Senior Talent Acquisition & PX Programs Lead

Shield; San Diego (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 245,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus

Equity

Benefits

Job summary

Shield AI is seeking a Senior PX Program Manager to lead the delivery and optimization of Talent Acquisition and People Experience initiatives. You will translate recruiting strategy into scalable programs, governance, and operating models, partnering with TA leaders, recruiters, and PX Systems to drive adoption and measurable outcomes.

The role focuses on end-to-end process improvements, onboarding, and building repeatable approaches across high-volume hiring.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in HR, Business, Organizational Development, Industrial Engineering, Operations, or related field.
• 8+ years of experience leading complex programs, process improvements, transformations, or organizational change within Talent Acquisition, HR, People Operations, Operations, or a related environment.
• Demonstrated success managing cross-functional initiatives with multiple stakeholders and workstreams in a high-growth or similarly dynamic organization.
• Strong program and project management skills, including planning, governance, risk and dependency management, execution, and performance measurement.
• Experience supporting Talent Acquisition programs and a working understanding of the end-to-end recruiting lifecycle and the needs of candidates, recruiters, and hiring teams.
• Experience assessing and redesigning end-to-end processes, identifying root causes, clarifying roles and handoffs, and implementing scalable solutions, frameworks, playbooks, or SOPs.
• Hands‑on change management experience, including stakeholder analysis, communications, training, enablement, adoption, and reinforcement.
• Ability to use recruiting, operational, survey, adoption, and other quantitative and qualitative data to guide decisions and measure impact.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, analytical, and stakeholder‑management skills, with the ability to bring structure to ambiguity and influence outcomes without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, coordination, execution, and launch of complex TA programs and cross-functional PX initiatives.
• Partner with TA and PX leaders to define program scope, objectives, milestones, timelines, risks, dependencies, resources, and success measures.
• Translate strategic hiring priorities into actionable roadmaps, workstreams, implementation plans, and sustainable operating models.
• Maintain integrated program plans and operating rhythms; monitor progress and proactively manage risks, issues, dependencies, and decisions.
• Drive alignment and accountability across recruiters, coordinators, sourcers, hiring managers, interviewers, systems teams, and other partners to achieve milestones and intended outcomes.
• Ensure programs transition effectively from implementation to sustainable business-as-usual operations with clear ownership, documentation, and performance measures.

Skills

Program management

Stakeholder management

Change management

Process optimization

Recruiting operations

Data-driven decisions

Education

Bachelor’s degree in HR/Business/related field

Tools

ATS

HRIS

Recruiting platforms

Job description

Shield AI is seeking a Senior PX Program Manager to lead the delivery and optimization of Talent Acquisition and People Experience initiatives. You will translate recruiting strategy into scalable programs, governance, and operating models, partnering with TA leaders, recruiters, and PX Systems to drive adoption and measurable outcomes.

The role focuses on end-to-end process improvements, onboarding, and building repeatable approaches across high-volume hiring.