Partner Recruitment Manager

Are you currently working in Partner or senior lateral recruitment within a law firm, and ready for the next step in your career?

This is a fantastic opportunity to join a high-performing Partner Recruitment team at a leading international law firm, operating at the heart of strategic growth.

Working closely with senior leadership across the business, you’ll play a visible, trusted role in shaping and delivering lateral Partner hiring across key practices and jurisdictions.

What you’ll be doing:

• Leading end-to-end delivery of lateral Partner hiring
• Building and maintaining confidential pipelines across priority markets
• Acting as a trusted advisor to Managing Partners, Practice Heads and HR leadership
• Providing real-time market intelligence and competitor insight
• Managing complex, high-value hiring processes, including business cases and due diligence
• Owning senior candidate relationships from first approach through to onboarding
• Partnering with top-tier search firms to deliver against strategic hiring plans

What they’re looking for:

• Proven experience in Partner recruitment or senior legal search within a law firm
• Strong network and understanding of Partner-level hiring dynamics
• Credibility influencing senior stakeholders in a commercial environment
• Confidence handling sensitive, high-profile hiring processesA proactive, relationship-led approach with strong market insight

Why consider it:

• Genuine strategic exposure working with senior leadership
• High-impact role aligned to firmwide growth priorities
• Strong platform for progression within a globally recognised firm

As a responsible business, it is important that we represent the diversity of our people, our clients and our communities. We believe that the firms that thrive are those with the most diverse team; that's why we work so hard to source the best talent from the broadest pool possible. As an equal opportunities employer we strive to accommodate anyone who may have specific needs. If you require reasonable adjustments to be made during the selection process, please talk to a member of the recruitment team so that any required adjustments can be made in advance.

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