Senior Manager of Legal Talent Acquisition

For the Chicago Office of an International Law Firm

Responsibilities include:

• Lead the full-cycle lateral recruitment and onboarding process for associate, counsel, post-judicial clerkship attorney, scientific advisor and patent agent hires.
• Serve as primary contact for key stakeholders including candidates, outside search firms, vendors, and law school alumni relations counselors.
• Proactively develop and execute firm-wide recruiting strategies, collaborate with firm leadership, manage recruiting pipelines, and oversee candidate diligence, onboarding, and integration.
• Guide firmwide recruiting projects including but not limited to branding, communications, and marketing, interview training, development of internal best practices and guides, and candidate engagement activities.
• Synthesize and prepare recruitment data/statistical reports, including analysis of internal data and current market trends. Stay current on legal industry recruitment best practices and trends.
• Manage the development and performance of direct reports.

Qualifications include:

• 6–8+ years of legal recruiting experience; 2+ years of experience managing direct reports.
• Demonstrated experience leading full-cycle attorney recruiting initiatives, including lateral hiring and candidate onboarding processes.
• Strong ability to build trusted relationships with attorneys, candidates, and external recruiting partners while influencing stakeholders across multiple levels of an organization.
• Highly organized with the ability to manage multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment while maintaining attention to detail and meeting deadlines.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with a client-service mindset and the ability to handle sensitive and confidential information with discretion.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and familiarity with applicant tracking systems and recruiting technologies such as Flo Recruit, LinkedIn Recruiter, Pirical, or similar platforms.

Salary: $140k-$200k