Senior Executive Recruiter

Anduril
Washington
Workplace: HybridFull timeUSD 166,000 - 220,000 annuallyFunction: People, HR & TalentSkills: ["Stakeholder management","Executive presence","Autonomy","Process ownership","Relationship building"]

Own full-cycle executive recruiting for the Growth function, including Heads of Growth, Capture Directors, and senior business development leaders. Partner with leadership to translate strategy into search strategy, build a proprietary network of senior cleared defense talent, and represent Anduril to O-6, SES, and industry executive candidates. Drive recruiting execution and process improvements with data reporting on pipeline health, time-to-fill, slate quality, and offer close rates.

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Anduril
Anduril
1 month ago

Senior Executive Recruiter

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Job Summary

Own full-cycle executive recruiting for the Growth function, including Heads of Growth, Capture Directors, and senior business development leaders. Partner with leadership to translate strategy into search strategy, build a proprietary network of senior cleared defense talent, and represent Anduril to O-6, SES, and industry executive candidates. Drive recruiting execution and process improvements with data reporting on pipeline health, time-to-fill, slate quality, and offer close rates.
Location: Washington
Workplace: Hybrid
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: People, HR & Talent
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Run full-cycle executive search for Growth leadership hires, owning sourcing, assessment, slate quality, offer strategy, and close.
  • •Partner with senior Growth executives and General Managers to translate business strategy into search strategy and calibrate candidate profiles.
  • •Build and maintain a proprietary network of senior, cleared defense talent, including former general/flag officers and senior acquisition professionals.
  • •Represent Anduril credibly to senior executive candidates as the first meaningful point of contact at the executive level.
  • •Own data and reporting for Growth executive search, including pipeline health, time-to-fill, slate quality, offer close rates, and process improvements.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: USD 166,000 - 220,000 annually
Equity and Bonus:Equity

Key Requirements

  • •Deep experience placing or hiring senior commercial leadership, with either executive search background or equivalent senior operating experience and proven hiring judgment.
  • •Working knowledge of the DoD acquisition ecosystem and career pathways between military service, government, and defense industry commercial leadership.
  • •Established relationships across ex-military-turned-industry senior leadership, with the ability to earn trust quickly at O-6, general/flag officer, SES, and senior industry executive levels.
  • •Executive presence and stakeholder management to work directly with C-level executives and Business Line General Managers and drive process.
  • •Based in Washington, DC with ability to be in office 4 days a week, and must be authorized to work in the United States.
Experience:Defense technologyDoD acquisitionExecutive recruitingDefense technology ecosystem
Skills:Stakeholder managementExecutive presenceAutonomyProcess ownershipRelationship building
Languages:English

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

Company Brief

Anduril
Designs and builds advanced defense systems combining autonomous aircraft, sensors, and AI-driven software for military and national security applications, focused on modernizing battlefield capabilities and distributed sensing.
Industry: Defense Technology
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Costa Mesa, United States
Founded: 2017
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