Director of Lateral Recruiting

CALIBRATE; Birmingham (AL); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

CALIBRATE is seeking a Director of Lateral Recruiting to lead the firm's growth by shaping a proactive lateral hiring strategy across partners, counsel, and associates. You will align business priorities with talent strategy and translate needs into a focused market approach.

You will partner with firm and practice leaders, optimize processes with data and AI-enabled tools, manage relationships with search firms, and deliver a strong candidate experience while preserving culture.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of legal recruiting experience.
• Experience in a law firm environment is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with lateral hiring committee and firm leaders to translate business growth objectives into lateral talent needs and targeted strategies.
• Oversee lateral recruiting for partners, counsel, and associates from outreach through integration, delivering a strong candidate experience and coordinated execution across the firm.
• Cultivate relationships with search firms, recruiters, and candidates to broaden the firm’s reach in experienced attorney markets.
• Assess market conditions, compensation trends, and talent availability to guide lateral hiring decisions.
• Advance recruiting operations with streamlined processes, data-driven insights, recruiting technology, and AI-enabled tools.

Job description

Offices in AL, CO, FL, GA, LA, MS, NM, NC, PA, SC, TN, TX or VA.

An Am Law 200 full-service firm is seeking a Director of Lateral Recruiting to help advance the firm’s growth through a proactive approach to lateral talent. The Director will partner closely with firm and practice leadership to connect business priorities with talent strategy, translating lateral hiring needs into a focused market approach while building scalable processes and leveraging relationships, data, technology, and market intelligence to strengthen recruiting effectiveness.

This is a unique opportunity to establish a strategic, firmwide lateral recruiting structure and contribute meaningfully to the firm’s continued growth.

The role in action:

• Collaborate with the lateral hiring committee, firm leaders, practice group leaders, and department chairs to translate business priorities and growth objectives into lateral talent needs and targeted search strategies.
• Oversee lateral recruiting for partners, counsel, and associates from initial outreach through integration, delivering a strong candidate experience and coordinated execution across the firm while advancing lateral growth that preserves and enhances the firm’s culture.
• Cultivate relationships with search firms, recruiters, and prospective candidates to broaden the firm’s reach within the experienced attorney markets.
• Assess market conditions, compensation trends, competitive hiring practices, and talent availability to guide lateral hiring decisions.
• Advance recruiting operations through streamlined processes, actionable reporting, data-driven insights, recruiting technology, and AI-enabled tools.

We are seeking candidates who:

• Bring 10+ years of legal recruiting experience, preferably within a law firm environment.
• Hold a bachelor's degree; J.D. preferred.
• Demonstrate exceptional leadership and relationship-building skills, deep legal talent market expertise, and the executive presence and judgment to guide strategic hiring decisions in a collaborative environment.