Legal Recruiting Manager

Washington, D.C.

Our client is an independent, nationally recognized law firm. They are seeking a Legal Recruiting Manager, who will play a critical role in advancing the firm’s partner recruiting and market‑expansion priorities. The role requires experience in partner recruiting, an aptitude for direct outreach and the organization and agility to support this complex, fast-moving pipeline. The Legal Recruiting Manager reports to the Director of Strategic Growth.

Key Responsibilities:

• Conduct targeted research on potential partner candidates, lateral market trends, competitor moves, and industry intelligence.
• Execute targeted direct outreach to potential partner candidates, including crafting tailored outreach messages, initiating first‑touch communication, and nurturing early‑stage engagement in partnership with the Director of Strategic Growth.
• Track progress on partner-directed outreach and support as needed.
• Manage the partner recruiting pipeline, ensuring candidate information, progress, and communications are accurate, organized, and timely.
• Prepare high‑quality written materials, such as candidate profiles, interview briefs and feedback summaries as well as candidate-facing materials.
• Coordinate logistics across the partner recruiting lifecycle—screenings, interviews, follow‑up, materials collection, and scheduling—ensuring a professional, seamless candidate experience.
• Maintain and enhance relationships with external recruiters when engaged, ensuring timely information flow and consistent process adherence.
• Recommend and execute events and targeted brand-building initiatives designed to generate lateral recruiting leads.
• Maintain and enhance partner recruiting data systems, ensuring accuracy, completeness, and consistency across all candidate and pipeline records.
• Build and deliver clear, actionable reports and dashboards that track pipeline activity, KPIs, and recruiting metrics.
• Analyze data to identify trends and opportunities for improved performance or candidate experience.
• Develop and refine checklists and templates to drive increased efficiency and uniformity.
• Collaborate across departments to support smooth workflows, coordinated communication, and high‑quality candidate experiences.
• Collaborate with the Director of Strategic Growth, Attorney Talent Team and Marketing Team to maintain and enhance the recruiting collateral.

Qualifications & Experience:

• 3+ years of experience in partner recruiting within a law firm or external recruiting agency.
• Strong understanding of the legal market and partner-level recruiting dynamics.
• Exceptional attention to detail with the ability to manage complex information and maintain high standards of accuracy.
• Exceptional interpersonal and communication skills, with the ability to engage senior-level professionals
• Strong professional judgment, discretion and ability to manage sensitive information.
• Strong analytical and reporting skills; experience building executive‑level dashboards and interpreting recruiting metrics to drive strategy.
• High level of initiative, ownership and ability to identify and implement process improvements proactively.
• Experience with FloRecruit, Firm Prospects, LinkedIn Recruiter and Smartsheet is preferred.
• Must possess a strong work ethic and flexibility to meet the demands of the position. This includes working with attorneys and business team in the firm’s various offices and potential new markets.

Salary Range: $70,000 – $120,000 annually, depending on experience and qualifications.

This position is eligible for the firm’s benefits package, including healthcare benefits.