Technical Recruiter Strategy & Ops

Frontdoor Defense; Montreal; On-site; CAD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Xona, the navigational intelligence company bringing real-time positioning to devices worldwide, is seeking a seasoned Recruiter to own full-cycle recruiting for the Montreal-based team and to help scale talent acquisition across Canada. You’ll collaborate with a Montreal team and with recruitment colleagues in Burlingame, California to build out multiple departments.

This role is ideal for someone early in their recruiting career who’s excited to take ownership, partner with hiring managers,

Qualifications

• 2+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience in-house or agency.
• Fluency in English and French (written and verbal).
• Experience recruiting in startup, high-growth, or technical environment.
• Familiarity with aerospace, satellite, GNSS, or deep-tech industries.
• Strong communication with candidates and internal stakeholders.
• Comfortable in a fast-paced scaling environment with ownership.

Responsibilities

• Own full-cycle recruiting (sourcing - offer) for Montreal-based roles, ensuring a great candidate experience.
• Partner with hiring managers to define role requirements, timelines, and candidate profiles.
• Build and maintain scalable talent acquisition processes aligned with standards.
• Update recruitment process and email templates using Ashby.
• Coordinate interviews, feedback, and offers using Ashby.
• Support employer branding, recruiting campaigns, and hiring events (virtual/in-person).
• Represent Xona’s mission, values, and culture throughout the hiring process.

Skills

Full-cycle recruiting

Fluency in English and French

Stakeholder communication

Job description

Technical Recruiter

Own end-to-end recruitment for Montreal team and implement scalable talent acquisition

Location: Montréal, Quebec

About The Role

Recruiter Position at Xona

Xona is the navigational intelligence company bringing real-time, centimeter-level certainty to any device, anywhere on Earth. With Pulsar - the world's most advanced PNT satellite infrastructure in Low Earth Orbit - Xona will offer a future-proof, backwards-compatible global positioning system optimized for absolute precision, superior power, and robust protection.

We’re looking for a seasoned Recruiter to take ownership of talent acquisition and hiring practices for our growing Montreal-based team. Working closely with a recruiter and operations team in Montreal and recruitment colleagues in Burlingame, California, you’ll work to find exceptional talent and build out various departments for our Canadian office. This role is ideal for someone early in their recruiting career who’s excited to own full-cycle recruiting, partner closely with hiring managers, and deliver a seamless candidate experience. You’ll play a key role in shaping the growth of our team and supporting our mission to redefine how people and machines determine where they are in the world.

What You’ll Do

• Own full-cycle recruiting (sourcing - offer) across technical and non-technical roles for Xona’s Montreal-based team, providing a great Candidate Experience.
• Partner closely with hiring managers to define role requirements, timelines, and candidate profiles
• Build and maintain scalable talent acquisition processes aligned with Xona’s standards
• Update and/or Improve Recruitment process and E-mail templates using Ashby
• Coordinate interviews, feedback, and offers using Ashby
• Support employer branding initiatives, recruiting campaigns, and hiring events (virtual and in-person)
• Act as a representative of Xona’s mission, values, and culture throughout the hiring process.

Required Qualifications

• +2 years of full-cycle recruiting experience (in-house or agency)
• Fluency in English and French (written and verbal)
• Experience recruiting in a startup, high-growth, or technical environment
• Familiarity with aerospace, satellite, GNSS, or deep-tech industries
• Strong communication skills with both candidates and internal stakeholders
• Comfortable working in a fast-paced, scaling environment. Proactive, collaborative mindset with a strong sense of ownership
• Full-time, onsite availability in Montreal (this role is not remote or hybrid)