Senior Executive Recruiter — Defense Tech Leadership

CHAOS Industries

El Segundo (CA)

On-site

USD 140,000 - 175,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Health Benefits
401k match
Relocation assistance
Annual bonuses (coming soon)

Job summary

CHAOS Industries is actively seeking a seasoned Executive Recruiter to identify, engage, and close top leadership talent for our defense-technology focused organization. You will partner with the executive team, hiring managers, and stakeholders to build robust pipelines for senior leadership, including VP and C-suite roles.

You will develop comprehensive search strategies, leverage market intelligence and compensation benchmarking, and guide confidential, high-stakes searches to successful

Qualifications

  • 7+ years of executive/leadership-level search experience in aerospace/defense or fast-paced tech environments.
  • Proven track record of closing senior leadership and C-suite hires (VPs and above).
  • Experience partnering with CEOs, founders, and senior stakeholders on critical hires.

Responsibilities

  • Partner with executives and hiring managers to define leadership requirements and strategy.
  • Develop and execute search strategies for senior roles using market mapping and targeted outreach.
  • Identify and engage passive candidates through sophisticated sourcing techniques.
  • Manage full-cycle executive searches from assessment to offer negotiation.
  • Provide market intelligence, compensation benchmarking, and strategy guidance to leadership.

Skills

Executive search
C-suite hiring
Lead generation
Stakeholder management
Negotiation
Data-driven sourcing
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Job description

CHAOS Industries is actively seeking a seasoned Executive Recruiter to identify, engage, and close top leadership talent for our defense-technology focused organization. You will partner with the executive team, hiring managers, and stakeholders to build robust pipelines for senior leadership, including VP and C-suite roles.

You will develop comprehensive search strategies, leverage market intelligence and compensation benchmarking, and guide confidential, high-stakes searches to successful

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