Senior Talent Acquisition Leader Federal Contracts

Remote; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 120,000 - 170,000; Full time

Job summary

Redwood Strategy Group is seeking a Senior Talent Acquisition Manager to lead and optimize our recruiting and staffing operations for federal government contracts. You will partner with executives to develop strategies, build candidate pipelines, and guide hiring across programs.

You will independently manage the full lifecycle from requisitions to onboarding, with a focus on compliance, security clearances, and efficiency.

Qualifications

• US citizenship required.
• Bachelor's degree in HR/Business/Management or related field.
• 10+ years of professional recruiting and talent acquisition experience, including significant DoD/civilian federal contracts.
• Experience recruiting for DoD and/or civilian federal contracts.
• Experience recruiting professional, technical, management and specialized personnel for federal contracts.
• Experience supporting federal government proposals, contingent hiring, key personnel recruitment, and contract transition staffing.
• Ability to independently manage multiple recruiting requirements in a fast-paced government contracting environment.
• Experience developing recruiting strategies, managing candidate pipelines, and advising leadership on staffing requirements.
• Strong understanding of federal contracting staffing considerations, including labor category qualifications, clearance eligibility, and contract-specific requirements.
• Experience with ATS, recruiting platforms, and candidate sourcing technologies.
• Attention to detail

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage recruiting and staffing function to support growth and contract performance.
• Advise executive leadership, program managers, and business development personnel on staffing strategies.
• Develop and execute recruiting strategies aligned with current contract requirements, anticipated awards, and pipelines.
• Independently manage full recruiting lifecycle: requisition development, sourcing, screening, interviewing, offers, onboarding coordination.
• Establish staffing priorities, develop staffing plans, and identify staffing challenges and mitigation strategies.
• Evaluate and improve recruiting processes, tools, technologies and sourcing methods.
• Lead recruiting efforts supporting federal proposals, recompetes, new contract awards, and staffing requirements.
• Partner with business development and proposal teams to recruit key personnel and proposed staff.
• Develop and maintain candidate pipelines for anticipated contract requirements.
• Support incumbent capture and transition staffing, including outreach, qualification, compensation discussions, and staffing coordination.
• Coordinate position requirements with labor categories, education/experience qualifications, citizenship, and clearance requirements.
• Support proposal development through candidate identification, resume collection, and staffing matrices.
• Coordinate with leadership to balance qualifications, compensation, contract requirements and business objectives.
• Build and maintain relationships with candidates, professionals, networks, and agencies.
• Promote professional candidate experience throughout the process.

Skills

US Citizenship

Recruiting experience

Federal contracting

Staffing strategies

Candidate pipelines

Proposal recruitment

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

Applicant Tracking Systems

Recruiting platforms

Sourcing technologies

Job description

Redwood Strategy Group is seeking a Senior Talent Acquisition Manager to lead and optimize our recruiting and staffing operations for federal government contracts. You will partner with executives to develop strategies, build candidate pipelines, and guide hiring across programs.

You will independently manage the full lifecycle from requisitions to onboarding, with a focus on compliance, security clearances, and efficiency.