Specialist: Lateral Partner Recruitment US

Overview

Mayer Brown is an international law firm positioned to represent the world’s major corporations, funds, and financial institutions in their most important and complex transactions and disputes. We are recognized by our clients as strategic partners with deep commercial instincts and a commitment to creatively anticipating their needs and delivering excellence in everything we do.

We are a collegial, collaborative firm where highly motivated individuals with an unwavering commitment to excellence receive the opportunity, support, and development they need to grow, thrive, and realize their greatest potential all while supporting the Firm’s client service principles of excellence, strategic partnership, commercial instinct, integrated strengths, innovation, and collaboration across our international firm.

If you enjoy working with team members whose defining characteristics are exceptional client service, initiative, professionalism, responsiveness, and adaptability, you may be the person we are seeking to join our Commercial department in our New York office, as a Specialist: Lateral Partner Recruitment US.

The Specialist: Lateral Partner Recruitment provides support to the Global Lateral Partner Recruitment team, ensuring excellent candidate experiences and the best in class service to stakeholders.

In addition to the Director: Lateral Partner Recruitment – US, this role will work within the wider Commercial team globally, including the Director of Lateral Partner Recruitment – EMEA/Asia, Assistant Director of Lateral Partner Recruitment – US and the Senior Director of Commercial Strategy and Growth Strategy, assisting and providing coverage as needed.

Responsibilities

Essential Functions:

Recruitment

• Support all aspects of the lateral recruitment cycle for each candidate in our US offices; work alongside a global team to ensure a seamless recruitment process for lateral partner hires;
• Conduct initial e-diligence on each candidate introduction, escalating issues or concerns if needed to the Director: Lateral Partner Recruitment;
• Monitor and maintain candidate pipeline, including regular check ins on the stage of each process, updating all candidate records insuring data integrity on a daily basis;
• Design and schedule bespoke interviews tailored to each candidate, including complex coordination across global time zones; resolve independent issues if conflicts arise;
• Collect and collate feedback following interviews, proactively and consistently following up with Partners for feedback;
• Manage the collection of candidate documentation, including but not limited to business plans and Lateral Partner Questionnaires;
• Coordinate and communicate with the Risk and conflicts team on preliminary conflict checks for each candidate;
• Assist with the preparation of all materials related to each candidate's business case in preparation for management approval, liaising with relevant sponsoring partners and departments for necessary documents;
• Assist with the preparation of targeted searches by preparing market maps, marketing materials, search briefs, liaising with recruiters, scheduling interviews, and other related tasks as required;
• Review market intelligence, market mapping reports, and internal research to identify and assess prospective candidates;
• Act as a point of contact for lateral partner candidates and/or recruiters from initial approach and throughout the process, ensuring consistent communication and feedback;
• Lead targeted searches on an ad hoc basis, acting as the primary point of contact for candidates and partners; working closely with sponsoring partners to ensure recruitment is aligned with the Firm's Global Strategy;
• Assist partners with guidance on the hiring policy and best practices throughout each process to enable effective and efficient decision-making.

Onboarding and Integration

• Assist in the preparation of offer letters for all candidates liaising with other departments as necessary;
• Support sponsoring partners through pre-onboarding and onboarding stages; delivering a tailored post-offer cultivation experience;
• Collaborate closely with Business Services teams (including but not limited to Finance, Conflicts, HR, and BDM) across offices to ensure a tailored and seamless onboarding process;
• Assist and collaborate closely with Director, Sponsoring Partners, Practice Managers and BD leads in drafting bespoke integration plans and associated KPIs for each candidate, ensuring the smooth and successful integration of each lateral hires into the local office as well as the global Firm;

General

• Produce reports for distribution to internal stakeholders on recruitment activity, search updates and progress, and key market themes on a regular basis, assist with ad hoc reporting requests;
• Build, manage and maintain relationships with preferred external recruiters, including negotiation and regular review of terms to ensure alignment with market norms, and maintaining agency tracker; organize meetings with recruiters for general catch ups or more targeted search discussions;
• Stay abreast of industry trends, lateral hiring moves and practices, and competitive market developments;
• Log and process recruitment invoices when required;
• Performs other duties as assigned or required to meet Firm goals and objectives

Qualifications

Education/Training/Certifications:

• Bachelor’s degree required, preferably in human resources, recruiting, marketing, or communications. A combination of education and/or experience may be considered in lieu of the degree when the experience has been directly related to the functions of the role.

Professional Experience:

• A minimum of 3-5 years’ experience working in a professional services environment;
• Previous agency or in-house or Recruitment experience is preferred;
• Ability to work in a busy, fast-paced environment sometimes under pressure and adhering to tight deadlines;
• A strong administrative background with highly developed organizational skills and exceptional attention to detail;
• Ability to take initiative and think outside the box;
• Possess strong communication skills;
• Ability to be discreet and maintain confidentiality at all times;
• Experience working with key stakeholders at an international level preferred;
• Ability to work with minimal supervision;
• Excellent written and spoken English;
• Adaptable, flexible and reliable;
• Personable with strong team-based work ethic.

Technical Skills:

• Strong IT skills with literacy in Microsoft packages including Outlook, Word, Excel and PowerPoint;
• Knowledge of software tools such as LawCruit and Pirical a plus; experience with similar database tools for applicant tracking; Advanced proficiency in virtual platforms such as Teams and Zoom

Performance Traits:

• Strong written and verbal communication skills, able to communicate effectively and in a professional manner with all levels of the Firm and outside vendors
• Ability to work in a diverse team environment and effectively support the demanding needs of the Firm
• Ability to work under pressure, meet deadlines with shifting priorities
• Must be a self-starter with a high level of initiative
• Strong customer service skills, able to anticipate needs and exercise independent judgment
• Strong attention to detail, organizational skills and the ability to handle multiple projects
• Maintains confidentiality and exercises discretion
• Exercises solid strategic thinking and problem-solving skills

Physical Requirements:

• May require occasional lifting of up to 20 lbs.

The typical pay scale for this position is between $90,000 and $119,000, although the actual wage or salary could be lower or higher if the candidate’s education, experience, skills and internal pay alignment are different from those specified.

The above is a general description of the essential duties associated with this position and does not represent an exhaustive or comprehensive list of all duties.

The Firm may modify and amend this job description at any time at its sole discretion. Nothing herein creates a contract of employment or otherwise modifies the at-will nature of employment.

We offer competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits, including medical/dental/vision/life/and AD&D insurance, 401(k) savings plan, back-up childcare and eldercare, generous paid time off (PTO), as well as opportunities for professional development and growth.