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Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition, Mission Readiness

Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)💼 Full-time💰 $166,000–$166,000🗓 2026-09-21 → 2026-09-26

Core

Senior Manager leading Talent Acquisition to scale a defense technology company's hiring function, managing recruiters and driving full-cycle recruiting for senior engineering roles.

Role type

Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition

Builds

Scalable, high-volume recruiting pipelines for Hardware, Production, and Manufacturing Engineering teams

Domain

Defense technology / Aerospace / Hardware Engineering

Deliverable

client delivery

Required skills

High-volume talent acquisition, senior-level stakeholder management, team mentoring, full-cycle recruiting, passive candidate sourcing, talent mapping, market insights, consultative selling

Preferred skills

Greenfield TA function build, ITAR policy knowledge, process automation, diverse talent engagement

Technologies

LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean strings, web-scraping tools

Responsibilities

Manage a team of recruiters, own and drive full-cycle hiring strategy, conduct high-volume interviews, build talent maps, represent the company brand internally and externally

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities

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