Minimum Requirements:
- 3 years experience in recruiting technical personnel, including data, scientist, software, developers, and product management professionals
- Working knowledge of computing, information technology, and data science
- Bachelor’s degree
- 5 years full life cycle recruiting experience
- Excellent written and oral communication skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment
- General knowledge and understanding of US Visa process and requirements
- Must be creative and detail-oriented
- Knowledge of MS Word, MS Excel
- Ability to handle difficult situations professionally and tactfully
- Ability to solve problems
- Ability to multi-task and manage projects
- Must be able to treat confidential information in a professional manner
- May need to travel on occasion
Preferred Requirements:
- A mix of agency, start up and corporate experiences
- Familiarity with AI and legal tech industries
What will your day look like?
As a Talent Acquisition Manager, you will connect with hiring managers to understand role requirements and develop a sourcing strategy based on role requirements, with a particular emphasis on recruiting for software engineering, data science, product management, and professional services roles. You will assess candidates through various processes based on skill set, experience, capabilities, and cultural match. You will develop recruitment-related programs and initiatives. You’ll design, test, and oversee their successful implementation. You will also develop a communication strategy.
In this role, you will conduct candidate interviews and assess candidates based on their performance in interviews. You will work with stakeholders to develop and implement tests and challenges for candidates appropriate to their position designed to validate skills and experience. You will create, manage, and negotiate job offers with the selected candidates. If relevant, this includes negotiation of the job offers and agreement on terms to complete the hiring process. The process also includes managing cases where candidates decline, or the organization rescinds the job offer.
Additionally, you will manage new hire/rehire screening, which includes administration of background and/or reference checks for new hires/rehires and communicating due diligence outcomes. You will also manage recruitment-related social media outreach. You’ll draft correspondence related to legal hires; interviews, next steps, and coordinate relocation, moving, bar exam, and other expenses/disbursements with candidates. You will work closely with the responsible partner regarding the extension of offers, follow-up, and office set-up and integration upon arrival. You will correspond and attend meetings with hiring managers and other stakeholders regarding candidate feedback, updates, and ongoing hiring strategy.
As a manager on this team, you will monitor market trends and work with Directors to keep Firm management apprised of trends in compensation, bonus, and training and development areas. You will also pay attention to industry trends in the software development, AI, and legal Tech industries, identifying opportunities to acquire talent. You’ll oversee recruitment administration - systems tracking/dispositioning, data entry, employee referral pay-outs, audits, etc. You will also develop and manage job-specific requisitions based on recruitment needs. This process includes advertising the positions on internal and external portals and the overall management of job requisitions, approvals, and the activities to initiate and close a requisition. You may organize and execute recruiting activities and events. You will also provide information and reports regarding recruitment to the business and HR leadership team. You will manage and administer executive hiring, which includes sourcing candidates, partnering with vendors, and sourcing channels to fulfill executive requisitions.
You will develop, monitor, and administer the recruiting budget and resource allocation to fund the plan. You’ll attend staff meetings. You will also correspond and attend meetings with hiring managers and other stakeholders regarding candidate feedback and updates. You will create and govern short-term and long-term recruitment forecast plans in alignment with the strategic recruitment goals and business objectives. You’ll develop and maintain a recruiting brand by creating an exceptional candidate experience.
To learn more about DLA Piper, please visit our website.
We offer exceptional career opportunities in an environment that is challenging, rewarding, and, we believe, truly different from our competitors. Our employees enjoy a competitive benefits package and a dynamic and diverse environment in which they can build a long and fruitful career and reap the rewards of their success.
General & Essential Job Expectations
While the specific job requirements of a DLA Piper position may vary depending upon scope of the job and area of specialty, there are certain universal requirements that are expected of all DLA Piper employees, which include but are not limited to:
- Effectively communicate, verbally and in writing, with clients, lawyers, business professionals, and third parties
- Produce deliverables, answer phone calls, and reply to correspondence in an efficient and responsive manner
- Provide timely, accurate, and quality work product
- Successfully meet deadlines, expectations, and perform work duties as required
- Foster positive work relationships
- Comply with all firm policies and practices
- Engage in both physical and sedentary activity, such as (a) working at a computer for extended periods of time, including on-screen reading and typing; (b) participating in digital/virtual conference calls; (c) participating in meetings as needed
- Perform all other duties, tasks or projects as assigned
Our employees are expected to embrace and uphold our firm values as a part of our DLA Piper culture. We are committed to excellence in how we represent our clients and develop our people.
Physical Demands, Work Environment, and Other Requirements
Sedentary work: Exerting up to 10 pounds of force occasionally and/or a negligible amount of force frequently or constantly to lift, carry, push, pull or otherwise move objects, including the human body. Sedentary work involves sitting most of the time. Jobs are sedentary if walking and standing are required only occasionally, and all other sedentary criteria are met.
The compensation offered to a candidate selected for employment will be dependent upon various factors, including the candidate’s geographic market, skills, educational and professional background, experience, and overall qualifications. We offer a comprehensive package of benefits including paid time off, medical/dental/vision insurance, and 401(k).
Application Process:
If you have a request for an accommodation during the application process or have any questions about the process, please contact careers@us.dlapiper.com. Please add noreply@dlapipercareers.us to your list of safe senders.
Applicants must apply directly online instead of sending application materials via email.
No immigration sponsorship is available for this position.
Agency applications will not be considered.
