Manager, Legal Talent Acquisition

Wisnik Career Enterprises, Inc.; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 129,800 - 189,200; Full time

Job summary

Wisnik Career Enterprises, Inc. in Austin is seeking a Manager, Legal Talent Acquisition to lead full-cycle recruiting for partner and non-partner roles across offices. You will partner with hiring managers, design sourcing strategies, and oversee offers, relocation, bar assistance, onboarding, and integration with hiring partners.

You will manage requisitions, data integrity, reporting, audits, and recruiting programs while mentoring the team and driving an employer-branding agenda.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of recruiting experience at an Am Law firm including at least three years in a management role.
• Bachelor's degree required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build strong relationships and handle confidential information professionally.
• Strong project management, problem-solving, organizational, and multitasking skills in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities.
• General knowledge of U.S. visa processes and requirements.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel.

Responsibilities

• Lead full-cycle lateral recruiting for partner and non-partner roles, developing sourcing strategies aligned with practice group and business needs.
• Partner with hiring managers and firm leadership to assess candidates, conduct structured interviews, and maintain a consistent, high-quality selection process.
• Manage offer development, negotiation, screening, references, relocation, bar assistance, onboarding, and integration in collaboration with hiring partners.
• Oversee requisitions, recruitment systems, data integrity, reporting, audits, referral processes, budgets, and other recruiting administration.
• Develop and execute recruitment programs, events, social media outreach, workforce planning strategies, and employer-branding initiatives.
• Support summer programs and provide leadership, coaching, mentoring, and ongoing feedback to recruiting team members.

Skills

Leadership

Full-cycle recruiting

Candidate assessment

Communication

Relationship management

Project management

Attention to detail

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Microsoft Word

Excel

Job description

Manager, Legal Talent Acquisition

For the Austin, Dallas, Houston or Chicago Office of a Global Law Firm

Responsibilities include:

• Lead full-cycle lateral recruiting for partner and non-partner roles, developing sourcing strategies aligned with practice group and business needs.
• Partner with hiring managers and firm leadership to assess candidates, conduct structured interviews, and maintain a consistent, high-quality selection process.
• Manage offer development, negotiation, screening, references, relocation, bar assistance, onboarding, and integration in collaboration with hiring partners.
• Oversee requisitions, recruitment systems, data integrity, reporting, audits, referral processes, budgets, and other recruiting administration.
• Develop and execute recruitment programs, events, social media outreach, workforce planning strategies, and employer-branding initiatives.
• Support summer programs and provide leadership, coaching, mentoring, and ongoing feedback to recruiting team members.

Qualifications include:

• 5+ years of recruiting experience at an Am Law firm including at least three years in a management role. Bachelor's degree required.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to build strong relationships and handle confidential information professionally.
• Strong project management, problem-solving, organizational, and multitasking skills in a fast-paced environment with competing priorities.
• Creative, detail-oriented, responsive, and tactful, with the ability to meet deadlines and deliver accurate work.
• General knowledge of U.S. visa processes and requirements.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Word and Excel.

Salary: $129.8k-$189.2k