Director of Recruiting

RemoteLegalStaff is seeking a Director of Recruiting to lead their global staffing operations. This is a strategic, high-level role focused on building and scaling recruitment engines for both external legal talent and internal company hires. The ideal candidate will own the complete recruiting strategy and drive execution to meet demand.

This role is critical for RemoteLegalStaff, a fast-growing, remote-first global staffing company that places and manages remote legal professionals for U.S. law firms. You will be instrumental in ensuring the quality and quantity of talent, both for clients and for the company's internal team.

If you are a strategic leader who thinks in company outcomes and can operate at multiple altitudes, we encourage you to apply now and shape the future of recruiting at RemoteLegalStaff.

Company Overview

RemoteLegalStaff is a fast-growing, remote-first global staffing company dedicated to helping U.S. law firms scale with high-quality offshore talent. They specialize in placing and fully managing remote legal professionals from various regions, fostering career growth for these individuals. The company is focused on raising the bar on leadership, accountability, and execution as they scale.

Quick Details

• Salary Range: Not Specified
• Job Type: Full-time
• Qualifications: masters-degree
• Experience: 10 Year+

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute the annual recruiting plan, including candidate volume, market, channel mix, and budget.
• Define talent pool strategy across multiple geographies and role types.
• Oversee both external recruiting (legal talent for clients) and internal recruiting (company hires) to the same high standard.
• Manage the full recruiting budget, including sourcing channel spend, vendors, agencies, and tooling.
• Establish and maintain screening and endorsement standards, revising them based on outcome data.
• Design the organizational structure for the recruiting function, including unit structure and spans of control.

Requirements

• 10+ years of progressive experience in recruitment or talent acquisition, with 5+ years in a senior leadership role.
• Proven track record building and scaling recruitment functions, including org design and headcount management.
• Experience owning a recruitment budget, vendor contracts, and channel spend decisions.
• Experience setting KPI frameworks and targets for a recruitment function.
• Proven ability to partner with sales/business development leadership to align recruiting capabilities with sales forecasts.
• Track record of developing manager-level direct reports into independent operators.
• Strong analytical skills and comfort using outcome data (cost-per-hire, retention, close-rate) to revise standards.
• Exceptional (native-level or near-native) English, written and spoken.

Benefits

• Fully remote position with a stable, growing company.
• Competitive base salary plus annual performance bonus and anniversary loyalty bonuses.
• Company-sponsored health insurance.
• Generous PTO that increases with tenure (up to 30 days per year), birthday PTO, 7 U.S. paid holidays, 5 paid sick days, and bereavement leave.
• Home office stipend, computer replacement stipend, and monthly internet allowance.
• Professional development, training programs, and education support.
• Visibility to executive leadership and opportunities for internal promotion.