Lateral Integration Manager

Washington, DC

Summary

A premier, global law firm with 1,000 lawyers across 12 offices in the United States and Europe seeks a Lateral Integration Manager. This important role works in concert with sponsoring partners and aligned members of the Clients & Markets team to facilitate the seamless onboarding and strategic integration of new lateral partners and select senior lawyers from industry, academia, and government. The role ensures that incoming partners and senior lawyers experience a seamless transition, are strategically positioned to build a successful practice, and become fully embedded in the firm’s culture, operations, and business development platform. The focus is on maximizing these individuals’ practice growth through both thoughtful individual pursuits and continuous collaboration with relevant practice groups, initiative leaders, like-minded lawyers, and business professionals. This is a dynamic position requiring a high level of engagement, organization, project management, and professionalism.

Responsibilities

• Drives firmwide integration efforts for lateral partners and senior lawyers, with a focus on marketing and business development interests; leads all aspects of integration planning, cross-functional coordination, internal relationship building, and practice growth while ensuring a cohesive process.
• Serves as a key internal point of contact for new laterals from pre-arrival through the first 18 months at the firm; coordinates and provides updates and access to marketing and business development resources.
• Collaborates with leadership, lateral lawyers, and business professionals to identify integration priorities and develop tailored integration strategies to position laterals for success, including engagement with Clients & Markets, Finance, IS, HR, Legal Personnel & Development, Conflicts/New Business, and Practice Management.
• Builds strong, trust-based relationships with lateral partners and senior lawyers while learning and helping to shape their practice interests and needs, targets, and growth goals; where appropriate, supports the migration of incoming client relationships.
• Coaches lateral lawyers on marketing and business development tactics; advises on the best approach to leveraging firm resources to facilitate client transitions, business growth, and internal collaboration.
• Prepares integration plans with input and review from each lateral and their respective Clients & Markets support team; co-manages those plans through successful completion together with the involved Clients & Markets support team(s).
• Convenes integration teams and stakeholders regularly to discuss progress and maintain forward momentum, addressing needs and removing obstacles promptly.
• Plans introductions and supports lateral hire visits to other firm offices for business development purposes.
• Prepares action items for lateral partners and acts as an accountability partner in support of integration efforts; anticipates next steps and follows up accordingly.
• Maintains collaborative relationships with relevant internal stakeholders to facilitate coordination, communication, and desired integration outcomes.
• Coordinates with department and firm leadership to track and report on select success metrics.
• Handles special lateral integration-related projects and duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum of eight or more years of experience in a law firm or professional services environment.
• Direct and substantial experience and fluency with business development, lateral recruiting, and/or attorney development.
• Strong independent thinking and execution, and mature professional judgment.
• Demonstrable experience successfully managing project teams and securing alignment with key stakeholders.
• Strong multitasking and project management skills with demonstrated capability to manage multiple deadlines and changing project criteria.
• Ability to deliver world-class service and display a “can-do” attitude with colleagues, internal clients, and external partners across all communications and interactions.
• Demonstrable analytic and organizational skills, initiative, and vision.
• Excellent oral and written communications skills, including professional presentation abilities, with impeccable skills in text drafting, editing, grammar, and proofreading.
• Extensive working knowledge of Microsoft Suite; Foundation and InterAction preferred.
• Ability to handle sensitive matters and maintain confidentiality.
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple high-priority initiatives in a fast-paced environment.
• Openness to technological change, including generative AI tools, with a willingness to adapt how work is performed to support efficiency and innovation.

Compensation: $164,900.00-$206,100.00, plus bonus