Director of Talent Acquisition

Tractor Supply Company; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

Falcata is seeking a hands-on, business-oriented Director of Talent Acquisition to lead enterprise recruiting strategy and execution for a growing defense technology platform.

Reporting to the Chief People Officer, the Director will lead and develop the TA function, strengthen workforce planning, and establish scalable processes, technology, and analytics that support government contracts and anticipated growth.

Job description

Director of Talent Acquisition

Position Location

Remote

Reports To

Chief People Officer

Travel

Approximately 20-30%, based on recruiting activity, site support, leadership meetings, and integration needs.

Citizenship / Clearance

U.S. citizenship required. Must be able to obtain and maintain a security clearance as business needs require.

Role Type

Senior enterprise Talent Acquisition leadership role

Company Context

Headquartered in Arlington, Virginia, Falcata is a defense technology company with more than 50 years of experience providing critical technologies and mission solutions to industry partners and U.S. Government customers. The company supports mission-critical capabilities across precision weapons, electronic warfare, radar, ISR, and air and missile defense systems.

As Falcata enters its next stage of significant organic growth, acquisition activity, and private-equity-backed platform development, the company is building a scalable People organization capable of attracting critical technical, manufacturing, business, and leadership talent across an increasingly complex enterprise.

Position Summary

Falcata is seeking a hands‑on, business-oriented Director of Talent Acquisition to lead enterprise recruiting strategy and execution for a growing defense technology platform.

Reporting to the Chief People Officer, the Director will lead and develop the Talent Acquisition function, strengthen workforce planning, integrate recruiting operations, and establish scalable processes, technology, and analytics that support business priorities, government programs, and anticipated growth. This is a working leadership role requiring both strategic direction and direct involvement in selected executive, specialized, and business‑critical searches.

The successful candidate will bring strong technical and defense‑market recruiting experience, sound business judgment, and the ability to partner with executives, P&L leaders, Engineering, Operations, Growth, Finance, Security, and HR colleagues to build the talent pipelines required for organic growth and acquisitions.

Key Responsibilities

Talent Acquisition Strategy and Workforce Planning

• Develop and execute an enterprise Talent Acquisition strategy aligned with business priorities, government contracts, technical programs, acquisition activity, and anticipated workforce growth.
• Partner with the CPO, business leaders, Business Development, Capture, Finance, and Operations to forecast workforce needs, evaluate contract opportunities, and establish recruiting priorities.
• Provide labor‑market intelligence, compensation insights, talent‑availability assessments, and sourcing recommendations to inform workforce planning and hiring decisions.
• Identify critical skill gaps and build proactive talent pipelines for priority engineering, technical, manufacturing, cleared, and leadership roles.

Recruiting Leadership and Operational Delivery

• Lead, coach, and develop the Talent Acquisition team, establishing clear service standards, operating rhythms, accountability, and a strong candidate and hiring‑manager experience.
• Assess team capabilities, requisition workloads, and resource allocation while ensuring recruiting delivery is aligned to business priorities and capacity.
• Personally lead or support selected executive, specialized, high‑impact, or difficult‑to‑fill searches as needed.
• Partner with hiring managers to strengthen intake, selection, interview, decision, and offer practices and improve quality and speed of hiring.

Recruiting Operations, Technology, and Integration

• Assess and integrate recruiting practices, systems, workflows, and resources across Falcata and acquired businesses, establishing scalable enterprise standards while allowing appropriate business‑specific variation.
• Optimize applicant tracking systems, sourcing platforms, reporting capabilities, automation, and responsible AI‑enabled recruiting workflows with appropriate governance and human oversight.
• Establish consistent recruiting processes, documentation, controls, and service levels that support compliance, audit readiness, and efficient hiring execution.
• Manage external recruiting vendors and agencies, evaluating performance, cost, quality, and appropriate use of external support.

Specialized Technical and Defense Recruiting

• Develop recruiting strategies for specialized engineering, technical, manufacturing, production, and cleared roles, including RF, radar, sensing, guidance, navigation, embedded software, systems engineering, and related disciplines.
• Support recruiting across research and development, production operations, government programs, customer‑site environments, and other mission‑critical workforce segments.
• Build relationships with universities, technical associations, veteran communities, professional networks, and specialized talent sources to strengthen long‑term pipelines.
• Partner with Security, Legal, HR, and business leaders to address citizenship, clearance, export‑con