Talent Acquisition Manager

Overview

In this role you will lead and shape the firm’s talent acquisition function to support growth and competitiveness. You will partner with senior leaders, the RPO provider, and People colleagues to build workforce plans, strengthen direct sourcing, and enhance the candidate experience across legal and business services. You drive strategy and delivery, ensuring compliant, high-quality recruitment that aligns with business needs. This is an opportunity to shape talent strategy at a leading law firm and influence capability and growth.

Responsibilities

• Lead and develop the Talent Acquisition team to deliver a high-performing, client-focused service
• Develop and execute a talent acquisition strategy aligned with business priorities and growth plans
• Collaborate with senior leaders to forecast hiring needs and build robust pipelines
• Oversee recruitment across legal and business services ensuring consistency and quality
• Strengthen direct sourcing, talent mapping, market intelligence, and employer branding
• Manage RPO, agency and search partners, recruitment budgets, and supplier performance
• Utilize recruitment data to improve decisions, outcomes and service performance
• Drive process improvements in recruitment, technology, and ways of working with regulatory compliance

Key requirements

• Significant experience leading a Talent Acquisition or Resourcing function in legal, professional services, or similar complex organisation
• Proven track record delivering recruitment strategies that support growth and transformation
• Strong people leadership and ability to build a collaborative, high-performing team
• Credibility and influencing skills to partner with senior leaders
• Knowledge of direct sourcing, talent pooling, workforce planning, and market trends
• Experience managing recruitment suppliers and using data and technology to enhance performance
• Commercial judgement and commitment to inclusive recruitment and positive candidate experience

• collaborative
• commercial awareness
• leadership
• direct sourcing
• talent pooling
• workforce planning

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