Senior Director | Digital Forensics & Investigations

About the Role

As a Senior Director in Digital Forensics & Investigations, you will shape and deliver complex data‑driven client engagements, acting as a trusted advisor and expert to clients and external counsel.

What You’ll Do

• Advising clients and law firms in a range of data‑driven engagements within the framework of legal action or internal investigations.
• Leading client relationships, ensuring projects are delivered to the highest technical and ethical standards.
• Supporting regulatory investigations by interpreting and meeting the expectations of UK and international authorities.
• Acting as an expert witness – drafting and peer‑reviewing formal statements, preparing expert reports and providing oral evidence in court or arbitration.
• Leading complex digital forensic investigations across a broad range of devices, data systems and cloud environments.
• Directing mobile device forensic analysis, including advanced extraction, decryption, and interpretation of app and messaging data.
• Conducting forensic imaging, recovery, and analysis in line with industry best practice.
• Developing methodologies for cloud and hybrid ecosystems, including Microsoft 365, Google Workspace, AWS, Azure, and other SaaS or collaboration platforms.
• Integrating automation, analytics, and AI‑assisted techniques to enhance accuracy, speed, and defensibility.
• Mentoring and supporting junior team members, fostering a culture of excellence, curiosity and integrity.
• Collaborating across FTI’s EMEA and global networks to share knowledge, develop tools and contribute to cross‑disciplinary innovation.
• Travelling as required to perform work at client premises in the UK and internationally, sometimes at short notice.

How You’ll Grow

We support your professional development through on‑the‑job learning, self‑guided courses, certifications, and coaching, helping you progress toward critical milestones in your career.

Basic Qualifications

• Degree or postgraduate qualification in Computer Science, Digital Forensics, or a related discipline, or equivalent professional experience.
• Experience conducting digital forensic investigations within consulting, law enforcement, or corporate environments.
• Drafting and peer‑review of digital forensic reports and expert reports for legal proceedings.
• Experience of regulatory investigations, with a sound understanding of regulator expectations, evidential requirements and disclosure processes.
• Expertise in mobile device forensics, including logical and physical extractions, artefact interpretation, and encrypted data handling.
• Strong knowledge of forensic tools and methodologies (e.g. EnCase, X-Ways, Nuix, Magnet AXIOM, Cellebrite, Oxygen, FTK).
• Ability to present technical findings clearly to legal and non‑technical stakeholders.
• Experience leading forensic collections both on‑site and remotely across the UK and internationally.
• High degree of professionalism, discretion, and resilience in high‑pressure environments.

Preferred Qualifications

• Familiarity with cloud and SaaS forensics, including collection and analysis of collaboration and audit artefacts.
• Competence with scripting or automation languages (e.g. PowerShell, Python, SQL) for forensic workflow optimisation.
• Exposure to AI and machine learning applications in forensic and eDiscovery contexts (e.g. triage, clustering, anomaly detection, generative summarisation).
• Experience integrating forensic outputs within wider eDiscovery, incident response or regulatory frameworks.
• Professional certifications such as EnCE, GASF, GCFA, CISSP, RCA, or equivalent.

FTI Consulting is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, ancestry, citizenship status, protected veteran status, religion, physical or mental disability, marital status, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, or any other basis protected by law, ordinance, or regulation.