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Salary: USD 166,000 - 220,000 / annual
Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, is seeking a Senior Manager of Talent Acquisition for its rapidly scaling Rocket Motor Systems (RMS) division. This is a hands-on leadership role where you will own the recruiting engine driving RMS growth across production, manufacturing engineering, quality, and supply chain functions.
You will manage and develop a team of recruiters while sitting at the table with production and engineering leaders to translate workforce plans into hiring strategies. This role combines operational rigor with startup-level urgency and creativity—you will build measurable, repeatable recruiting processes; use data to identify bottlenecks and drive continuous improvement; and maintain a consistently high performance bar across sourcing activity, pipeline velocity, interview quality, and offer-acceptance rates.
Key responsibilities include:
- Managing a recruiting team and owning end-to-end hiring strategy for RMS, from demand forecasting through offer close
- Using recruiting data and funnel metrics to diagnose root causes of underperformance and initiate process improvements
- Conducting interviews, calibrating hiring manager expectations, and demonstrating strong interview-to-offer conversion
- Building talent maps and market intelligence specific to RMS talent landscape (propulsion, energetics, pyrotechnics, production operations)
- Acting as a subject matter expert in sourcing techniques (Boolean search, LinkedIn Recruiter, referral programs, SOBO campaigns)
- Driving diverse talent acquisition while ensuring excellent candidate experience
- Partnering cross-functionally with HR, compensation, and workforce planning to align recruiting with headcount plans and retention goals
- Representing Anduril's brand with professionalism to senior stakeholders, candidates, and external partners
- Traveling between sites as needed
The ideal candidate is solution-oriented by default, digs into data to identify what's broken, and initiates change once evidence supports it. You combine the discipline of a seasoned recruiter with the adaptability and urgency of a startup operator.
REQUIREMENTS:
- 10+ years of high-volume talent acquisition experience evaluating and hiring top-tier technical talent
- 8+ years partnering with senior leaders and stakeholders, reporting on progress, advising on strategy, and using data to influence hiring decisions
- 5+ years managing or mentoring a team of recruiters with accountability for time-sensitive, high-volume pipelines
- Demonstrated track record of using recruiting analytics to initiate and sustain process improvements—not just reporting metrics but acting on them
- Experience recruiting in an agency and/or fast-paced startup environment, hiring for hardware, production, manufacturing engineering, or related technical roles
- Ability to travel between sites as needed
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience standing up a talent acquisition function for a greenfield or rapidly scaling manufacturing site
- Knowledge of ITAR policies and their impact on hiring practices
- Background recruiting for solid rocket motors, propulsion, energetics, pyrotechnics, or adjacent defense/aerospace disciplines
- Track record of operating in a consultative capacity where data-informed guidance led to measurably improved hiring outcomes and candidate experience
- Experience managing multiple concurrent high-volume pipelines while maintaining process integrity and candidate engagement
- Highly autonomous, collaborative, and adaptable—comfortable driving change in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
