Legal Recruiting Manager

Wisnik Career Enterprises; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 123,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Wisnik Career Enterprises is assisting a global law firm with its New York office to recruit top talent for associate, counsel, and post-clerks across U.S. offices. The role emphasizes strong sourcing, offers execution, and partnership with practice leaders.

The candidate will build pipelines, mentor junior recruiters, and analyze data to shape hiring strategies, while maintaining discretion with confidential information. Hybrid work with in-person requirements applies.

Qualifications

• 4-8 years of law firm recruiting or talent acquisition experience.
• Direct experience with lateral associate and counsel recruiting preferred.
• Experience managing or mentoring recruiting professionals preferred.
• Exceptional professionalism and relationship-building skills.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills, with discretion in handling confidential information.

Responsibilities

• Manage full-cycle lateral recruiting for associates, counsel and post-clerks across U.S. offices.
• Work closely with practice group leaders and hiring partners to identify hiring needs and execute lateral recruiting from sourcing through offers.
• Build relationships with search firms and directly source candidates to strengthen recruiting pipelines.
• Analyze recruiting data and industry trends to inform hiring strategies and recommendations.
• Supervise and support the professional development of junior recruiting team members.

Skills

Lateral recruiting

Talent acquisition

Relationship building

Project management

Tools

Workday

FloRecruit

LinkedIn

Firm Prospects

Job description

For the New York Office of a Global Law Firm

Responsibilities include

• Manage full-cycle lateral recruiting for associates, counsel and post-clerks across U.S. offices.


• Work closely with practice group leaders and hiring partners to identify hiring needs and execute lateral recruiting from sourcing through offers.


• Build relationships with search firms and directly source candidates to strengthen recruiting pipelines.


• Analyze recruiting data and industry trends to inform hiring strategies and recommendations.


• Supervise and support the professional development of junior recruiting team members.

Qualifications include

• 4-8 years of law firm recruiting or talent acquisition experience.


• Direct experience with lateral associate and counsel recruiting preferred.


• Experience managing or mentoring recruiting professionals preferred.


• Exceptional professionalism and relationship-building skills.


• Excellent organizational and project management skills, with discretion in handling confidential information.


• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and applicant tracking systems (familiarity with Workday, FloRecruit, LinkedIn, and Firm Prospects preferred).

Salary: $123.1k - $190.4k (In-person requirements are 2-days per week)