery program, including legal holds, data preservation, and cross-source collection across multi-custodian matters and cloud-native environments.
- Prepare and review legal responses, including subpoena responses, discovery materials, and case documentation, at the direction of counsel.
- Develop and refine processes, playbooks, and knowledge bases that improve consistency and governance across legal operations.
- Collaborate with stakeholders across Legal, IT, and Information Security to coordinate preservation, collection, and response workflows.
- Communicate legal risk and business considerations to senior leadership in a clear, practical way.
- Support litigation and dispute resolution work by organizing information, tracking requests, and helping teams execute against defined processes.
Requirements
- Experience working in a paralegal or legal operations capacity with a focus on litigation support, whether in-house, at a law firm, through an e-discovery vendor, at a managed service provider, or across a combination of environments.
- Knowledge of e-discovery processes, forensic data collection, and evidence handling practices, including work involving multi-custodian matters and cloud-native or software-as-a-service data sources.
- Familiarity with tools used in legal operations and business collaboration, such as Everlaw, Slack, and Google Workspace.
- Ability to manage cross-functional projects involving legal, technical, and business stakeholders.
- Skill in legal research and in turning regulatory, legal, or industry findings into practical process improvements.
- Strength in written and verbal communication, organization, and analytical thinking.
- Adaptability to support a range of requests, matter types, and changing priorities in a fast-moving environment.
- Openness to applying transferable experience from related legal operations, litigation, or e-discovery work.
Benefits
- Benefits to support your health, finances, and well-being
- Flexible Paid Time Off
- Team Member Resource Groups
- Equity Compensation & Employee Stock Purchase Plan
- Growth and Development Fund
- Parental leave
- Home office support
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.
Hard Skills & Tools
e-discoverydata preservationforensic data collectionevidence handlinglegal researchlitigation supportprocess improvementproject managementcross-functional collaboration
Soft Skills
communicationorganizationanalytical thinkingadaptabilitystakeholder management