Baker McKenzie

The Senior Manager - BPPS Recruitment will manage and execute all Business Professional full-cycle talent acquisition activities across in-market and centers to deliver a first-class recruitment experience for all candidates and Hiring Managers. This role will be supported by a geographically dispersed team of recruitment manager/s; specialist/s and coordinator/s. The role will ensure consistent hiring standards, service delivery and alignment with workforce planning goals, with a focus on a direct sourcing strategy to attract and hire qualified talent.

Main responsibilities:

• Lead full-cycle business professional recruitment across all offices and centers, ensuring alignment on workforce planning and operational priorities
• Develop and execute scalable hiring strategies to support multi-function recruitment across diverse geographic markets
• Standardize recruitment processes to increase efficiencies and candidate/hiring manager experience 
• Train recruitment team on utilizing direct sourcing methodologies, using appropriate talent attraction strategies to deliver lateral talent, reducing dependency on agencies and to reduce overall agency and head-hunter costs
• Ensure consistent compliance with employment laws, internal policies and risk management protocols when recruiting across locations/geographies
• Serve as primary point of contact to workforce planning team on open roles releases, assigning open vacancies to applicable recruiter/s
• Work with Recruitment Directors to define and have process documentation for team to track recruitment KPIs that are measurable (e.g. time-to-fill, time-to-hire, offer acceptance rate, candidate source, cost savings etc.) to drive high-quality hiring outcomes
• Develop and maintain relationships with functional Directors, understanding unique staffing requirements/challenges across different functions of business & professional services 
• Deliver full-cycle hiring execution and direct sourcing for senior level roles (e.g. Manager level and above)
• Champion inclusive hiring practices to develop robust talent pipelines across all offices and centers 
• Provide deep functional knowledge and expertise, acting as a trusted advisor across the function and the business
• Partner with and ensure effective collaboration and communication with in-market and center functional teams and administrators to drive best-in-class recruitment and functional cohesiveness
• Through Avature and through other AI-powered solutions, identify sourcing tools to identify and engage passive talent; continual review of options to implement AI-driven resume screening, interview scheduling and skills-matching technology to enhance hiring accuracy and efficiency in partnership with relevant teams
• Negotiate external agency supplier terms (as needed) and ensure team is maintaining a database of preferred external agencies and supplier terms
• Develop external branding strategy playbook to promote vacancies, leveraging Think Baker McKenzie campaign and LinkedIn.
• Participate in various recruiter organizations to increase personal networking, knowledge sharing and promotion of the Firm
• Drive a continuous improvement mindset to ensure that the Business Professional Recruitment team is keeping pace with the evolving nature of the business and external market best practices
• Ad-hoc projects and tasks as set by the Directors of Recruitment 

Skills and experience:

• A bachelor's degree or equivalent
• Extensive talent acquisition experience across Finance, Operations, Human Resources, IT, Business Development, Marketing, Communications, and other support functions, in a multi-office professional service/law firm environment
• Demonstrated experience managing, coaching and developing geographically dispersed recruitment teams
• Strong international recruitment experience and knowledge of global employment regulations and recruiting compliance considerations 
• Strong track record in direct sourcing methodologies and delivery
• Expertise in workforce planning, talent analytics and applicant tracking systems (ideally Avature)
• Excellent written and oral communication, interpersonal and presentation skills, with a proven ability to relate to and gain the confidence of people
• Able to work at pace, problem solve and deliver solutions against tight timelines
• Excellent communication skills with both team members, direct reports and senior and executive stakeholders
• Comfortable working with minimal direction and proactively takes initiative within a globally dispersed team
• Able to bring good judgement and empathy to sensitive situations 
• Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders in a complex, matrixed environment

Reports to: Regional Recruitment Directors and Center Lead

Travel requirements: The role will not require travel

Position type: Specialist

Development framework: Senior Manager

At Baker McKenzie we are different in the way we think, work and behave. With our team of 13,000 people, including over 6,500 locally admitted lawyers, in over 70 offices worldwide, we have a passionately collaborative community of 60 nationalities and are committed to world-class career development to everyone in every job at every level. Baker McKenzie can offer you both the uncompromising commitment to excellence expected of a top firm paired with a passionately global and genuinely collaborative working environment.

Baker McKenzie is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion for all. Our unique international culture is reflected in the drawing together of a worldwide family of individuals from diverse cultures and backgrounds in all of our offices. We encourage the best people - regardless of race, religion or belief if any, gender, gender identity, disability, sexual orientation or age - to fulfill their professional aspirations with us. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive and accessible experience for all candidates.