Senior Executive Recruiter

The role

You will own executive hiring for the Growth function, including Heads of Growth, Capture Directors, and senior Business Development leaders. You will partner with leadership to run full-cycle searches and build a network of senior cleared defense talent.

What you will do

• Run full-cycle executive search for Growth leadership hires.
• Partner with senior Growth executives and General Managers to translate business strategy into search strategy.
• Build and maintain a proprietary network of senior, cleared defense talent.
• Represent Anduril to senior executive candidates.
• Own data and reporting for Growth executive search including pipeline health and time-to-fill.
• Drive process improvements across the function.

Required qualifications

• Deep experience placing or hiring senior commercial leadership.
• Working knowledge of the DoD acquisition ecosystem and career pathways between military service, government, and defense industry commercial leadership.
• Established relationships across the community of ex-military-turned-industry senior leaders.
• Executive presence and stakeholder management to work with C-level executives and Business Line General Managers.
• Ability to prioritize actions and own outcomes.
• Ability and willingness to learn technology, programs, and customer nuance.
• Based in Washington, DC with ability to be in office 4 days a week.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States.

Nice to have

• Prior in-house executive recruiting experience at a defense technology company or venture-backed high-growth company.
• Prior retained search experience with a strong defense or aerospace practice.
• Understanding of executive compensation structures and equity design in both federal and technology contexts.
• Prior experience placing former general or flag officers, or candidates transitioning from military service into industry commercial leadership.

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees.

Before you apply

• Must be authorized to work in the United States.
• Consent to pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening.

About the company

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. Their family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system.