Virtual Senior Principal Talent Acquisition Partner

Northrop Grumman; United States; Remote; USD 107,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Life and disability insurance

Savings plan

Company paid holidays

Paid time off (PTO)

Job summary

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Senior Principal Talent Acquisition Business Partner to lead end-to-end recruitment for both cleared and non-cleared roles. This virtual role prefers candidates located near Mission System sites, with travel up to 10%.

You will partner with HR leaders to shape talent strategy, improve speed and quality of hires, and manage the full recruiting lifecycle. You will use modern ATS/CRM tools and contribute to an enterprise-wide digital transformation while ensuring

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of recruiting and sourcing experience -OR- Masters degree with 6 years of relevant experience. Will consider 12 years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree.
• Experience with full life-cycle recruiting and sourcing diverse, technical talent across various engineering, manufacturing, and other disciplines
• Documented social media savviness with extensive online networks
• Demonstrated history of partnering and engaging with HR and hiring managers and establishing credibility with extensive business acumen
• Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret Clearance
• US citizenship required
• Background in agency recruiting
• Experience with server-based applicant tracking systems, ideally Workday and/or Eightfold
• Knowledge of OFCCP process compliance
• Ability to demonstrate effective ways to build talent pipelines and tactical research
• Knowledge of alternative search techniques to find and engage passive candidates

Responsibilities

• As a Talent Acquisition Business Partner, you will drive end-to-end hiring and serve as a strategic advisor to business and HR leaders, advancing our Enterprise-wide digital transformation.
• You will align talent strategies to business priorities, deliver high-quality hires, and leverage agile recruitment methodologies to improve speed, quality, and candidate experience.
• Serve as the primary recruiting partner to hiring managers and HRBPs; lead intake/discovery to define role requirements, success profiles, and selection criteria.
• Build and execute data-driven hiring strategies for cleared and non-cleared technical and functional roles; create targeted pipelines aligned to near- and long-term workforce plans.
• Manage full-cycle recruitment: job posting, proactive outreach, screening, structured interviews, panel facilitation, debriefs, references, and candidate closing.
• Advise on labor market and competitor intelligence (talent supply, compensation, location strategy) to inform headcount planning and requisition prioritization.
• Champion an exceptional candidate experience; keep candidates and stakeholders informed, prepare interview teams, and drive timely, inclusive decision-making.
• Partner with Compensation, Legal, Security, and Talent Ops on offer development, approvals, clearances, relocation, and start dates; ensure EEO/OFCCP compliance and audit-ready documentation.
• Leverage and optimize sourcing channels and tools (e.g., LinkedIn Recruiter, HireEZ, ClearanceJobs, Indeed, niche boards) and engage agency partners when needed; hold vendors accountable for results.
• Activate employer brand and employee value proposition across social channels, professional communities, and events; represent Northrop Grumman at targeted recruiting engagements.
• Build and nurture strategic talent communities for critical skill areas; convert passive prospects into active candidates through sustained relationship management.
• Coach hiring managers on structured interviewing, selection best practices, and bias mitigation to improve quality of hire and diversity outcomes.
• Use ATS/CRM to manage requisitions and pipelines; maintain data integrity, track funnel metrics (time-to-fill, conversion, source effectiveness), and continuously improve processes through agile recruiting sprints.

Skills

Full life-cycle recruiting

Sourcing diverse talent

Social media savviness

Partnering with HR and hiring managers

US citizenship & clearance prep

Talent strategy

Education

Bachelor’s degree + 8y experience OR Master’s +6y

Tools

Workday

Eightfold

ATS/CRM

Job description

Northrop Grumman is seeking a Senior Principal Talent Acquisition Business Partner to lead end-to-end recruitment for both cleared and non-cleared roles. This virtual role prefers candidates located near Mission System sites, with travel up to 10%.

You will partner with HR leaders to shape talent strategy, improve speed and quality of hires, and manage the full recruiting lifecycle. You will use modern ATS/CRM tools and contribute to an enterprise-wide digital transformation while ensuring