Executive Recruiter

Job description

Job responsibilities

• Own full-cycle executive searches across SG&A functions — Finance, Legal, People, Communications, and other corporate leadership roles — from intake through close, with a particular emphasis on VP-and-above positions.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to Anduril's C-suite and functional leaders on executive talent strategy, market mapping, compensation benchmarking, and organizational design as it relates to senior hiring.
• Build and maintain a proprietary network of senior defense and national security talent, including retired general/flag officers, former senior acquisition officials, and executives from prime and non-traditional…
• Develop rigorous search processes that bring structure and accountability to what has historically been a relationship- and referral-driven motion — calibration sessions, candidate scorecards, pipeline reviews, and…
• Act as Anduril's brand ambassador to the senior defense community, representing the company's mission, culture, and trajectory credibly to candidates who are weighing Anduril against established primes and government…
• Partner with Security to navigate clearance timelines and adjudication complexity for candidates with active or reinvestigable TS/SCI and SAP access.
• Collaborate with the broader Talent Acquisition team to share market intelligence, refine the executive recruiting playbook, and raise the bar on how Anduril approaches senior hiring company-wide.
• Track and report on pipeline health, time-to-fill, and search effectiveness to TA leadership, using data to identify bottlenecks and continuously improve the function.

Job requirements

• 10+ years of recruiting experience, with at least 4 years focused on executive-level searches (VP and above) in a corporate, retained search, or hybrid environment.
• Demonstrated track record of closing senior hires in defense, national security, aerospace, or adjacent government-adjacent industries.
• Deep familiarity with the DoD acquisition ecosystem — you understand how PEOs, DASA offices, service acquisition executives, and program offices operate, and you know where senior talent moves when it leaves government.
• Established personal network across the cleared defense and intelligence community at the senior leader level.
• Ability to operate with a high degree of autonomy and sound judgment in an environment where processes are still being built.
• Executive presence and communication skills sufficient to partner credibly with C-level stakeholders and engage candidates at the general officer and senior executive level.
• Comfort managing multiple concurrent searches with competing priorities and tight timelines.
• Must be authorized to work in the United States.