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Anduril

Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition, Mission Readiness

Anduril
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onsite senior full-time $166,000-$220,000 USD Costa Mesa, California

First indexed 11 Jun 2026

Description

As a key member of Anduril's Talent Acquisition team, you will be responsible for the company's talent management as we continue to rapidly scale and grow. Your work will be hands-on and involve collaborating with Production leaders to define the hiring needs, influence process improvements and efficiencies, and set a high bar of talent and performance. To achieve this, you will be given the autonomy and tools to execute, build, and develop Anduril's world-class team.

This is a full-time position. As a Senior Recruiting Manager, Deployments Mission Readiness, you will manage a team of direct reports, partner with stakeholders across the business, while building pipelines and strategy to scale a department that is aligned with our company culture and mission.

  • Manage a team of recruiters to support scaling deployment needs
  • Own and drive hiring strategy full-cycle, providing effective, clear communication and reporting
  • Act as a subject matter expert in prospecting techniques and tools used for information retrieval, data extraction, web-scraping, continuous process improvement, process automation, and candidate management
  • Conduct a high volume of interviews, demonstrating ability to anticipate and influence hiring manager preferences through successful interview-to-offer conversion ratios
  • Engage and source passive candidates using LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean strings, referrals, and SOBO campaigns
  • Build talent maps to generate market insights to inform your engagement strategy
  • Drive diverse talent into the organization ensuring a positive candidate experience at every touchpoint
  • Represent the company's brand and recruiting team internally and externally at the highest caliber
  • Leverage internal resources, team members, and cross-functional partners to build strategy around selling our value proposition and impacting hiring practices

Required Qualifications:

  • 10+ years of high-volume talent acquisition experience evaluating and hiring top-tier talent
  • 8+ years of experience working with senior-level leaders and stakeholders, reporting on progress, creating, and advising on talent strategies
  • 5+ years of experience mentoring or managing a small team of recruiters focused on delivery of time-sensitive pipelines
  • Experience recruiting at an agency and fast-paced startup, hiring exempt roles for hardware, production, or manufacturing engineering
  • Ability to be onsite/hybrid at Costa Mesa, CA office

Preferred Qualifications:

  • Experience building talent acquisition function from the ground up for a greenfield location
  • Knowledge of ITAR policies around hiring practices
  • Experience acting in a consultative manner where your guidance has led to improved outcomes and positive candidate experiences
  • Clear and effective communication with candidates to understand motivation, drivers, and fit within the organization
  • Experience managing various high-volume pipelines of candidates and keeping track of their progress throughout the recruitment process
  • Highly autonomous, collaborative, and adaptable

US Salary Range: $166,000-$220,000 USD

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