Sr. Manager, Services Recruiting

maxar; Herndon (VA); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Vantor is seeking a Senior Manager, Government Services Talent Acquisition to lead recruiting for government programs, translating contract needs into hiring plans and pipelines for engineers, technical professionals, mission operators, and program leaders.

The role manages a recruiting team, handles complex, cleared positions, and partners with program, contracts, security, finance, and HR to staff initiatives. Hybrid work in Herndon, VA with three days onsite.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in talent acquisition or recruiting.
• 3+ years managing recruiters or multiple teams.
• Experience staffing government contracts or government-funded programs.
• Translating contract labor categories, statements of work, and program timelines into recruiting plans.
• Experience recruiting technical and cleared talent.
• Experience in government services, defense, aerospace, intelligence, or related contracting environments.
• Experience managing full-cycle recruiting including intake, sourcing, interviews, offers, and hiring-manager coordination.
• Experience using an applicant tracking system and recruiting data to manage pipelines and hiring activity.
• Experience reporting recruiting progress, staffing risks, and hiring recommendations to senior leaders or cross-functional stakeholders.

Responsibilities

• Develop recruiting plans based on awarded and funded government contracts, program requirements, labor categories, staffing plans, and hiring timelines.
• Partner with Program Management, Contracts, Capture, Finance, Security, and HR to understand contract requirements and staffing constraints.
• Translate statements of work, performance work statements, labor categories, customer requirements, clearance needs, and program start dates into candidate profiles and search strategies.
• Track staffing needs against program funding, contract periods of performance, option periods, modifications, customer approvals, and planned start dates.
• Recruit candidates who meet applicable technical, experience, clearance, certification, citizenship, location, and availability requirements.
• Identify staffing risks that could delay contract start dates, program delivery, customer commitments, or funded hiring plans.
• Support new contract mobilizations, recompetes, expansions, and other changes in government program staffing needs.

Skills

Recruiting leadership

Government staffing

Technical recruiting

Full-cycle recruiting

Stakeholder management

Job description

Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence, helping decision makers and operators navigate what's happening now and shape what's coming next. Vantor is a place for problem solvers, changemakers, and go-getters-where people are working together to help our customers see the world differently, and in doing so, be seen differently. Come be part of a mission, not just a job, where you can: Shape your own future, build the next big thing, and change the world.

To be eligible for this position, you must be a U.S. Person, defined as a U.S. citizen, permanent resident, Asylee, or Refugee.

Export Control/ITAR: Certain roles may be subject to U.S. export control laws, requiring U.S. person status as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3).

Please review the job details below.

The Senior Manager, Government Services Talent Acquisition will lead recruiting for these programs, translating contract requirements and workforce needs into hiring plans and building pipelines for engineers, technical professionals, mission operators, and program leaders.

The Senior Manager will lead the recruiting team while managing a reasonable requisition load for complex technical and cleared positions. The role requires direct experience staffing government contracts and partnering with program, contracts, security, finance, and hiring leaders to build the workforce needed to support program delivery.

This role is a strong fit for someone who wants to connect their recruiting work to the people, programs, and capabilities that support government customers and high-priority missions. This role will be located in the Herndon, VA office three days per week and from home the other days.

Government Services and Contract Staffing

• Develop recruiting plans based on awarded and funded government contracts, program requirements, labor categories, staffing plans, and hiring timelines.
• Partner with Program Management, Contracts, Capture, Finance, Security, and HR to understand contract requirements and staffing constraints.
• Translate statements of work, performance work statements, labor categories, customer requirements, clearance needs, and program start dates into candidate profiles and search strategies.
• Track staffing needs against program funding, contract periods of performance, option periods, modifications, customer approvals, and planned start dates.
• Recruit candidates who meet applicable technical, experience, clearance, certification, citizenship, location, and availability requirements.
• Identify staffing risks that could delay contract start dates, program delivery, customer commitments, or funded hiring plans.
• Support new contract mobilizations, recompetes, expansions, and other changes in government program staffing needs.

Required Qualifications

• 8 or more years of experience in talent acquisition, recruiting, or executive search.
• 3 or more years of experience managing recruiters, recruiting teams, or multiple recruiting workstreams.
• Demonstrated experience staffing positions against awarded or funded government contracts or government-funded programs.
• Experience translating contract labor categories, statements of work, customer requirements, clearance requirements, and program timelines into recruiting plans.
• Experience recruiting technical roles and cleared or clearance-eligible talent.
• Experience in government services, defense, aerospace, intelligence, national security, government technology, or a related contracting environment.
• Experience managing full-cycle recruiting, including intake, sourcing, candidate assessment, interviews, offers, and hiring-manager coordination.
• Experience using an applicant tracking system and recruiting data to manage pipelines and hiring activity.
• Experience managing recruiter workload, staffing plans, schedules, or external recruiting support.
• Experience reporting recruiting progress, staffing risks, and hiring recommendations to senior leaders or cross-functional stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience supporting contract awards, program mobilizations, recompetes, contract modifications, option periods, or rapid program expansions.
• Experience recruiting for Department of Defense, intelligence community, space, satellite operations, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, machine learning, software, systems engineering, or technical program roles.
• Experience recruiting candidates with Secret, Top Secret, TS/SCI, polygraph, or other program-specific access requirements.
• Experience with military transition programs, SkillBridge, veteran recruiting, technical associations, university recruiting, or cleared talent networks.
• Experience managing recruiting agencies, RPO providers, executive search firms, or recruiting contractors.
• Experience with Workday Recruiting, LinkedIn Recruiter, or similar recruiting technologies.