Senior Manager, Business Services & Experienced Legal Recruitment - Americas

Our People team is responsible for managing and enhancing all aspects of human resources and employee experience. Our team oversees talent acquisition, including recruiting, interviewing and onboarding new hires, ensuring that the Firm attracts and retains top legal talent and business services professionals. We develop and implement HR policies, manage employee relations, and administer compensation and benefits programs to ensure a fair and supportive work environment. Additionally, the People team focuses on training, professional development, work allocation, mobility and fostering a positive workplace culture. We also handle performance management, employee engagement, and compliance with labor laws and regulations. Through our comprehensive HR strategies and initiatives, the People team ensures that the Firm’s workforce around the world is motivated, skilled and mobilized to deliver on the Firm’s objectives. Position Summary The Americas Senior Lateral Recruitment Manager will be responsible for coordinating and supervising the activities for the US Lateral Recruitment function (incorporating Legal and Business Services recruitment) at an operational level while contributing to the strategic direction and decision making to take our recruitment function to the next level and be a best in class function. Responsibilities Work closely with Global Director to develop strategic plans and a partnership with the business to deliver outstanding client service. Drive the lateral recruiting strategy, thinking creatively, strategically, commercially and competitively to meet our objectives of hiring top talent and recruiting for long-term strategic fit. Manage the growing US lateral recruitment team, offering guidance and support, and ensuring a high level of service delivery across all vacancies, as well as managing the varying workloads across the team, providing support and managing reallocation as needed. Actively lead and manage roles in both legal and business services, in particular complex or difficult to fill vacancies, senior regional roles, and other challenging vacancies. Source candidates via search firms, web advertising, referrals, networking, candidate portals, etc. Keep abreast of trends in recruitment, market intelligence, and competitor benchmarking. Manage all reporting, metrics, and data management, and be able to report data accurately in real time. With a strong eye for detail and an analytical mind-set, use data to tell the recruiting story, and demonstrate the ability to improve results year on year. Build relationships with key stakeholders and partner with them on recruitment strategy. This will include recommending and acting on different approaches to lateral sourcing and recruitment, including the use of search firms, direct recruitment (particularly via LinkedIn), and advertising. Develop and maintain relationships with key search firms, ensuring we stay competitive with our terms and conditions, recognising that they r