Head of Recruitment

Tiger Recruitment; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 275,000; Full time

Job summary

Tiger Recruitment Ltd. is partnering with a leading law firm to hire a Head of Recruitment. This senior leader will oversee all recruiting for attorneys, legal professionals, and business/corporate hires across the country.

The role demands strategic thinking and prior management of recruitment teams, with a close liaison to senior leadership. The position is hybrid, requiring collaboration with firm leadership and department heads to align hiring priorities and headcount plans.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive recruiting experience, including significant time in the legal field.
• Bachelor's degree required; JD preferred for this leadership role.
• Experience overseeing recruiters and recruiting managers, with demonstrated senior leadership exposure.
• Experience hiring for large in-house legal departments or top-tier legal search firms.

Responsibilities

• Lead recruiting across a nationwide portfolio of open requisitions.
• Hire for corporate functions including attorney roles across practice areas.
• Manage agency partnerships and sourcing platforms (LinkedIn Recruiter, Indeed, ATS).
• Drive hiring strategy across markets and practice areas, including brand positioning for candidates from large law firms.
• Standardize recruitment operations and report pipeline status to firm leadership.

Skills

Legal recruitment

Team leadership

High-volume hiring

Stakeholder management

Education

Bachelor's degree

JD preferred

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

Indeed

ATS

Job description

Title: Head of Recruitment Salary: $200,000 - $275,000 p.a. Start: ASAP

Tiger Recruitment is partnered with a law firm that is looking to hire a Head of Recruitment. This individual will manage recruiting at the firm, including attorneys, legal professional, and business/corporate hiring. To succeed you will need to be very strategic and have managed teams of recruiters before. They have offices throughout the country, and you will have a close relationship with senior leadership. This is a hybrid position.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Manage and handle the recruiting function manages a nationwide portfolio of open requisitions
• Hire for all corporate functions inclusive of attorney hiring covering a wide range of litigation and practice areas.
• Deep knowledge of agency partnerships, sourcing platforms including LinkedIn Recruiter and Indeed, and an applicant tracking system
• Understanding of market complexity, practice growth, or expansion into new markets.
• High-volume recruiters and recruiting coordinators and operations.
• Perform with a metric mindset and track performance through accurate data.
• Drive hiring strategy across practice areas, and markets, from long-tenured flagship offices to active expansion territories.
• Own the approach to lateral attorney hiring and high-volume staff hiring.
• Understand brand positioning, including the ability to compete for candidates coming from big law firms.
• Standardize all recruitment operations and processes from scheduling, pipelines, acceptance, cost per hire etc.
• Partner directly with firm leadership and department heads to communicate pipeline status, surface hiring risks, and align priorities and headcount plans.
• Build and manage external recruiting partnerships, including search firms and staffing agencies.
• Lead hiring strategy for new and emerging markets where the firm is actively building its footprint.
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EXPERIENCE

• 10+ years of progressive recruiting experience, including significant time in legal field.
• Bachelor's degree BUT JD is preferred.
• Experience overseeing both specialized professional hiring and high-volume hiring.
• Experience hiring in large in-house legal department, or top-tier legal search firms.
• Experience managing recruiters and recruiting managers, including setting goals.
• Credible at the senior leadership level; this role presents regularly to firm leadership.

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