Manager, Legal Lateral Recruiting

Overview

This role involves Manager, Legal Lateral Recruiting within an executive search practice. The position is full-desk and requires proven success in end-to-end recruiting and placement, including managing external client relationships and delivering high-quality legal talent.

Location

Remote (FL, CO, IL, MA, NH, RI, ME, CT, GA, SC, NC, TX). The position can be based in any of the approved markets/states listed above.

Type

Full-Time

Compensation

• Base salary: $71,000 - $101,000 + incentives
• Incentives tied to successful placements

Responsibilities

Search Strategy & Selection

• Lead full-cycle searches for lateral law firm partners and practice groups
• Lead full-cycle searches for General Counsel and Deputy GC roles
• Conduct market mapping, competitive intelligence, and talent landscape analysis
• Develop search strategies aligned to client business objectives
• Manage highly confidential and sensitive searches with discretion and professionalism

Client Advisory & Account Management

• Serve as a trusted advisor to law firm leaders, corporate executives, and boards
• Partner with clients on succession planning and strategic legal talent needs
• Provide executive-level communication and search updates
• Deliver consultative guidance on compensation, law firm economics, and partner portability

Candidate Experience & Relationship Building

• Build and maintain deep relationships with high-performing legal leaders
• Deliver an exceptional, white-glove candidate experience
• Serve as a trusted advisor to candidates navigating confidential transitions
• Maintain accurate CRM documentation, search tracking, and reporting

Requirements

• 5+ years of legal or executive search experience, ideally in an agency or external search firm environment
• Demonstrated success recruiting lateral law firm partners and/or General Counsel and senior in-house legal leadership
• Strong understanding of law firm economics, partner portability, lateral hiring dynamics, and corporate legal department structures
• Track record of meeting or exceeding placement goals
• Ability to operate independently in a remote, performance-driven environment
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and advisory skills
• High level of discretion and integrity when handling confidential searches
• Willingness to travel occasionally as business needs require

Preferred Qualifications

• Strong business acumen and a client-first mindset
• Established network within AmLaw firms and corporate legal departments
• Passion for modernizing legal search through a human-centered, future-of-work lens

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary: $71,000 - $101,000 + incentives
• Medical, dental, 401k, STD/LTD, life insurance, and telehealth mental health counseling
• Flexible PTO / Paid Holidays: Minimum PTO usage encouraged plus 23 paid holidays

Work Environment

This role is primarily performed in a remote setting and requires the ability to:

• Work at a computer for extended periods
• Communicate clearly and effectively through digital platforms
• Participate regularly in video meetings
• Travel occasionally to client sites

Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the role.

Additional Information

The organization will only reach out to candidates who meet or exceed the requirements and align with the approved markets.