DLA Piper · 8 hours ago
Talent Acquisition Project Manager
DC-Baltimore Area
Full-time
Hybrid
Mid, Senior Level
$124K/yr - $165K/yr
5+ years expDLA Piper is a collaborative and supportive law firm seeking a Talent Acquisition Project Manager to lead their recruitment efforts for summer associates. This role involves overseeing program planning, managing relationships with candidates and law schools, and ensuring a quality candidate experience through data-driven insights and process optimization.
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Responsibilities
Leads and develops a team of campus talent acquisition professionals, ensuring operational excellence, accountability, and a high quality candidate experience
Oversees on-campus recruiting activities, including career fairs, mock interviews, information sessions, and networking receptions, ensuring seamless execution and strong relationship management with law schools and student organizations
Leads employer branding efforts for student recruitment, partnering with Marketing and Talent teams to strengthen the firm’s visibility on campus, enhance messaging, and ensure a consistent and compelling brand presence across all student-facing channels
Drives innovation in recruiting operations by evaluating opportunities for automation, AI, and emerging technologies; leads the design, implementation, and ongoing optimization of new tools and workflows
Oversees the development, maintenance, and quality of campus recruiting data resources, supporting evolving reporting needs and delivering timely data extracts for recurring and ad hoc analysis
Manages the full candidate lifecycle—from resume review and interview coordination to feedback compilation, offer preparation, and pre‑onboarding support
Manages the campus recruiting budget, ensuring accuracy, fiscal discipline, and alignment with firm priorities
Oversees communication strategies for incoming summer associates and first-year associates, ensuring clear, timely, and consistent onboarding messaging
Manages local summer associate programs, serving as a key point of coordination for office level programming, assignments, evaluations, and relationship management to ensure a high quality and consistent experience across offices
Helps plan and execute the Summer Associate Academy, partnering with Talent Development and key stakeholders to design impactful programming that sets students up for success
Monitors law firm recruiting trends, market dynamics, and competitive intelligence, collaborating with the Senior Manager of Talent Acquisition and the Chief Talent Acquisition Officer to brief firm leadership on insights and implications
Participates in team and cross-functional meetings, providing updates, presenting recommendations, and leading discussions on campus recruitment initiatives as needed
Maintains and continuously improves process documentation and best practices, ensuring consistency, quality, and compliance across all campus recruiting workflows
Provides project management support to the firm’s Executive Sponsor for talent initiatives—including talent development programs and AI-driven projects—ensuring strong coordination, timely execution, and measurable outcomes
Performs other duties, as assigned to support the evolving needs of the Talent Acquisition function
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree
5 years' experience in Project management experience in Operations and/or Human Resources, ideally in a professional services environment
Advanced data analytic skills
Familiar with Microsoft products, such as Co-Pilot, Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint
Excellent communications skills required
Demonstrated experience managing multiple projects spanning across a matrixed organization
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
Ability to work under pressure and manage competing demands in a fast-paced environment
Preferred
Project Management certification preferred
Benefits
Medical/dental/vision insurance
401(k)
Company
DLA Piper
DLA Piper is a global law firm with lawyers located in more than 40 countries to helps clients with their legal needs around the world.
5001-10000 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Late StageLeadership Team
Robert Bratt
Chief Operating Officer and Executive Director, US Operations
Andrew Dyson
UK Managing Partner
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