Senior Partner Recruitment Lead

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

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