Partner Recruitment Manager

Career Legal; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Job summary

Career Legal in London is seeking a Partner Recruitment Manager to lead senior lateral hiring within its Talent Acquisition function. You will work with influential stakeholders to attract high-calibre partner-level talent and shape senior recruitment strategies across priority practice areas.

The role combines strategic thinking with hands-on execution, managing complex search processes, market intelligence, and candidate assessment while building long-term talent pipelines for the firm’s

Qualifications

• Significant experience recruiting partners or senior lawyers.
• Proven ability to influence stakeholders at executive level.
• Experience in professional services preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead identification, attraction and appointment of partner-level talent.
• Shape lateral partner hiring plans with senior leadership.
• Build long-term pipelines with competitor and target firms.
• Advise on market opportunities, succession planning and expansion.
• Produce market mapping and landscape analysis.
• Manage end-to-end partner recruitment processes.
• Support commercial evaluation of prospective hires.
• Influence partner hiring strategy with market insight.
• Collaborate with search firms and strengthen direct approach.
• Develop innovative approaches to partner attraction.

Skills

Executive search

Stakeholder mgmt

Talent acquisition

Strategic recruitment

Law/PS knowledge

Job description

Our client, a leading international Law Firm, is seeking a Partner Recruitment Manager to join its established Talent Acquisition function.

Salary: Competitive and Negotiable

Hybrid Working: 3 days in office per week

Location: London

This is a rare opportunity to join a business where senior lateral hiring is viewed as a critical component of its growth strategy. Working closely with influential stakeholders across the organisation, the successful individual will play a central role in both attracting high-calibre partner talent and shaping future approaches to senior-level recruitment.

The position offers a genuine blend of strategy and execution. Alongside delivering complex partner hiring campaigns, you will contribute to longer-term planning, helping to identify future growth opportunities, assess market trends and influence how the organisation approaches talent acquisition at the most senior level. The role would suit someone who enjoys operating as both a trusted adviser and a hands-on recruitment specialist.

Key duties will include:

• Leading the identification, attraction and appointment of partner-level talent to support the firm's strategic growth objectives
• Working closely with senior leadership to shape and execute lateral partner hiring plans across priority practice and sector areas
• Building and maintaining relationships with high-calibre partners, developing long-term talent pipelines within key competitor and target firms
• Advising stakeholders on market opportunities, succession planning considerations and areas for strategic expansion through lateral partner acquisition
• Producing market mapping, competitive intelligence and partner landscape analysis to support hiring decisions and future investment plans
• Managing complex partner recruitment processes from initial approach through to negotiations, offer management and successful integration
• Supporting the commercial evaluation of prospective partner hires, ensuring opportunities align with the firm's broader business strategy
• Acting as a trusted adviser to senior stakeholders on partner hiring trends, competitor activity and talent availability across the market
• Developing innovative approaches to partner attraction, engagement and relationship management within highly competitive talent pools
• Managing relationships with search firms and other strategic partners while strengthening the firm's direct approach to partner acquisition
• Leveraging market insight, talent intelligence and recruitment data to influence future partner hiring strategy and improve hiring outcomes
• Contributing to the ongoing evolution of the firm's partner recruitment framework, helping to ensure a consistent, commercially focused and market-leading approach

The successful candidate will possess significant experience recruiting partners, senior lawyers or other revenue-generating professionals within a legal or professional services environment. You will bring strong executive search capability, excellent commercial awareness and the credibility to influence stakeholders at the highest levels. This role is ideally suited to someone who enjoys personally leading complex recruitment processes whilst also helping to shape the future direction of a senior hiring function.