Strategic Talent Acquisition Leader in Buffalo | Growth

Egreenservices; Buffalo (NY); On-site; USD 83,000 - 116,000; Full time

Job summary

Lockheed Martin in Buffalo is seeking a Talent Acquisition Manager to lead strategic planning, manage compensation analytics, and optimize recruitment processes across NY. The role emphasizes collaboration, mentoring, and data-driven decision making in a fast-paced contract environment.

Ideal candidates bring a track record of delivery, ~6+ years in similar TA leadership, and a calm, team-focused approach to forecast and meet hiring goals while balancing budget and stakeholder expectations.

Qualifications

• Track record of trust-the-team delivery in a contract structure
• Strong rapport-building skills and a genuinely positive presence
• Roughly 6+ years operating in a similar Talent Acquisition Manager position
• A collaborator's reflex to share credit and absorb blame
• Manager fluency in Compensation Analysis, with Project Management on your roadmap
• Calm under the unhurried chaos a manager role tends to generate

Responsibilities

• Monitor industry shifts and advise leadership on strategic responses
• Coordinate with regional offices to standardize processes across NY
• Own the math behind every Talent Acquisition Manager promise made to a customer
• Find the $83,000 - $116,000 of value hiding in a process everyone tolerates
• Defend the budget line by line when Buffalo finance comes knocking
• Own the Employee Engagement model that everyone quietly trusts to forecast next quarter
• Push a business pilot past the part where most pilots die
• Broker tradeoffs when sales, product, and finance want three different things in Buffalo

Job description

Lockheed Martin in Buffalo is seeking a Talent Acquisition Manager to lead strategic planning, manage compensation analytics, and optimize recruitment processes across NY. The role emphasizes collaboration, mentoring, and data-driven decision making in a fast-paced contract environment.

Ideal candidates bring a track record of delivery, ~6+ years in similar TA leadership, and a calm, team-focused approach to forecast and meet hiring goals while balancing budget and stakeholder expectations.