Senior Recruiter, R4R
Anduril· People : Talent Acquisition : G&A Recruiting
Hybrid (Costa Mesa, CA)$147k - $196kFull-timePosted 2w ago
About the role
Senior Recruiter responsible for owning the Recruiting for Recruiting function within Anduril’s Talent Acquisition team, building the team that builds the teams by end-to-end hiring of Recruiters and Recruiting Coordinators across divisions in a matrixed organization.
Responsibilities
- Own the full recruiting lifecycle (with sourcing support) for Recruiter and Recruiting Coordinator roles across divisions — from sourcing and screening through offer negotiation and close
- Develop and execute creative sourcing strategies to build robust pipelines for TA talent
- Manage the interview process end-to-end: conduct in-depth screens that assess recruiting craft, prepare candidates and interviewers, and facilitate calibrated debriefs
- Assess candidates against our competency framework — evaluating sourcing, stakeholder management, data, and candidate experience
- Partner closely with TA leadership and hiring managers to understand recruiting capacity needs and profiles for each business context
- Advise on role design and leveling for TA positions
- Provide transparent updates on pipeline health, search progress, and market conditions
- Contribute to TA Center of Excellence with market intelligence and sourcing strategies for recruiters
- Mentor junior recruiters on craft, interview technique, and stakeholder management
- Set development goals with Functional Manager and grow toward Staff-level impact
- Uphold data integrity in ATS/CRM for reporting, capacity planning, and pipeline analytics
Qualifications
- 5-8+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience in a fast-paced, high-growth environment
- Direct experience recruiting recruiters, recruiting coordinators, sourcing specialists, or other TA/People Operations roles
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex, senior-level searches and calibrate candidates against a competency-based framework
- Track record of mentoring junior team members on recruiting craft and stakeholder management
- Strong stakeholder management skills and ability to advise and build trust with hiring managers across levels
- Data-informed mindset with ability to track pipeline metrics and present market intelligence
- Ability to operate with urgency and bias for action while maintaining quality and candidate experience
- Strong written and verbal communication skills
- Must be a U.S. Person due to access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities
Skills
Required:Full-cycle recruitingStakeholder managementCompetency-based interviewingData-driven recruiting
Benefits
- Benefits package (comprehensive, competitive) available to full-time employees
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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