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Senior Recruiter - G&A

Shield AI· People Experience Division – People Experience
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Hybrid (San Diego, CA / San Mateo, CA / Dallas, TX / Washington, DC / Seattle, WA)$95k - $170kFull Time EmployeePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Senior Recruiter to lead hiring across Shield AI's General & Administrative (G&A) organizations, partnering with senior leaders to manage complex, high-impact searches across Finance, Legal, People, IT, Facilities, and related corporate functions.

Responsibilities

  • Own full-cycle recruiting for complex and senior-level roles across G&A functions
  • Advise senior and executive leaders on workforce needs, candidate profiles, and hiring strategy
  • Lead intake and calibration sessions that translate business priorities into actionable search and interview plans
  • Use AI to accelerate market research, talent mapping, sourcing, and personalized candidate engagement
  • Build proactive pipelines across technology, aerospace, defense, manufacturing, and adjacent industries
  • Assess candidates using structured, consistent practices focused on expertise, leadership, motivation, and organizational alignment
  • Apply AI, automation, and recruiting data to identify trends, improve workflows, and address pipeline risks
  • Drive hiring processes with urgency, resolving bottlenecks and maintaining stakeholder accountability
  • Provide market intelligence and constructively challenge requirements that may limit hiring outcomes
  • Lead candidate engagement, complex offer negotiations, and closing strategies
  • Deliver a personalized candidate experience while maintaining ATS accuracy, compliance, and operational rigor
  • Pilot emerging AI capabilities and translate successful use cases into responsible, repeatable team practices
  • Mentor recruiters and sourcers on G&A hiring, sourcing strategy, and AI-enabled recruiting workflows

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including significant G&A or corporate functions hiring
  • Success recruiting across areas such as Finance, Legal, or other functions with unique complexity to each search
  • Experience independently leading complex, senior-level searches from intake through offer acceptance
  • Demonstrated ability to advise senior executives and influence hiring decisions using data and market expertise
  • Hands-on experience using AI, automation, and recruiting technology to improve quality, speed, and productivity
  • Ability to identify practical AI use cases and turn them into scalable recruiting workflows
  • Strong analytical instincts and experience translating talent data into actionable recommendations
  • Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and consultative partnership skills
  • Understanding of responsible AI practices, including privacy, confidentiality, bias mitigation, and human oversight
  • Comfort navigating ambiguity, changing priorities, and rapid organizational growth
  • High discretion, sound judgment, and a team-oriented approach to mentoring and knowledge sharing

Skills

Required:Full-cycle recruitingStakeholder managementAI-enabled recruitingMarket research & talent mapping

Benefits

  • Pay within range listed + Bonus + Benefits + Equity
  • Temporary benefits package (applicable after 60 days of employment)
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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