Ediscovery Senior Manager

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Position Overview:

The Legal Division at Freddie Mac is seeking an eDiscovery Senior Manager. In this role, you will be responsible for overseeing day-to-day operations within eDiscovery & Data Management. This role includes directly managing, leading, and mentoring members of the eDiscovery team, developing and executing protocols for data governance and litigation support, and ensuring compliance with organizational policies.

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Our Impact:

The eDiscovery & Data Management team handles all discovery-related requests for litigation, internal investigations, and regulatory inquiries. We leverage technology and expertise to deliver comprehensive services across the legal department, including technical support. Our team manages data collection, processing, hosting, and production, as well as secure data transfers and troubleshooting. By applying in-house tools and best practices, we maintain control over data integrity and deliver defensible, efficient solutions.

Your Impact:

In this role, you will ensure timely and accurate completion of eDiscovery and data management requests. You will identify opportunities for process improvement, implement efficiencies, and keep the team aligned with evolving technologies and industry standards. Additional responsibilities include:

• Providing strategic guidance on work assignments.

• Advising on approach and priorities and collaborates with internal stakeholders and external partners to meet objectives.

• Receiving assignments in the form of objectives and determines resource allocation to achieve schedules and goals.

• Recommending policy changes and establishing procedures based on workload and demand.

• Working on issues of diverse scope requiring evaluation of multiple factors, including current business trends.

• Acting as an advisor to subordinates to resolve technical challenges and meet deadlines.

• Managing coordination of departmental activities including document review, legal hold and data preservation.

Qualifications:

• 10+ years of relevant experience, including 2+ years in a people management role.

• Strong knowledge of eDiscovery principles (EDRM) and Legal Hold Administration and management.

• Strong technical expertise combined with business acumen.

• Ability to manage, lead, and mentor a direct team while fostering collaboration.

• Proactive approach to problem-solving and continuous improvement.

Keys to Success in this Role:

• This role requires a high level of organization, strong technical skills and the ability to distribute the workload.

• The ideal candidate will have a strong working knowledge of both technical and business needs.

• Demonstrated general knowledge of AI tools and technologies, with a strong commitment to continuous learning and staying up-to-date with advancements in artificial intelligence

• Managing multiple projects and personality types a plus.

Current Freddie Mac employees please apply through the internal career site.

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A safe and secure environment is critical to Freddie Mac's business. This includes employee commitment to our acceptable use policy, applying a vigilance-first approach to work, supporting regulatory mandates, and using best practices to protect Freddie Mac from potential threats and risk. Employees exercise this responsibility by executing against policies and procedures and adhering to privacy & security obligations as required via training programs.

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Time-type:Full time

FLSA Status:Exempt

Freddie Mac offers a comprehensive total rewards package to include competitive compensation and market-leading benefit programs. Information on these benefit programs is available on our Careers site.

This position has an annualized market-based salary range of $143,000 - $215,000 and is eligible to participate in the annual incentive program. The final salary offered will generally fall within this range and is dependent on various factors including but not limited to the responsibilities of the position, experience, skill set, internal pay equity and other relevant qualifications of the applicant.