Talent Acquisition Manager

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

This role hands a Talent Acquisition Manager the keys to Lockheed Martin's planning process and dares them to make it sharper. Where most business jobs cap your reach, this Lockheed Martin one in Buffalo pays $83,000 - $116,000 and widens it the longer you stay.

Key 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

What You'll Bring

• A 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

Lockheed Martin has made Buffalo, NY synonymous with question-everything, dependable business work that outlasts the hype cycles. The pace is energetic but humane, and we treat protecting your time off as part of the work.

Start strong at $83,000 - $116,000, grow with a mentor, settle into benefits, and enjoy flexibility that finally fits Buffalo.

This role is in active recruitment, with a target start date just ahead.