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Chief Talent Acquisition – Culture Officer
Jimerson Birr. Build and lead Jimerson Birr’s Talent Acquisition Department .
Core Competencies
Role fitCore Competencies
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Demonstrates extensive talent acquisition leadership with a focus on building and optimizing recruiting functions, while effectively managing relationships and delivering measurable results in a law firm or professional services environment.
Highest-signal resume keywords
Talent Acquisition LeadershipRecruiting Experienced AttorneysBuilding Recruiting FunctionsRecruiting Technology and AnalyticsEmployer of Choice Proposition
ATS Keywords
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Hard Skills
Talent Supply PlanningRecruiting Operations AutomationBehavioral Assessment ToolsCognitive Assessment ToolsComplex Initiative Leadership
Soft Skills
JudgmentRelationship ManagementInitiative
Tools & Technologies
AI-Enabled Process ImprovementRecruiting Technology
Industry Keywords
Law Firm RecruitingProfessional Services RecruitingTalent Acquisition StrategyWorkforce ForecastingQuality of Hire Measurement
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Build and lead Jimerson Birr’s Talent Acquisition Department
- Translate firm growth plans and workforce forecasts into proactive talent supply plans
- Maintain qualified pipelines and warm benches for priority roles
- Run recruiting as a sales business through targeting, prospecting, nurturing, qualifying, persuading, closing, and learning
- Lead recruitment of experienced attorneys, practice leaders, lateral teams, and specialized talent
- Build an early-talent system across law schools, universities, trade schools, clerkships, and veteran pathways
- Establish structured, job-related selection standards based on GWC and Core Values
- Validate every hire at 90 days and measure quality of hire
- Own the Employer of Choice proposition and lead JB FOR ME across Fulfilled, Opportunistic, Refreshed, Mindful, and Empowered
- Eliminate, simplify, automate, and delegate recruiting operations using systems, AI, vendors, and offshore support
- Own the department scoreboard for approved seats filled by the planned start date
- Report results directly to the CEO
- Serve on the Leadership Team and help shape the firm’s future talent strategy
Requirements
What you’ll need- Substantial progressive talent acquisition leadership experience, typically 10+ years
- Record of acquiring hard-to-recruit professionals
- Proven experience leading teams and complex initiatives
- Experience building or materially reengineering a recruiting function from thin infrastructure
- Ability to recruit experienced attorneys, practice leaders, lateral teams, and senior executives
- Law firm or sophisticated professional-services recruiting experience strongly preferred
- Credibility recruiting experienced attorneys especially valuable
- Experience with EOS, recruiting technology and analytics, AI-enabled process improvement, and behavioral and cognitive assessment tools is a plus
- HR generalist experience is not a substitute for talent acquisition leadership
- Demonstrated initiative, judgment, relationships, and measurable results
Benefits
Comp & perks- Entrepreneurial, accountable, innovative, and rewarding workplace culture
- Ownership and autonomy to design processes, rethink recruiting practices, deploy emerging technologies, build teams, and create new capabilities
- Direct reporting to the CEO
- Seat on the Leadership Team
- Opportunity to shape the future of a commercial law firm and its talent acquisition model
- Equal opportunity employer