Requisition Number: 76798
The company built on breakthroughs.
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Corning is one of the world’s leading innovators in glass, ceramic, and materials science. From the depths of the ocean to the farthest reaches of space, our technologies push the boundaries of what’s possible.
How do we do this? With our people. They break through limitations and expectations – not once in a career, but every day. They help move our company, and the world, forward.
At Corning, there are endless possibilities for making an impact. You can help connect the unconnected, drive the future of automobiles, transform at-home entertainment, and ensure the delivery of lifesaving medicines. And so much more.
Come break through with us.
Corning’s businesses are ever-evolving to best serve our customers, industries, and consumers. Today, we accelerate and transform life sciences, mobile consumer electronics, optical communications, display, automotive, and solar markets. We are changing the world with:
- Trusted products that accelerate drug discovery, development, and delivery to save lives
- Damage-resistant cover glass to enhance the devices that keep us connected
- Optical fiber, wireless technologies, and connectivity solutions to carry information and ideas at the speed of light
- Precision glass for advanced displays to deliver richer experiences
- Auto glass and ceramics to drive cleaner, safer, and smarter transportation
- Solar polysilicon, wafers, and innovative photovoltaic modules, enabling low-cost solar energy solutions
Role Purpose
Reporting to the Litigation Director, this role is responsible for supporting the administration of Corning’s Legal Hold program by ensuring timely, accurate, and defensible preservation activities throughout the litigation lifecycle. The role coordinates day-to-day legal hold operations, exercises sound judgment in resolving routine matters, and recognizes when issues require escalation to Corning’s Litigation Director. Partners with attorneys, Human Resources, Information Technology, Records Management, and other business stakeholders to support compliance, improve operational efficiency, strengthen audit readiness, and support defensible legal hold processes through standardization and technology-enabled solutions.
Key Responsibilities
- Support end-to-end legal hold process, including creating, issuing, tracking, updating, and releasing legal holds in accordance with established procedures
- Manage the Legal Hold inbox, ensuring timely responses, appropriate prioritization, and accurate resolution of inquiries from attorneys, custodians, HR, IT, Records Management, and business stakeholders
- Maintain accurate legal hold records, documentation, and audit trails to support defensible preservation practices and regulatory or litigation requirements
- Coordinate preservation-related administrative activities with internal stakeholders while ensuring requests are completed accurately and within established service levels
- Perform periodic quality assurance reviews and process audits of legal hold activities, including preservation requests, acknowledgements, releases, and related workflows, identifying discrepancies and driving corrective actions
- Develop, maintain, and continuously improve legal hold templates, standard communications, practice-level guidance, standard operating procedures (SOPs), external FAQs, and knowledge management resources.
- Identify and support process improvements that simplify administration, reduce manual effort, improve user experience, and increase operational efficiency
- Leverage Microsoft 365, AI-enabled capabilities, and workflow automation technologies to improve legal hold administration, reporting, documentation, and stakeholder communications.
- Build collaborative relationships with Legal, Human Resources, Information Technology, Records Management, Privacy, and other teams to ensure effective coordination of legal hold activities.
- Resolve routine operational issues while exercising sound judgment to identify exceptions, elevated legal risk, or unusual circumstances requiring escalation to Corning’s Litigation Director
- Provide support on other legal specialist activities, documentation, research, tracking, and tasks as assigned.
Experiences/Education - Required
- Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration, Legal Studies, Information Systems, Information Governance, Records Management, Criminal Justice, or related field; equivalent combination of education and relevant experience may be considered.
- 4+ years of relevant professional experience, including litigation support, compliance/governance, legal operations, records management, or similar experience
- Strong organizational, project coordination, analytical, and problem-solving skills, with the ability to manage multiple priorities, meet competing deadlines, maintain attention to detail, and produce accurate, high-quality work.
- Effective written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build collaborative relationships and interact professionally with cross-functional partners across all organizational levels.
- Adaptability and aptitude for learning new technologies, business processes, and evolving legal requirements, including proficiency with Microsoft 365 applications and the ability to leverage AI, workflow automation, and digital productivity tools to improve business processes.
Experiences/Education - Desired
- 2+ years administering legal holds.
- Experience with Microsoft 365 or information governance technologies, including support for legal documentation, records, compliance, litigation-related administrative processes, templates, standard work, FAQs, or other operational guidance materials.
This position does not support immigration sponsorship.
The range for this position is $71,926.00 - $98,899.00 assuming full time status. Starting pay for the successful applicant is dependent on a variety of job-related factors, including but not limited to geographic location, market demands, experience, training, and education.
A job that shapes a life.
Corning offers you the total package.
Your well-being is our priority. Our compensation and benefits package supports your health and wellness, financial aspirations, and career from day one.
- Company-wide bonuses and long-term incentives align with key business results and ensure you are rewarded when the company performs well. When Corning wins, we all win.
- As part of our commitment to your financial well-being, we provide a 100% company-paid pension benefit with fixed contributions that grow throughout your career. Combined with matching contributions to your 401(k) savings plan, Corning’s total contributions to your retirement accounts can reach between 7% and 12% of your pay, depending on your age and years of service.
- Our health and well-being benefits include medical, dental, vision, paid parental leave, family building support, fitness, company-paid life insurance, disability, disease management programs, paid time off, and an Employee Assistance Program (EAP) to support you and your family.
- Getting paid for our work is important, but feeling appreciated and recognized for those contributions motivates us much more. That’s why Corning offers a recognition program to celebrate successes and reward colleagues who make exceptional contributions.
We prohibit discrimination on the basis of race, color, gender, age, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, disability, veteran status or any other legally protected status.
Corning is committed to providing equal employment opportunities and considers requests for reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable laws. Individuals with disabilities or sincerely held religious beliefs may request reasonable accommodations to participate in the application or interview process, perform essential job functions, or access other benefits and privileges of employment. To submit a request for reasonable accommodation related to disability or religion, please contact us at accommodations@corning.com.