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Salary: USD 143,000 - 191,000 / 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 leadership role owning the full recruiting function that fuels RMS growth across production, manufacturing engineering, quality, and supply chain.
You will manage a team of recruiters and sit at the table with production and engineering leaders to translate workforce plans into hiring strategies. This is not a passive support function—you will drive end-to-end hiring strategy, forecast demand with production leaders, build pipelines, and report progress with data-backed communication. You will use recruiting data and funnel metrics to identify bottlenecks, diagnose root causes, and drive process improvements, acting on what the data shows rather than waiting for direction.
Key responsibilities include:
- Managing and developing a team of recruiters supporting RMS hiring
- Owning end-to-end hiring strategy: forecasting demand, building pipelines, and reporting progress
- Using recruiting data and funnel metrics to identify bottlenecks and drive process improvements
- Setting and maintaining high performance standards for the recruiting team around sourcing activity, pipeline velocity, interview quality, and offer-acceptance rates
- Acting as a subject matter expert in sourcing techniques and tools (Boolean search, LinkedIn Recruiter, referral programs, SOBO campaigns)
- Conducting interviews and calibrating hiring manager expectations
- Building talent maps and market intelligence specific to RMS talent landscape (propulsion, energetics, pyrotechnics, production operations)
- Driving diverse talent into the organization while ensuring excellent candidate experience
- Partnering cross-functionally with HR, compensation, and workforce planning
- Representing Anduril's brand and recruiting function with professionalism internally and externally
The ideal candidate combines operational rigor with startup-level creativity and urgency—no task too big, no detail too small. You will be solution-oriented by default, digging into data and initiating change once evidence supports it.
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
