Senior Manager, Attorney

Senior Manager Of Attorney Recruiting

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, one of the world's leading global law firms with offices in strategic hubs of commerce, law, and government across North America, Asia, Europe, and the Middle East, is seeking to hire a Senior Manager of Attorney Recruiting. Reporting to the Director of Attorney Recruiting, the Senior Manager of Attorney Recruiting will be responsible for overseeing all non-partner attorney recruiting, including law student recruiting, lateral attorney hiring and the summer associate program for an assigned group of U.S. offices.

This position may be resident in the Boston, Miami, New York, Philadelphia, or Washington, D.C. offices with a hybrid in-office/remote working schedule.

Key responsibilities of this position include:

• Provide daily leadership and supervision of attorney recruiting managers including their local teams, as well as other support staff indirectly.
• Recommends, develops, and implements strategic recruitment initiatives across assigned offices, on both the law student and lateral fronts.
• Manages hiring outcomes, including preparing data and statistics for assigned offices.
• Maintains expertise of market trends in law student and lateral recruiting to facilitate continuous improvement of existing processes and identify new processes.
• Collaborates with Director and fellow Senior Manager of Attorney Recruiting to develop all firmwide recruitment strategy including law school engagement plans, summer associate programming, lateral hiring, and fall associate onboarding across all US offices.
• Assists with management of firmwide recruiting projects (including but not limited to branding, communications, and marketing) and management of firmwide team members when needed.
• Maintains oversight and management of assigned offices summer programs, including creatively thinking and implementing new programming each year, addressing and correcting any issues that may arise and managing the evaluation and end of summer offer process.
• Provides law student recruiting strategy for assigned offices ahead of each season to align office hiring goals with current market trends.
• Provide oversight and guidance for all lateral hiring initiatives, including liaising with partners and practice groups on market trends, hiring needs and recommendations, proposes offer terms and packages, reviews and executes offer letters.
• Maintains budgets for assigned offices expenses, including developing and monitoring fiscal year budgets for all summer programs and law school engagement events throughout the year.
• Works with the Senior Director of Legal Recruiting & Partner Integration and Chief Legal Talent Officer on strategic projects as needed.

Experience and qualifications needed to perform this job successfully:

• Bachelor's degree and a minimum of six to eight years of law firm recruiting experience, with at least four to five years in a supervisory capacity; the equivalent combination of education and experience will be considered.
• Demonstrated ability to manage all aspects of high-volume legal recruiting programs.
• Ability to effectively communicate and provide strategic direction to internal and external clients.
• Team player who is committed to superior standards of professionalism and productivity.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Capacity to work well under pressure.
• Discretion in dealing with confidential information.
• Detail-oriented work manner, and ability to prioritize and meet deadlines.
• Strong interpersonal skills, and the ability to work independently and as part of a team.
• Proactive and flexible approach, and willingness to adjust to changing priorities.
• Available and willing to travel, attend events and to work hours as needed to meet deadlines.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook, PowerPoint.
• Experience with ViRecruit, Flo Recruit, Linked In Recruiter, and Pirical preferred.

Qualified candidate must apply online by visiting our website at  and selecting "Careers".

Salary range for this position will be determined during the interview process and will vary based on multiple factors, including but not limited to prior experience, relevant expertise,…