[Hiring] Manager, Client Experience @livingHR

Role Description

livingHR is seeking a high-performing, agency-experienced Manager, Legal Recruiting to join our growing Executive Search practice. This is a full-desk role requiring demonstrated success in:

• Recruiting lateral law firm partners and legal executives
• Placing General Counsel and Deputy GC talent
• Managing external client relationships
• Delivering exceptional legal talent for our clients

You will operate as a trusted search advisor — leading searches, building client relationships, and delivering exceptional legal talent to help clients secure high-caliber legal leadership. This role is ideal for someone who thrives in a performance-based environment and wants to build something meaningful within a modern, human-centered firm.

Core Responsibilities

• Search Strategy & Selection
  • Lead full-cycle searches for lateral law firm partners and practice groups
  • Lead full-cycle searches for General Counsel and Deputy GC roles
  • Conduct market mapping, competitive intelligence, and talent landscape analysis
  • Develop search strategies aligned to client business objectives
  • Manage highly confidential and sensitive searches with discretion and professionalism
• Client Advisory & Account Management
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to law firm leaders, corporate executives, and boards
  • Partner with clients on succession planning and strategic legal talent needs
  • Provide executive-level communication and search updates
  • Deliver consultative guidance on compensation, law firm economics, and partner portability
• Candidate Experience & Relationship Building
  • Build and maintain deep relationships with high-performing legal leaders
  • Deliver an exceptional, white-glove candidate experience
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to candidates navigating confidential transitions
  • Maintain accurate CRM documentation, search tracking, and reporting

Qualifications

• 5+ years of legal or executive search experience, ideally in an agency or external search firm environment
• Demonstrated success recruiting lateral law firm partners and/or General Counsel and senior in-house legal leadership
• Strong understanding of law firm economics, partner portability, lateral hiring dynamics, and corporate legal department structures
• Track record of meeting or exceeding placement goals
• Ability to operate independently in a remote, performance-driven environment
• Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and advisory skills
• High level of discretion and integrity when handling confidential searches
• Willingness to travel occasionally as business needs require

What Sets You Apart

• Strong business acumen and a client-first mindset
• Established network within AmLaw firms and corporate legal departments
• Passion for modernizing legal search through a human-centered, future-of-work lens

Benefits

• Autonomy & Flexibility: WfWiMS — "Work from Where it Makes Sense."
• Competitive, fair, and transparent base salary plus incentives for successful placements.
• Comprehensive Benefits: Medical, dental, 401k, STD/LTD, life insurance, and telehealth mental health counseling.
• Flexible PTO / Paid Holidays: Minimum PTO usage encouraged plus 23 paid holidays.
• A Culture of Impact and Humanity: We care about the impact we make and the humanity we extend to each other, our clients, and our community.

Physical & Work Environment Requirements

This role is primarily performed in a remote setting and requires the ability to:

• Work at a computer for extended periods
• Communicate clearly and effectively through digital platforms
• Participate regularly in video meetings
• Travel occasionally to client sites

Reasonable accommodations will be made to enable qualified individuals with disabilities to perform essential functions of the role.

What You Can Expect

While we wish we could personally respond to every candidate, we will only reach out to candidates who meet or exceed the requirements and align with our approved markets.

Resources + Staying Connected

• Career Transition Portal
• LinkedIn
• Instagram
• Facebook
• Careers page

If you need assistance or accommodations with this application, contact [email protected] .