Senior Lead, TA & PX Systems Administration (R6368)

The role

This person will run Shield AI's Talent Acquisition technology, administering and optimizing Ashby as the ATS and CRM, plus other recruiting and HR systems. The role starts as hands-on individual work and may grow into a player-coach role leading a TA and PX systems team.

What you will do

• Build and maintain the TA and HR technology roadmap with People Technology leadership.
• Administer and optimize Ashby as the ATS and CRM, including workflows, approvals, offers, pipelines and reporting.
• Administer and support Lattice, Pave, Compa and Carta, including configuration, permissions and integrations.
• Manage TA and HR technology vendors, evaluations, renewals and license administration.
• Define integration architecture across the TA and PX stack, including UKG, calendar, identity and SSO.
• Translate stakeholder requirements into system design, configuration and documented workflows.
• Establish data governance for TA and PX systems, including PII classification, access and retention.
• Lead release management and UAT for TA and PX system changes.
• Keep recruiting and PX data reliable for executive reporting and audits.
• Over time, help define future roles and hire and lead a team as a player-coach.

Required qualifications

• Direct hands-on Ashby administration experience.
• 8+ years administering and optimizing recruiting and HR technology.
• Deep ownership of at least one modern ATS and its surrounding TA technology stack.
• Bachelor's degree or an equivalent combination of education, experience, skills and knowledge.
• Experience contributing to a TA or HR technology roadmap and supporting vendor relationships and renewals.
• Hands-on builder who enjoys configuration work, with experience mentoring others or leading cross-functional implementations.
• Strong understanding of end-to-end talent acquisition processes.
• Fluency in the TA technology landscape, including ATS, CRM, sourcing, scheduling, assessments, interview intelligence and analytics.
• Experience administering PX SaaS tools such as performance, compensation, equity, engagement or HRIS-adjacent platforms.
• Systems-thinking mindset covering workflow, data model, permissions and reporting.
• Strong problem-solving and judgment in turning ambiguous requests into configuration decisions and trade-offs.
• Excellent written and verbal communication, including presenting roadmaps and business cases to senior leaders.

Nice to have

• Experience leading an ATS migration or major recruiting technology consolidation onto Ashby or a comparable ATS.
• Experience building or scaling a People or HR technology function.
• Familiarity with data governance concepts for people data.
• Experience with UKG, Workday or another enterprise HRIS as an integration partner.
• Working knowledge of no-code automation platforms (Workato, Zapier, Tray) or scripting.
• Prior experience supporting people technology in a regulated, government contracting, technology, aerospace or similarly complex environment.

Benefits

• Bonus
• Equity
• Benefits for full-time regular employees
• Temporary benefits package for temporary employees, applicable after 60 days of employment

Before you apply

• All offers are contingent on a cleared background check and possible reference check.
• Military fellows and part-time employees are not eligible for benefits.

About the company

Shield AI is a venture-backed defense-tech company that builds intelligent systems to protect service members and civilians. Its products include Hivemind autonomy software, V-BAT and X-BAT aircraft, and Aechelon simulation technologies.