Associate Recruiting Manager - Corporate Lateral Associates

Latham & Watkins is a global law firm consistently ranked among the top firms in the world. The success of our firm is largely determined by our commitment to hire and develop the very best and brightest, creating a team that provides our clients with the highest quality of work and service. We are driven by our core values: respect, innovation, and collaboration.  

The Associate Recruiting Manager - Corporate Lateral Associates is an integral part of Latham’s HC&T / Associate Recruiting teams and will be responsible for acting as a trusted advisor to Practice Group Chairs (PGCs), while collaborating with department, office, and practice leaders in the Corporate Department firmwide to develop and implement bespoke strategies for lateral associate recruitment, positioning Latham at the forefront of strategic growth in the legal market. 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.

Other key responsibilities include:

• Identifying and capitalizing on opportunities to recruit qualified lateral associate candidates, managing the entire recruitment process from start to finish, with a focus on supporting the practice group model
• Managing and evaluating relationships with search firms and external vendors, ensuring competitive fee rates and process improvements
• Preparing and communicating comprehensive statistics, marketing materials, and progress reports, ensuring alignment with practice group needs
• Organizing, delegating, and coordinating staff work, managing workflow and conducting performance evaluations, ensuring experienced leadership
• Promoting effective work practices, working as a team member, and showing respect for others
• 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:

• Possess excellent leadership and interpersonal skills, including organizing, planning, problem-solving, decision-making, and effective interaction with all organizational levels
• Display proficiency in PC applications, including MS Office, database management, and applicant tracking systems, with the ability to conduct thorough analyses and reports
• Demonstrate the handling of confidential and sensitive information with appropriate discretion

And have:

• A bachelor’s degree or an equivalent
• A minimum of seven (7) years of experience in legal recruitment or professional services
• A minimum of two (2) years of supervisory experience in a related field, preferably

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
• And more!

Additionally, we have a range of diversity programming including Global Affinity Groups. These groups provide a firmwide platform to share experiences and advice as well as an opportunity to participate in a supportive network with common interests to help make life at the firm even better.

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Latham & Watkins is committed to diversity, equal opportunity, sustainability, and pro bono legal services. We draw from a remarkable wealth of talent to create one of the world's leading law firms, and advance these commitments through the work of our Global Citizenship department. Our lawyers, paralegals, and professional staff worldwide comprise a rich mixture of different races, ethnic backgrounds, religions, sexual orientations, cultures, and primary languages. Our diversity makes us who we are. 

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