Senior Manager, Attorney Recruiting
For the Boston, DC, Miami, New York, or Philadelphia Office of an International Law FirmResponsibilities include:
- Provide daily leadership and supervision of attorney recruiting managers including their local teams, as well as other support staff indirectly.
- Recommend, develop, and implement strategic recruitment initiatives across assigned offices, on both the law student and lateral fronts. Maintain expertise of market trends in law student and lateral recruiting.
- Collaborate with Director and fellow Senior Manager to develop all firmwide recruitment strategy, including law school engagement plans, summer associate programming, lateral hiring, and fall associate onboarding across all US offices.
- Maintain oversight and management of assigned offices summer programs, including creatively thinking of and implementing new programming and managing the evaluation and end of summer offer process.
- Provide oversight and guidance for all lateral hiring initiatives, including liaising with partners and practice groups on market trends, hiring needs and recommendations.
- Maintain budgets for assigned offices expenses, including developing and monitoring fiscal year budgets for all summer programs and law school engagement events throughout the year.
Qualifications include:
- 6-8+ years of law firm attorney recruiting experience, including 4+ years in a supervisory or people-management capacity.
- Proven experience managing high-volume law student and lateral recruiting programs across multiple offices or regions.
- Strong leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to provide strategic guidance to attorneys and firm leadership.
- Highly organized and detail-oriented, with demonstrated ability to manage budgets, deadlines, and competing priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Sound judgment and discretion in handling confidential and sensitive information; proactive, flexible, and able to perform well under pressure.
- Proficiency in Microsoft Office (Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint); experience with legal recruiting platforms and market intelligence tools preferred.
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