PURPOSE OF THE ROLE

The Senior Partner Resourcing Lead will play a critical role in delivering the firm's strategic growth ambitions through the attraction, assessment and integration of exceptional lateral partner talent. Working closely with the Head of Resourcing, Executive leadership and senior stakeholders across the firm, this role will lead the development and execution of partner recruitment strategies that support the firm's client, sector and practice growth priorities. 

This is a high-impact and high visibility role, playing a key part in the firm's continued growth in line with the AG2030 strategy.

THE TEAM

Our HR team delivers the people strategy of the firm globally with talented individuals spread across our UK offices (London, Manchester, Leeds and Edinburgh) and internationally (Amsterdam, Dubai, Dublin and Warsaw). The team comprises of the Learning and Development, Reward & Benefits, HR Operations, HR Business Partnering, Early Careers and Responsible Business teams.

This role is within our successful Lateral Resourcing team who is responsible for attracting and hiring the best talent across qualified lawyers up to and including partners, business services professionals and paralegals. 

WHAT TO EXPECT IN THIS ROLE

Joining a dynamic and ambitious team of talent acquisition specialists, the Senior Partner Resourcing Lead will be responsible for delivering AG's key and critical lateral hiring needs in the City of London. This role will be a key contributor to one of our most important strategic priorities to build our brand and presence in the City of London. 

Advising the firm's leadership teams on attraction strategies, the Senior Partner Resourcing lead will bring extensive consulting experience and deliver complex partner moves through targeted talent pipelines, and secure high-calibre lateral talent that supports the firm's growth ambitions and strategic priorities.

The following list, whilst not exhaustive, gives a flavour of what you can expect in the role:

• Working closely with senior stakeholders including the Chief People Officer, Managing Partner, Global Practice Group Heads and the Head of London to formulate and execute a partner recruitment strategy for London.
• Leading the effective sourcing of the best partner talent for AG directly and through third party agencies – from attraction, selection to onboarding and integration across key areas of the business. Ensuring operational excellence and leading by example.
• Act as a trusted adviser to senior stakeholders, providing expert recruitment advice, coaching and market intelligence. Develop and implement best-practice hiring strategies that strengthen selection decisions, support the firm's strategic priorities and deliver successful recruitment outcomes.
• Building and maintaining strong relationships with external recruitment providers while championing the AG brand as an employer and firm of choice. Supporting the Head of Resourcing and wider team in the selection, management and optimisation of third-party suppliers, including contributing to the legal team's Preferred Supplier List, Terms of Business and Service Level Agreements
• Managing the due diligence, risk and offer process for laterals, advising hiring partners and managers on appropriate packages and protocols for achieving successful outcomes.
• Advising on partner compensation and equity structures including competitor analysis as needed.
• Leading and developing the research and knowledge capability that underpins executive search assignments, providing strategic advice on routes to market, market trends and competitive intelligence for senior-level talent. Responsible for delivering market mapping, candidate research and talent intelligence to support direct sourcing activities, generating shortlists and advising on the most effective lateral hiring methods.
• Recruitment terms negotiation, including ringfencing the scope of candidates and effective co-ordination of the candidate introduction and ownership process.
• Build and manage senior-level business cases, demonstrating strong commercial awareness and an understanding of law firm economics. Support the partners with interviewing prospective laterals as needed.
• Participating in recruitment technology, data analytics, AI-enabled sourcing tools and talent intelligence platforms, leveraging innovation to enhance hiring outcomes.
• Supporting the wider Resourcing team and upskilling team members in partner recruitment practices as needed.
• Responsibility for embedding a culture of responsive and excellent customer service within the team, ensuring that high standards are always maintained.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE REQUIRED 

This role requires specialist end-to-end Partner/Senior Level recruitment experience with understanding of how we need to approach a fiercely competitive market. 

• Extensive experience of partner and/or senior lawyer sourcing and attraction strategies, candidate pipelining and attraction. Skilled in identifying, engaging and building relationships with target passive talent, maintaining long-term candidate pipelines and developing strategic talent networks.
• Demonstrable experience leading complex partner business case development and governance from initial assessment through to offer. Experience of conducting detailed due diligence on partner candidates, including practice assessment, client portability and identifying integration opportunities would be advantageous.
• Commercially minded, with the confidence and credibility to navigate high-stakes recruitment processes, balancing business objectives, market dynamics and candidate considerations.
• Strong project management skills - ability to coordinate multiple confidential hiring processes simultaneously while maintaining pace, quality and stakeholder alignment.
• Adept in providing sophisticated market intelligence, competitor analysis, talent mapping and target identification to support strategic lateral hiring decisions.
• Deep understanding of the legal market with confidence in advising on law firm partnership structures and compensation including benefits.
• Successfully delivered partner hiring improvement initiatives, enhancing recruitment effectiveness, experience, and building recruitment team capability.
• A credible negotiator and interviewer with the ability to influence at senior level
• Naturally curious, seeking new methods of attraction and your curiosity of new hiring tools and tech that comes to market.
• Analytical with a strong ability to interpret management information and data.
• Passion for delivering best in class hiring experience.

OUR FIRM

Ambition. Innovation. Together 

Our story of international growth is built on a performance mindset, innovation and true collaboration. We believe results follow relationships, so we work closely with each other, and develop deep client connections to deliver. 

Our award-winning culture balances high standards and hard work with genuine care – looking out for each other, supporting professional development, in a down to earth and inclusive environment. We do the right things in the right ways, combining commercial excellence and innovative thinking with teamwork. Together, we deliver excellence, achieve stand out solutions, and enable career-defining opportunities.