Managing Director, Legal Staffing Division
622 Third Ave. New York, NY 10017 US
Job Description
5+ years Legal Staffing leadership experience highly preferred
Our client, a highly reputable and well-established NYC-based staffing firm is looking for a Managing Director to lead and grow their Legal division. This is a FANTASTIC opportunity to walk into a fully functioning and high-producing team that is excited for continued growth!
What you’ll do:
- Daily leadership of your team including hiring, training and developing sales and recruiting personnel.
- Nurturing client relationships; interviewing, networking and interfacing with C-level clients and other hiring authorities to market and place top-tier candidates into contract and direct hire positions.
- Interface with both Government and Private practice entities with a focus on placing attorneys, paralegals, and legal support staff.
- P&L responsibility of annual revenue in excess of $25M and growing.
- Run analytics on in-demand practice areas/market trends in legal and work with the Recruiting Manager to ensure recruiters are building candidate pool and providing leads respectively.
- Assure proper documentation of calls and activities.
- Partner with hiring managers to understand their talent needs and consult on how to best attract and hire the talent they seek.
- Network and source to identify and recruit the top talent in the legal landscape.
What you need:
- Strong sales acumen and experience in client presentation and negotiation.
- 5+ years staffing experience in the legal industry highly preferred with 3+ years leadership.
- Ability to work well and collaboratively with others.
- Understand how your position relates to other positions in the company and contribute to company’s overall effectiveness.
- Bachelor’s Degree required; Juris Doctorate preferred.
What you’ll get:
- The backing of a highly recognized and respected organization within the Staffing Industry.
- Leadership that will give you the opportunity to grow business through an entrepreneurial approach.
- Excellent health benefits, 401K, gym reimbursement, and generous PTO.
We are eager to speak with you! Contact us for more information today!
Job Number 6560
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Additional Information
MeeDerby is an executive search firm uniquely dedicated to serving the staffing industry. For nearly three decades, we've helped thousands of executives, managers, senior sales and senior recruiters who have worked in staffing find their place in this robust industry. You spend your days helping people find the perfect job. Don’t you deserve a partner who can do the same for you? Leverage our hard-won connections to take the next step in your staffing career.
Meet Your Recruiter

Eliza Deang
Chief of Staff
We could not run MeeDerby without Eliza, she is the glue to our operation! Eliza joined MeeDerby in 2000 and was managing operations and technology until she expanded her role to Chief of Staff. She has more than 25 years of experience in the recruitment industry. Eliza comes to MeeDerby from Australia, where she was a Technical Recruiter for an information technology staffing firm for three years. She also has five years’ experience in IT, medical and engineering recruitment in the Philippines. Eliza is a graduate of the University of Santo Tomas in the Philippines.
MeeDerby paved the way for Eliza to move to the US, through a professional working visa, until she earned her citizenship. She is MeeDerby’s shining example of the American Dream.