Head of Recruitment
05-11-2026
Job Type
Permanent
Emp Type
Full Time
Industry
Legal
Division
HR
Job Title
Head of Talent Acquisition, Talent Acquisition Director
Salary Type
Annual
Salary
USD $200,000.00 - USD $275,000.00
Job ID
226495
Job Description
Title: Head of Recruitment
Salary: $200,000 - $275,000 p.a.
Start: ASAP
Tiger Recruitment is partnered with a law firm that is looking to hire a Head of Recruitment. This individual will manage recruiting at the firm, including attorneys, legal professional, and business/corporate hiring. To succeed you will need to be very strategic and have managed teams of recruiters before. They have offices throughout the country, and you will have a close relationship with senior leadership. This is a hybrid position.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- Manage and handle the recruiting function manages a nationwide portfolio of open requisitions
- Hire for all corporate functions inclusive of attorney hiring covering a wide range of litigation and practice areas.
- Deep knowledge of agency partnerships, sourcing platforms including LinkedIn Recruiter and Indeed, and an applicant tracking system
- Understanding of market complexity, practice growth, or expansion into new markets.
- High-volume recruiters and recruiting coordinators and operations.
- Perform with a metric mindset and track performance through accurate data.
- Drive hiring strategy across practice areas, and markets, from long-tenured flagship offices to active expansion territories.
- Own the approach to lateral attorney hiring and high-volume staff hiring.
- Understand brand positioning, including the ability to compete for candidates coming from big law firms.
- Standardize all recruitment operations and processes from scheduling, pipelines, acceptance, cost per hire etc.
- Partner directly with firm leadership and department heads to communicate pipeline status, surface hiring risks, and align priorities and headcount plans.
- Build and manage external recruiting partnerships, including search firms and staffing agencies.
- Lead hiring strategy for new and emerging markets where the firm is actively building its footprint. Identify
EXPERIENCE:
- 10+ years of progressive recruiting experience, including significant time in legal field.
- Bachelor's degree BUT JD is preferred.
- Experience overseeing both specialized professional hiring and high-volume hiring.
- Experience hiring in large in-house legal department, or top-tier legal search firms.
- Experience managing recruiters and recruiting managers, including setting goals.
- Credible at the senior leadership level; this role presents regularly to firm leadership.
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