Legal Hold Specialist
Switzerland Global Enterprise
full-time
Posted on:
Location Type: Remote
Location: United States
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Salary
💰 $94,700 - $157,700 per year
About the role
- Responsible for managing the company’s legal hold process ensuring that relevant documents and data are preserved when litigation, investigations or disputes arise
- Issue and track legal hold notices to employees when litigation, investigations, or disputes require preserving documents and data
- Communicate with custodians (employees whose data is on hold) to ensure they understand their preservation obligations
- Monitor compliance with legal holds and follow up with employees who haven’t acknowledged or may not be following hold requirements
- Oversee and execute discovery/disclosure readiness (i.e., custodial interviews, collections and evidence management)
- Coordinate global collection of assets and data for employees exiting the company while on legal hold
- Monitor data preservation systems to ensure they are functioning properly, and data integrity is maintained
- Coordinate the secure deletion or archiving of data that has reached the end of its retention period
- Maintain comprehensive documentation of what data is preserved, where it is stored, and why it is being retained
- Conduct regular audits to verify compliance with legal hold and identify gaps in preservation practices
- Serve as the liaison between legal, IT, vendors and business units on data preservation matters
- Help improve and document legal hold procedures and best practices
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree required, information management, legal studies, or related field preferred
- 3-5 years of experience in records management, data governance, legal operations or any transferable experience managing data or processes desired
- Understanding of data retention principles and information lifecycle management preferred
- Excellent organizational, attention to detail and project management skills
- Ability to work cross-functionally with IT, legal, HR and business teams
- Strong analytical skills for assessing retention requirements and implementing policies
- Excellent written and verbal communications skills
- Comfortable working with technology systems and understanding data architecture concepts
- Ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with discretion
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office, Excel and database management tools
- Familiarity with Legal hold, e-discovery or information governance processes a plus
Benefits
- medical, dental, vision, and prescription drug coverage
- access to Health Coach from GE Vernova, a 24/7 nurse-based resource
- access to the Employee Assistance Program, providing 24/7 confidential assessment, counseling and referral services
- GE Vernova Retirement Savings Plan
- tax-advantaged 401(k) savings opportunity with company matching contributions and company retirement contributions
- access to Fidelity resources and financial planning consultants
- tuition assistance
- adoption assistance
- paid parental leave
- disability benefits
- life insurance
- 12 paid holidays
- permissive time off
Applicant Tracking System Keywords
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Hard skills
records managementdata governancelegal operationsdata retention principlesinformation lifecycle managementdata preservatione-discoveryevidence managementdata architecture
Soft skills
organizational skillsattention to detailproject managementanalytical skillscommunication skillscross-functional collaborationdiscretion