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Kroll Ontrack Prefers Its E-discovery Project Managers to be PMP Certified and Requires They Have a Business Degree

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Craig Blakeley, an e-discovery project manager at Kroll Ontrack provides Kroll's job requirements for Litigation Support Project Managers and Case Consultants in a discussion thread on the e-LEGAL group on LinkedIn. They are:

  • Bachelors degree in Business or related field required 
  • Required - 3 + years in a law firm environment providing litigation support specialist 
  • Preferred - 3 + years of project management experience with external clients in a service delivery environment is required 
  • PMP certification desired but not required 
  • IT systems and document management technology experience and/or understanding of litigation support and document review process are highly desired 
  • Excellent communication skills are a must as well as proficiency with multi tasking. 
  • Attention to detail and balancing ever changing priorities while giving our customers the reassurance that you understand their sense of urgency is critical. 
  • Excellent customer service skills and focus 
  • Proven skills in problem solving, multitasking, project leadership and the ability to work independently 
  • Technical aptitude and the ability to learn and adjust to rapidly changing environment
(emphasis added)

This is one of the few e-discovery project management job descriptions that I've seen that specifically lists PMP certification. Also, I find it interesting that Kroll requires a Bachelors degree in "Business or related field" rather than computer science or a related field. 
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