Talent Development Operations Lead

O'Melveny & Myers LLP; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

O’Melveny is seeking a Talent Development Operations professional to provide centralized operational support for attorney recruiting, onboarding, development, wellbeing, engagement, and retention. This role partners with Talent Development, HR, and firm teams to streamline processes, implement scalable templates, and deliver data-driven solutions.

The successful candidate will manage full-cycle lateral attorney recruitment, coordinate onboarding, maintain robust candidate pipelines, and

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Significant experience in attorney recruiting, preferably within a law firm or professional services environment.
• Demonstrated experience managing full-cycle lateral attorney recruitment, ideally for associate- and counsel-level hiring.
• Strong knowledge of the legal recruiting market, including search firm relationships and lateral hiring practices.
• Excellent interpersonal and relationship-building skills, with the ability to work effectively with attorneys, senior leadership, candidates, and external recruiters.
• Strong project management, organizational, and follow-up skills, with the ability to manage multiple searches and competing priorities simultaneously.
• Analytical mindset with experience tracking recruiting metrics and using data to inform hiring strategies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Proficiency with applicant tracking systems and Microsoft Office applications.

Responsibilities

• Manage the full-cycle lateral attorney recruiting process for each approved lateral search, including drafting hiring requests.
• Draft job postings, lead candidate sourcing and screening, coordinate interviews and candidate communications, and manage offer development, negotiation, and onboarding.
• Develop and maintain strong candidate pipelines through attorney referrals, search-firm relationships, direct sourcing, and other appropriate recruiting channels.
• Cultivate and manage productive relationships with attorney search firms, establishing clear expectations for candidate quality and alignment with the Firm’s hiring needs.
• Communicate hiring priorities to search firms, evaluate candidate submissions, monitor search activity, and maintain accurate candidate records in the ATS.

Skills

Attorney recruiting

Full-cycle recruitment

Relationship building

Project management

Data analysis

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Applicant tracking systems

Microsoft Office

Job description

O’Melveny is seeking a Talent Development Operations professional to provide centralized operational support for attorney recruiting, onboarding, development, wellbeing, engagement, and retention. This role partners with Talent Development, HR, and firm teams to streamline processes, implement scalable templates, and deliver data-driven solutions.

The successful candidate will manage full-cycle lateral attorney recruitment, coordinate onboarding, maintain robust candidate pipelines, and