Senior Leadership Recruiter, Mission Readiness

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); Hybrid; USD 147,000 - 196,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a high-volume leadership recruiter to join its Talent Acquisition team in Costa Mesa, CA. You will own full-cycle hiring, map talent, and partner with executive leaders to scale critical roles for deployments, logistics, and operations.

You will source passive candidates, drive interview to offer conversions, and represent the Anduril brand across internal and external partners, delivering exceptional candidate experiences.

Qualifications

• 6+ years experience as a high‑volume leadership recruiter for critical roles
• 3+ years of client interaction with executive leaders, taking new requirements and updating pipeline progress
• Experience recruiting at an agency and/or fast-paced startup, hiring leadership/executive roles for Deployments, Logistics, Maintenance/Repair Operations, or Aftermarket Strategy

Responsibilities

• Own and drive full-cycle hiring strategy with clear communication and reporting
• Conduct a high volume of interviews and influence hiring manager preferences through successful interview-to-offer conversion
• Engage and source passive candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean strings, referrals and SOBO campaigns
• Drive diverse talent into the organization ensuring a positive candidate experience at every touchpoint
• Build talent maps to generate market insights to inform engagement strategy

Skills

High-volume recruiting

Candidate management

Interviewing

Talent mapping

Sourcing passive candidates

Tools

LinkedIn Recruiter

Boolean strings

Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

ABOUT THE JOB

As a key member of Anduril's Talent Acquisition team, you will be responsible for the company's talent management as we continue to rapidly scale and grow. Your work will be hands‑on and involve collaborating with Mission Readiness & Deployments leaders to define the hiring needs, influence process improvements and efficiencies, and set a high bar of talent and performance. To achieve this, you will be given the autonomy and tools to execute, build, and develop Anduril's world class team. We are looking for someone who can handle every aspect of recruiting and talent mapping, excited to be part of lean and nimble team on one mission together, where no task is too big or too small.

This is a full-time position and will be hybrid in Costa Mesa, CA.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Act as a subject matter expert in talent mapping, prospecting techniques, and tools used for information retrieval, data extraction, web‑scraping, continuous process improvement, process automation, and candidate management
• Own and drive hiring strategy full-cycle, providing effective, clear communication and reporting
• Conduct a high volume of interviews, demonstrating ability to anticipate and influence hiring manager preferences through successful interview‑to‑offer conversion ratios
• Engage and source passive candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean strings, referrals and SOBO campaigns
• Drive diverse talent into the organization ensuring a positive candidate experience at every touchpoint
• Build talent maps to generate market insights to inform your engagement strategy
• Represent the company's brand and recruiting team internally and externally
• Leverage internal resources to build strategy around selling our value proposition

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 6+ years experience as a high‑volume leadership recruiter providing white glove service for critical roles and engaging top tier talent
• 3+ years of client interaction experience, including working with Hiring Managers who are Executive leaders, taking new requirements, reviewing profiles and updating pipeline progress
• Experience recruiting at an agency and/or fast‑paced startup, hiring leadership/executive roles for Deployments, Logistics, Maintenance Repair Operations, or Aftermarket Strategy
• Ability to be hybrid onsite at the Costa Mesa, CA office

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Knowledge of ITAR policies around hiring practices
• Experience acting in a consultative manner where your guidance has led to improved outcomes and positive candidate experiences
• Clear and effective communication with candidates to understand motivation, drivers, and fit within the organization
• Experience managing various high‑volume pipelines of candidates and keeping track of their progress throughout the recruitment process
• Highly autonomous, collaborative, and adaptable

US Salary Range

$147,000—$196,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top‑tier benefits for full‑time employees, including:

Benefits

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.