Lateral Associate Recruiting Manager

Wisnik Career Enterprises, Inc.; New York (NY); On-site; USD 150,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Wisnik Career Enterprises, Inc. is recruiting a Lateral Associate Recruiting Manager for the New York, Washington, D.C. or Chicago offices of a Global Law Firm. The role focuses on building and executing tailored lateral hiring strategies across corporate practice groups.

You will lead searches from planning to offer, advise senior stakeholders with market dynamics, and source candidates through multiple channels. Strong leadership and data-driven insights are essential to success in this role.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of legal recruiting experience with lateral associate focus.
• 2+ years of people management or project leadership.
• Ability to advise senior stakeholders on strategy and market dynamics.
• Strong leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute tailored lateral associate recruiting strategies for corporate practice groups in conjunction with leadership.
• Lead lateral associate searches from planning through interviews, offers, and placement.
• Serve as a strategic advisor by providing market intelligence, candidate insights, and hiring trends.
• Identify prospective lateral candidates via direct sourcing, attorney referrals, search firms, and other channels.
• Manage relationships with external search firms and vendors, including evaluating performance and negotiating fees.
• Develop recruiting team members, delegate workflow, perform evaluations, and prepare statistics for stakeholders.

Skills

Lateral recruiting expertise

Stakeholder management

People management

Market intelligence

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Job description

Lateral Associate Recruiting Manager

For the New York, Washington, D.C. or Chicago Office of a Global Law Firm

Responsibilities include:

• Develop and execute tailored lateral associate recruiting strategies for corporate practice groups, working closely with practice, department, and office leadership to understand hiring needs.
• Lead lateral associate searches from initial planning and candidate identification through interviews, offers, and successful hiring.
• Serve as a strategic recruiting advisor by providing market intelligence, candidate insights, hiring trends, and practical guidance throughout the search process.
• Identify prospective lateral associate candidates through direct sourcing, attorney referrals, search firms, and other recruiting channels.
• Manage relationships with external search firms and vendors, including evaluating performance, negotiating fees, and improving recruiting processes.
• Manage and develop recruiting team members, delegate workflow, conduct performance evaluations, and prepare recruiting statistics and progress reports for key stakeholders.

Qualifications include:

• 7+ years of legal recruiting experience, preferably with significant responsibility for lateral associate recruiting; Bachelor's degree or equivalent required.
• 2+ years of experience managing, supervising, or developing others through direct people management or project leadership.
• Strong knowledge of lateral attorney recruiting and the ability to advise senior stakeholders on recruiting strategy and market dynamics.
• Excellent leadership, interpersonal, organizational, problem-solving, and decision-making skills, with the ability to work effectively across all levels of an organization.
• Experience using recruiting data and market intelligence to identify trends, assess search progress, and support hiring decisions.

Salary: $150k-$180k