E-Discovery Specialist

Location: Houston, TX - Hybrid Posted: January 16, 2026 Job Type: Full Time Req# 2026-5427 Legal Position Summary The E-Discovery Specialist architects and operates Empower Pharmacy's enterprise litigation discovery capability at a regulated, hyper-growth scale. This role owns discovery data risk across manufacturing, quality, clinical, and corporate systems, ensuring litigation execution is defensible, efficient, and never constrains business velocity. Operating as a senior individual contributor, the Specialist transforms massive, complex datasets into decision-ready evidence that protects patient trust, regulatory credibility, and corporate reputation. The role embeds artificial intelligence as core discovery infrastructure-automating execution, accelerating insight, and scaling capacity faster than data growth. Success is measured by predictable discovery outcomes, controlled costs, zero spoliation risk, and rapid insight delivery under compressed timelines. The E-Discovery Specialist partners closely with Legal, IT, Compliance, and external counsel while maintaining full ownership of outcomes end-to-end. This position demands urgency, precision, and system-level thinking in high-pressure, high-visibility matters where defensibility is non-negotiable. Duties and Responsibilities Enterprise Litigation Data Risk • Maintain a continuously updated enterprise data map across manufacturing, quality, clinical, and corporate systems. • Proactively identify, quantify, and mitigate discovery risk before litigation escalation. • Execute and audit legal holds with precision, documentation, and zero ambiguity. Defensible Discovery Execution • Plan and execute targeted, defensible data collections across cloud, SaaS, endpoints, and regulated systems. • Design review workflows optimizing precision, recall, speed, and Nexpatha simultaneously. • Control e-discovery vendor performance, SLAs, and spend with forensic rigor. AI-Driven Discovery Transformation • Apply AI for classification, clustering, deduplication, translation, and prioritization at scale. • Leverage machine learning insights to surface patterns, narratives, and litigation drivers early. • Govern AI defensibility through validation, documentation, and regulatory risk controls. End-to-End Ownership • Own discovery matters from intake through production and post-matter analysis. • Define scope, milestones, risks, and success metrics independently. • Anticipate failure modes and close execution gaps proactively. Scalable Personal Impact • Build dashboards, templates, and workflows that replace heroics with systems. • Track progress visibly and execute against measurable plans. • Deliver reliable results under sustained pressure and executive scrutiny. While performing the responsibilities of the job, the employee is required to talk and hear. The employee is often required to remain in a stationary position for a significant amount of the workday and frequently use their hands and fingers to handle or feel in order to access, input, and retrieve information from the computer and other office productivity devices. Employees are regularly required to move about the office and around the corporate campus. The employee is regularly required to stand, walk, reach with arms and hands, climb or balance, and to stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl. Knowledge and Skills • Deep expertise in e-discovery lifecycle management, legal holds, defensible collections, review optimization, and vendor governance across complex, regulated enterprise environments. • Advanced application of AI and analytics in discovery, including machine learning workflows, defensibility evaluation, and insight translation for legal strategy. • Strong understanding of enterprise data architectures, SaaS platforms, messaging systems, and regulated manufacturing repositories. • Exceptional ability to operate independently, manage complexity, and deliver precise outcomes under extreme time and regulatory pressure. Key Competencies • Customer Focus: Ability to build strong customer relationships and deliver customer centric solutions. • Optimizes Work Processes: Know the most effective and efficient processes to get things done, with a focus on continuous improvement. • Collaborates: Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives. • Resourcefulness: Secures and deploys resources effectively and efficiently. • Manages Complexity: Makes sense of complex, high quality, and sometimes contradictory information to effectively solve problems. • Ensures Accountability: Holds self and others accountable to meet commitments and objectives. • Situational Adaptability: Adapts approach and demeanor in real time to match shifting demands of different situations. • Communicates Effectively: Develops and delivers multi-mode communications that convey a clear understanding of the unique needs of different audiences. Values • People: Our people define who we are as a company, and we believ