Recruiting Lead

The role

You will own the end-to-end talent delivery strategy for a key Business Line within the Maritime and Maneuver Dominance teams. You will act as a strategic partner to leadership, managing headcount planning, hiring targets, and recruiting execution.

What you will do

• Own the end-to-end TA strategy for the assigned Business Line
• Act as a trusted advisor to BL leadership using market intelligence and hiring data
• Define and manage hiring goals, SLAs, and success metrics
• Partner with Division BizOps, Finance, and Workforce Planning on headcount and budget
• Deliver regular hiring progress reporting and act as the primary escalation point
• Execute full-cycle recruitment for critical, complex, or sensitive roles
• Set standards for sourcing, engagement, assessment, and closing
• Lead major cross-functional hiring initiatives and surge efforts
• Provide direct people leadership, coaching, and performance management for recruiters
• Drive consistency in role intakes, interview processes, and candidate experience

Required qualifications

• 10+ years of progressive TA experience
• Significant experience owning a business unit's hiring strategy
• Ability to partner with and influence VP-level stakeholders
• Proven full-cycle recruiting experience in a complex technical environment
• Strong business acumen to connect hiring to program milestones and revenue
• Excellent analytical skills to drive prioritization and accountability
• Experience leading hiring initiatives like surge campaigns and capacity planning
• Ability to operate with high autonomy in ambiguous environments

Nice to have

• Experience in frontier-tech, defense, aerospace, or advanced manufacturing industries
• Understanding of clearance requirements, site-based hiring, and program-driven demand
• Direct experience managing or leading a team of recruiters
• Experience partnering with BizOps, Finance, and HR Business Partners on workforce planning
• Formal program or project management background (PMP, Agile, or similar)
• Experience building and scaling recruiting operations during high growth
• Track record of developing recruiters through coaching or mentoring

Benefits

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

Before you apply

• By submitting your application, you consent to Anduril Industries using a third-party service provider to conduct 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.