U.S. Lateral Partner Recruitment and Integration Senior Manager

A&O Shearman is a new global industry-leading law firm, with nearly 50 offices in 29 countries worldwide.
Our fluency in English law, US law, and the laws of the world’s most dynamic markets, enables us to provide unmatched insight and seamless delivery to clients. We work on challenging and important deals and disputes that have the potential to shape the future.
We offer exceptional opportunities for our people; opportunities to work for the world’s leading businesses; to transform the status quo, and to deliver your best work, helping you and your career to thrive, while delivering unparalleled outcomes for our clients.
Whether you're helping clients solve complex challenges, transforming the ways we manage our business, or ensuring the smooth-running of our operations, this is an environment where you can belong and excel. We provide first-rate training and development, we are committed to an inclusive environment, and we provide support and ways of working that help you optimize your wellbeing.
What truly defines a career with us? We recruit the best and ask for the best of you. And together, we will redefine success.

The HR team at A&O Shearman provides a first-class service to the business, offering strategic HR business advice at the partner level and quality support services in the full range of HR functions through specialist teams such as, learning & development, resourcing, reward, employee relations advice, inclusion, payroll, systems and HR administration.

The Senior Manager, U.S. Lateral Partner Recruitment & Integration serves as the firm's strategic leader for lateral partner talent acquisition and integration across the United States. This role is responsible for supporting the development of the firm's lateral partner recruitment strategy, partnering closely with firm leadership to identify, attract, assess, and successfully integrate high-performing partner talent aligned with the firm's growth objectives.

As a trusted advisor to Practice Group Leaders, Executive Leadership, and Human Resources leadership, the Senior Manager drives the end-to-end lateral partner lifecycle, from strategic workforce planning and market intelligence through recruitment, onboarding, integration, retention, and long-term partner success. The role provides strategic oversight of recruitment operations, governance, reporting, vendor management, and process excellence while leading a high-performing team and influencing talent strategies globally.

The Senior Manager plays a critical role in advancing the firm's competitive position in the legal market, ensuring exceptional candidate and partner experiences, and delivering measurable business outcomes through successful lateral partner hiring and integration.

Key elements of the role include:

• Execute the firm's U.S. lateral partner recruitment and integration strategy in support of the firm's long-term growth objectives and market expansion priorities.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to executive leadership, practice group leadership, and key stakeholders on partner talent acquisition, market trends, organizational planning, and competitive intelligence.
• Establish and continuously enhance recruitment, onboarding, integration, reporting, and operational frameworks that drive efficiency, scalability, and business impact.
• Will play a role in supporting and developing recruitment and integration professionals while fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, accountability, and continuous improvement.
• Utilize data, analytics, and market intelligence to influence hiring decisions, evaluate return on investment, and guide strategic workforce planning initiatives.
• Represent the firm externally with search firms,…