Manager: Lateral Partner Recruitment (US)

Mayer Brown is an international law firm positioned to represent the world’s major corporations, funds, and financial institutions in their most important and complex transactions and disputes. We are recognized by our clients as strategic partners with deep commercial instincts and a commitment to creatively anticipating their needs and delivering excellence in everything we do.

We are a collegial, collaborative firm where highly motivated individuals with an unwavering commitment to excellence receive the opportunity, support, and development they need to grow, thrive, and realize their greatest potential all while supporting the Firm’s client service principles of excellence, strategic partnership, commercial instinct, integrated strengths, innovation, and collaboration across our international firm.

If you enjoy working with team members whose defining characteristics are exceptional client service, initiative, professionalism, responsiveness, and adaptability, you may be the person we are seeking to join our Human Resources department in our Los Angeles office, as a Manager: Lateral Partner Recruitment (US).

Working with the Director of Lateral Recruitment, US, the Manager of Lateral Partner Recruitment will collaborate with practice and office leadership teams to strategically formulate and deliver lateral recruitment efforts to address needs with the most appropriate resources in the relevant market.  This role will primarily focus on the Los Angeles and Northern California markets, but will, especially over time, be expected to be involved in the lateral hiring projects work of other offices and national practice groups and product and industry teams. In particular, the Manager of Lateral Partner Recruitment will proactively work closely with the Los Angeles and Northern California Office Managing Partners, local practice leaders, HR Team professionals and other key stakeholders to ensure a cohesive recruitment strategy and process for the office.

Essential Functions: 

• Develops a strong and comprehensive understanding of the Firm’s practices, brand, markets, global strategy, and lateral partner hiring objectives
• Identifies individual and group candidates who will advance the Firm’s lateral partner hiring strategy specifically but not exclusively in the Los Angeles and Northern California markets, in alignment with the relevant practice, product, and industry groups.
• Develops a full range of candidate sourcing strategies and avenues, with an emphasis on strengthening direct sourcing capabilities and reducing our reliance on search firms
• Develops, maintains, and manages relationships with recruitment firms and in conjunction with the Lateral Recruitment team, negotiates fee proposals and service agreements
• Works closely with the relevant sponsoring partner to establish a full slate of interviewers and provides support to implement best practices and talking points for effective in-person and virtual interviewing, candidate evaluation and collection of feedback
• Leads the day to day lateral partner sourcing and recruiting efforts for the Northern California and Los Angeles offices, including but not limited to applicant tracking, the arrangement of interviews, circulation of materials, briefing of interviewers, and collection of interview feedback
• Assists the Director of Lateral Partner Recruitment and sponsoring partners with preparation of candidate materials and offer packages for review by the Management Committee
• Works closely with the Firm's conflicts lawyers and sponsoring partners to assess potential client conflict issues
• Works closely with the Firm’s due diligence providers and identify potential problems for further analysis and consideration by Firm management
• Works with sponsors to craft integration plans and ensure effective execution of integration plans for each lateral partner hire
• Works closely with local HR and business-development teams to coordinate candidate’s arrival at the Firm; provide BD team with relevant candidate materials so they can prepare press release, internal announcements and website bio for the candidate
• Manages integrity of data in applicant tracking databases and procedures
• Demonstrates a commitment to working collaboratively as part of the HR team, being innovative and strategic, and providing a high level of professionalism and client service

Education/Training/Certifications: 

• Bachelor’s degree in a related field.  An equivalent combination of education and/or experience may be considered in lieu of the degree when the experience has been directly related to the functions of the job
  
  

 Technical Skills:

• Knowledge of applicant tracking software tools such as LawCruit; experience with market mapping platforms; proficiency with MS Office Suite applications including Excel, PowerPoint, Word and Outlook required
• Advanced proficiency in virtual platforms such as Microsoft Teams, WebEx and Zoom

Professional Experience:

• Five to Seven years of professional recruitment experience in a client-service environment, including significant involvement with partner-level hiring is required
• Prior experience of lateral hiring within an agency and/ or law-firm, preferred

Performance Traits: 

• Ability to understand the Firm’s strategy, strengths, and objectives, and to identify candidates who will best serve those objectives
• Deep understanding of the Los Angeles and Northern California legal markets; familiarity with the offerings of competing firms
• Ability to multi-task, take initiative, prioritize work and meet deadlines with shifting priorities, strong service orientation, attention to detail and accuracy; high degree of professionalism; ability to handle confidential and sensitive information with the appropriate discretion; excellent verbal, written and organizational skills
• Strong interpersonal skills, including the ability to establish credible relationships with recruiters, candidates and at all levels within the Firm
• Demonstrated problem-resolution and follow-through skills
• Effective team player, supporting the demanding needs of the Firm
• Ability to maintain professionalism and strict confidentiality
  
  

Management Accountabilities:

• Project management as assigned

The typical pay scale for this position between $134,900 and $178,400, although the actual wage or salary could be lower or higher if the candidate’s education, experience, skills and internal pay alignment are different from those specified. 

The above is a general description of the essential duties associated with this position and does not represent an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all duties.

The Firm may modify and amend this job description at any time at its sole discretion. Nothing herein creates a contract of employment or otherwise modifies the at-will nature of employment.

We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, including medical/dental/vision/life/and AD&D insurance, 401(k) savings plan, back-up childcare and eldercare, generous paid time off (PTO), as well as opportunities for professional development and growth.

Thank you for your interest in Mayer Brown. We are committed to providing equal opportunity and reasonable accommodations to applicants and employees with disabilities and disabled veterans. To request a reasonable accommodation related to the application process and/or job interview, please email uslateralrecruiting@mayerbrown.com. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, or status as a protected veteran.

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