Partner Recruiting Manager

Lateral Partner Recruiting Opportunities | NYC

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If you have experience across lateral partner recruiting, partner integration, or senior-level lateral attorney recruiting and are looking for a role with greater ownership and exposure to firm leadership, I’d love to connect.

Manager, Lateral Partner Recruiting New York City | Hybrid

$160K–$200K base

• Own the end-to-end lateral partner hiring process , from initial search through offer, partnership vote, onboarding, and integration
• Partner directly with Practice Group Leaders, sponsoring partners, and senior firm leadership
• Manage search firm relationships and lateral market intelligence
• Coordinate partner offers, governance, conflicts, and partnership vote processes
• Lead onboarding and post-start partner integration
• Manage and develop a Recruiting Coordinator
• Seeking approximately 7–8+ years of legal industry experience

Manager / Senior Manager, Partner Recruiting & Integration | NYC strongly preferred | Also open to Washington, DC & Menlo Park

4 days/week in office

• Own lateral partner recruiting across designated U.S. practice groups
• Work closely with U.S. Practice Heads and senior partners on candidate strategy
• Manage partner recruiting processes while becoming deeply embedded within assigned practices
• Remain involved throughout a new partner’s first year of integration
• Opportunity to contribute ideas and further develop an established U.S. partner integration program
• Open to backgrounds in partner recruiting, partner integration, or highly experienced lateral associate recruiting
• Flexibility around Manager vs. Senior Manager level depending on experience

Manager: Approximately $190K target, up to $200K base + ~13% target bonus

Senior Manager: Up to $250K base, with flexibility xzgxqkn to ~$255K–$260K + ~16% target bonus

Who I’d especially love to hear from:

Lateral Partner Recruiting Managers / Senior Managers

Partner Recruiting & Integration professionals

Experienced law firm lateral recruiters ready to move into partner recruiting

Candidates comfortable working directly with senior partners and Practice Heads

Strong communicators who can advise, influence, and independently drive sophisticated recruiting processes

These are both fantastic opportunities for someone who wants to be closer to the business, highly visible with senior leadership, and truly own the partner recruiting process.