Senior Manager, Attorney Recruiting (open in multiple locations)

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. 

• Work 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, FloRecruit, LinkedIn Recruiter, and Pirical preferred.

Qualified candidates must apply online by visiting our website at www.morganlewis.com and selecting “Careers.”

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For positions in Boston, MA and Washington, D.C., the salary range for this job posting is: $143,000.00- $228,800.00

For positions in New York, NY, the salary range for this job posting is: $155,500.00- $248,725.00

The base salary or hourly wage 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, current business needs, and market factors. The final salary or hourly wages offered may be outside of this range based on other reasons and individual circumstances. Additionally, salary or hourly wages may be only part of the total compensation package. The total compensation package for this position may also include a full range of medical, financial, and/or other benefits (including 401(k) eligibility and various paid time off benefits, such as vacation, sick time, and parental leave), dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment. If hired, the employee will be in an "at-will position" and the firm reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other discretionary payment or compensation or benefit program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, firm or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP is committed to equal employment opportunity and providing reasonable accommodations to applicants with physical and/or mental disabilities. We value inclusion and solicit applications from all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, gender, sex, age, religion, creed, national origin, ancestry, citizenship, marital status, sexual orientation, physical or mental disability, medical condition, veteran status, gender identity, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law.

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If hired, your employment relationship with the firm will be on an "at-will" basis, meaning that the firm may modify the terms and conditions of your employment at any time, and that either you or the firm will be free to end the relationship at any time with or without cause and with or without advance notice, although reasonable notice would be expected.