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Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company developing intelligent autonomy systems, aircraft platforms (V-BAT, X-BAT), and simulation technologies to protect service members and civilians. The company operates globally with offices across the US, Europe, Middle East, and Asia-Pacific.
You will serve as the regional Talent Acquisition leader for the Asia-Pacific region, responsible for building and scaling Shield AI's engineering recruiting capability. Your core responsibilities include:
**Strategic & Leadership:**
- Translate business priorities into focused hiring strategies by partnering with engineering leadership to understand growing talent needs and set priorities
- Build, hire, coach and lead an in-house TA team, fostering a high-performance, data-driven culture
- Lead change management and process redesign initiatives to support TA transformation
- Operate independently as the regional face of TA, building trusted relationships with local leaders while maintaining global alignment
**Execution & Delivery:**
- Own a portfolio of complex senior engineering searches from market mapping through offer and close
- Deliver critical hires yourself, particularly for hard-to-fill technical roles
- Create strong technical talent pipelines in specialist areas: autonomy, robotics, vision, perception, simulation, machine learning, and infrastructure
- Define and manage the strategic partner model for vendors and RPO providers, holding them accountable for delivery and candidate quality
**Optimization & Analytics:**
- Track pipeline health, hiring outcomes, capacity and spend; make data-driven changes based on market signals
- Help hiring managers define assessment criteria, run focused interview processes, and drive best-in-class candidate experience
- Use ATS systems, sourcing platforms and recruiting analytics tools to drive hiring decisions and visibility
- Navigate complex engineering talent landscapes and competitive compensation structures while delivering ambitious headcount targets
**Stakeholder Management:**
- Work closely with PX/TA Centers of Excellence and internal stakeholders to align on priorities
- Navigate confidentiality, security and role-specific eligibility requirements in hiring processes
- Anticipate obstacles, resolve competing priorities, and equip leaders with clear recommendations
**Requirements:**
- 15+ years of experience building and leading technical recruiting teams at scale in high-growth aerospace, defense, robotics or autonomous systems organizations
- Proven ability to operate independently as a regional TA leader, building trusted relationships with local leaders while adapting global processes to regional needs
- Appropriate technical fluency to partner credibly with senior engineering leaders on autonomy stacks, robotics systems, embedded software, distributed systems, simulation and machine learning
- Experience managing RPO providers and holding partners accountable for delivery and candidate quality
- Experience leading change management, process redesign, stakeholder adoption and operational enablement in TA transformation
- Proven ability to navigate complex engineering talent landscapes and competitive compensation while delivering ambitious headcount targets
- Experience with ATS systems, sourcing platforms and recruiting analytics tools
- Experience in high-growth, transformation and ambiguous environments
- Exceptional communication, data storytelling and negotiation skills
