Senior Talent Acquisition Manager, RMS
Remote · Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00) · USD 143,000-191,000 · 5+ years experience · Full-time · Remote · Posted Sep 22, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 5+ years experience
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Remote
- Location
- Remote · Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)
- Salary
- USD 143,000-191,000 · Base salary
About the role
- As Senior Manager of Talent Acquisition for RMS, you will own the recruiting engine that fuels the rapid scaling of the Rocket Motor Systems (RMS) team.
- You will sit at the table with production and engineering leaders, translate workforce plans into hiring strategies, and hold your team to a consistently high bar across process discipline and performance outcomes.
Responsibilities
- Manage and develop a team of recruiters supporting RMS hiring across production, manufacturing engineering, quality, and supply chain functions
- Own end-to-end hiring strategy for RMS: forecast demand with production leaders, build pipelines, and report progress with clear, data-backed communication
- Use recruiting data and funnel metrics to identify bottlenecks, diagnose root causes, and drive process improvements—acting on what the data shows rather than waiting for direction
- Set and maintain a high performance bar for the recruiting team: define clear expectations around sourcing activity, pipeline velocity, interview quality, and offer-acceptance rates
- Act as a subject matter expert in sourcing techniques and tools—including Boolean search, LinkedIn Recruiter, referral programs, and SOBO campaigns—and coach your team to use them effectively
- Conduct interviews and calibrate hiring manager expectations, demonstrating strong interview-to-offer conversion through disciplined candidate evaluation
- Build talent maps and market intelligence specific to the RMS talent landscape (propulsion, energetics, pyrotechnics, production operations) to inform proactive engagement strategies
- Drive diverse talent into the organization while ensuring a consistently excellent candidate experience at every touchpoint
- Partner cross-functionally with HR, compensation, and workforce planning to align recruiting efforts with headcount plans, offer competitiveness, and retention goals
- Represent Anduril’s brand and recruiting function with the highest level of professionalism—internally with senior stakeholders and externally with candidates and partners
Requirements
- 10+ years of high-volume talent acquisition experience evaluating and hiring top-tier technical talent
- 8+ years partnering with senior leaders and stakeholders—reporting on progress, advising on strategy, and using data to influence hiring decisions
- 5+ years managing or mentoring a team of recruiters with accountability for time-sensitive, high-volume pipelines
- Demonstrated track record of using recruiting analytics to initiate and sustain process improvements—not just reporting metrics but acting on them
- Experience recruiting in an agency and/or fast-paced startup environment, hiring for hardware, production, manufacturing engineering, or related technical roles
- Ability to travel between sites as needed
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities
Preferred qualifications
- Experience standing up a talent acquisition function for a greenfield or rapidly scaling manufacturing site
- Knowledge of ITAR policies and their impact on hiring practices
- Background recruiting for solid rocket motors, propulsion, energetics, pyrotechnics, or adjacent defense/aerospace disciplines
- Track record of operating in a consultative capacity where data-informed guidance led to measurably improved hiring outcomes and candidate experience
- Experience managing multiple concurrent high-volume pipelines while maintaining process integrity and candidate engagement throughout
- Highly autonomous, collaborative, and adaptable—comfortable driving change in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
Benefits
- Highly competitive equity grants included in the majority of full time offers
- Top-tier benefits for full-time employees supporting health, recovery, and whatever comes next, available at little to no cost to employees
Workplace
- Ability to travel between sites as needed
Skills
- Boolean Search
- LinkedIn Recruiter
