Partner Recruiting Senior Manager - Talent Identification

About Latham & Watkins

Latham & Watkins is one of the world’s leading global law firms advising the businesses and institutions that drive the global economy. We are the market leaders in major financial and business centers around the world. Our investment in people, commitment to innovation, and focus on the future empower you to build an incredible career and thrive as an exceptional professional in a supportive culture. If you aspire to be the best, and work with the best, this is where you belong.

About the Role

The Partner Recruiting Senior Manager – Talent Identification is a key member of Latham’s Partner Recruiting & Integration team. This role will lead proactive lateral partner and counsel search efforts globally, working closely with department leadership and colleagues across the Partner Recruiting and Research & Analysis teams. The Senior Manager will oversee and project manage the firm’s proactive search activity, foster internal collaboration, and drive the development and delivery of market maps and related research materials to support these initiatives.

This role will be located in our New York office. Please note that this role may be eligible for a flexible working schedule that allows for a hybrid and in-office presence. 

Responsibilities & Qualifications

Other key responsibilities include:

• Providing insights to leadership on market trends, competitor activity, and strategic talent opportunities
• Monitoring prospective candidates emanating from talent pipelining and/or proactive search activity, and shaping the process of data collation as it relates to their clients and practices, driving data capture in relation to proactive searches, market mapping, talent pipelining, and early-stage candidate discussions, and ensuring information is synthesized into actionable intelligence for senior stakeholders
• Ensuring relevant members of Partner Recruiting are informed of the context behind search activity, including the rationale for hiring and the details of specific candidates being pursued, as well as acting as the liaison between the Partner Recruiting and Research & Analysis teams in relation to all aspects of the firm’s talent identification efforts
• Working in close collaboration with the Partner Recruiting team to advise stakeholders on the appropriate outreach strategy for target candidates and prospects, leveraging recruiting expertise to inform engagement approach and positioning
• Ensuring that the details of any partner or counsel candidate(s) derived from a proactive search project are handed over efficiently to the applicable Recruiting Manager to lead the candidate through the firm’s active process, and ensuring that other applicable teams are kept abreast of the implications of proactive search efforts
• Protecting and maintaining any highly sensitive, confidential, privileged, financial, and/or proprietary information that Latham & Watkins retains 

We’d love to hear from you if you:

• Demonstrate broad knowledge of global partner and counsel recruiting markets
• Possess strong project management skills to lead and structure thinking and work, with the ability to multitask and a track record of strong demonstrated leadership
• Display exceptional attention to detail, with the ability to ensure accuracy and consistency across complex data, materials, and processes

And have:

• A bachelor’s degree or equivalent, preferably a MBA, JD, or Master’s Degree
• A minimum of five (5) years of experience in a management role
• A minimum of ten (10) years of partner or associate recruiting experience, preferably

Benefits & Additional Information

Successful candidates will not only be provided with an outstanding career opportunity and welcoming environment, but will also be provided with a generous total compensation package with bonuses awarded in recognition of both individual and firm performance. Eligible employees can participate in Latham’s comprehensive benefit program which includes:

• Healthcare, life and disability insurance
• A generous 401k plan
• At least 11 paid holidays per year, and a PTO program that accrues 23 days during the first year of employment and grows with tenure
• Well-being programs (e.g. mental health services, mindfulness and resiliency, medical resources, well-being events, and more)
• Professional development programs
• Employee discounts
• Affinity groups, networks, and coalitions for lawyers and staff

Latham & Watkins is an equal opportunity employer. The Firm prohibits discrimination against any employee or applicant for employment on the basis of race (including, but not limited to, hair texture and protective hairstyles), color, religion, sex, age, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status (including veterans of the Vietnam era), gender expression, marital status, or any other characteristic or condition protected by applicable statute.

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