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Salary: USD 150,000 - 185,000 / annual
CHAOS Industries is a defense technology company founded in 2022 and backed by $1 billion in funding from top-tier investors including 8VC, Accel, and Valor Equity Partners. The company develops a multi-product portfolio powered by Coherent Distributed Networks (CDN™) that serves warfighters, commercial air operators, and border protection teams. With 500+ employees across offices in Los Angeles, Washington D.C., San Francisco, San Diego, and London, CHAOS is scaling rapidly.
You will lead a team of 4-6 recruiters and sourcers as one of three new Recruiting Managers, reporting to the Head of Recruiting. This is a hands-on leadership role where you will shape the recruiting organization's first management layer.
Key responsibilities include:
- Lead, coach, and develop your recruiting team with clear expectations for ownership, urgency, and execution
- Partner with senior hiring managers and functional leaders to translate business priorities into recruiting strategies and pipeline goals
- Own recruiter alignment to hiring managers, balancing workload and skill sets as priorities shift
- Monitor pipeline health, time to fill, offer acceptance, and recruiter productivity using data to identify problems early
- Serve as escalation point for recruiters, hiring managers, and candidates, resolving issues and keeping searches moving
- Coach recruiters on role scoping, intake, sourcing strategy, candidate assessment, and closing—with focus on hard-to-fill technical roles
- Strengthen interview quality and consistency through structured, inclusive interviewing and hiring manager training
- Manage external recruiting agencies and contract partners to the same quality standards as in-house team
- Build scalable playbooks, templates, and process improvements for the recruiting leadership team
- Leverage AI and automation to improve efficiency in outreach, talent mapping, and reporting while applying strong judgment
- Protect candidate and company information, including sensitive and export-controlled hiring needs
- Deliver an outstanding, proactive candidate experience from first outreach through offer
- Work 4-5 days onsite from the Los Angeles (Hawthorne) office
Requirements:
- 8+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience focused on technical and/or engineering roles, with a track record of closing complex or hard-to-fill positions
- 3+ years of experience managing recruiters, including coaching, performance feedback, and developing people at different experience levels
- Experience building recruiting strategies and managing execution against timelines and business goals
- Proven ability to build trusted partnerships with senior business leaders, using market data and business context to influence hiring decisions
- Strong understanding of engineering roles and technical skill sets such as software, hardware, systems, or manufacturing
- Data-driven mindset with experience tracking recruiting metrics and translating them into clear recommendations
- Experience managing multiple searches, recruiters, and priorities in a fast-paced, changing environment
- Strong communication skills with ability to deliver direct feedback and handle escalations with empathy and confidence
- Working knowledge of ATS systems (Greenhouse preferred), sourcing tools, and structured interview practices
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
Preferred:
- Experience recruiting in defense industry or similarly regulated technical environments (aerospace, government, advanced manufacturing)
- Experience supporting or building recruiting teams at early-stage or high-growth companies
- Experience managing mixed teams of full-time recruiters, contractors, and agency/RPO partners
- Familiarity with Greenhouse, LinkedIn Recruiter, Pave, Asana, Headcount365
- Experience using AI-enabled recruiting tools
- Experience building enablement programs, playbooks, or interview training adopted across recruiting organizations
- Ability to operate independently while collaborating closely with cross-functional partners
- Builder's mindset with willingness to improve processes and contribute beyond defined responsibilities
