Divisional Production Recruiting Lead

Anduril Industries•Costa Mesa, CA

About The Position

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company focused on transforming military capabilities with advanced technology. The Divisional Production Recruiting Lead will be the sole owner of all production, manufacturing, and supply chain hiring outcomes for their assigned Division. This role acts as an embedded player-coach and strategic program manager, executing critical hiring assignments while aligning the priorities of the centralized production recruiting team. It's a high-impact, high-autonomy role for a proven recruiting operator who can think strategically, execute tactically, and build trusted relationships with senior divisional leadership. This role is designed to create a foundation for Divisions to eventually manage their production recruiting end-to-end, ensuring execution efficiency and central coordination during a period of structural maturity.

Requirements

8+ years of talent acquisition experience, including significant recent experience as a full-cycle production or technical recruiter in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
Proven ability to operate independently with minimal oversight, managing complex hiring portfolios, competing priorities, and ambiguous situations with sound judgment.
Strong business partnership skills: experience influencing and advising Director-level and above stakeholders, translating business needs into hiring strategies, and managing escalations diplomatically.
Demonstrated program management capability—experience leading hiring initiatives beyond individual requisitions, coordinating cross-functional teams, and delivering results through others.
Excellent analytical and communication skills: ability to use data to drive decisions, tell a compelling story, and present hiring health narratives to senior leadership.
Comfortable working in a matrixed environment, providing direction and feedback to peers without formal management authority.

Nice To Haves

Direct experience recruiting for production, production operations, or frontline roles in industries such as synergistics, robotics, logistics, manufacturing, field services, or government contracting.
Experience working in a decentralized or divisional business structure, particularly in organizations undergoing TA operating model transitions.
Formal program or project management training or certification (e.g., PMP, Agile, Six Sigma).
Prior experience as a recruiting lead, squad lead, or business partner with responsibility for a portfolio of hiring beyond personal requisition load.
Familiarity with workforce planning, capacity modeling, and demand forecasting in partnership with Finance or BizOps teams.
Track record of mentoring or coaching recruiters, with examples of improving team performance or developing junior talent.

Responsibilities

Own end-to-end production hiring outcomes for your Division, including headcount planning, demand forecasting, requisition prioritization, and delivery against hiring targets.
Act as the primary strategic talent partner to your Divisional Head of TA and senior divisional leaders, translating business objectives into executable hiring strategies.
Deliver regular reporting on hiring health, pipeline velocity, capacity constraints, and risk mitigation to divisional leadership.
Define and manage SLAs, hiring goals, and success metrics for your Division's production portfolio in partnership with business stakeholders.
Personally own and execute full-cycle recruiting on priority roles as needed for your Division's most critical, complex, or strategic production roles, including leadership and senior technical hires, single-point-of-failure roles, or positions with unique market challenges.
Set the standard for recruiting excellence within your Division—demonstrating best-in-class sourcing, candidate engagement, assessment rigor, and offer negotiation.
Maintain credibility and market intelligence by staying hands-on in the craft of recruiting.
Align the day-to-day priorities of the centralized production recruiting team aligned to your Division, ensuring their focus is calibrated to the highest-impact hiring needs.
Provide coaching, real-time feedback, and quality assurance to centralized recruiters working on your Division's roles.
Lead the operational rhythm for your Division's production hiring portfolio, including intake meetings, pipeline reviews, and cross-functional coordination with hiring managers, HR, and Finance.
Act as the single escalation point for hiring blockers, process breakdowns, or stakeholder misalignment within your Division.
Design and lead surge hiring initiatives, high-volume campaigns, or other complex hiring programs specific to your Division's business needs.
Partner closely with The Lead Coordinator, for Overall Divisional Production TA to ensure process consistency, share best practices, and contribute to cross-divisional reporting and strategic planning.
Provide structured input into performance evaluations and development plans for centralized recruiters supporting your Division.
Build strong relationships with Divisional BizOps, Finance, and Workforce Planning teams to align on headcount allocation, budget, and hiring sequencing.
Influence hiring manager behavior and decision-making, serving as a trusted advisor on candidate quality, market realities, and talent strategy trade-offs.

Benefits

Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you.
Life and disability insurance for all employees.
Highly competitive PTO plans with a holiday hiatus in December.
Caregiver & Wellness Leave is available to care for family members, bond with a new baby, or address your own medical needs.
Coverage for fertility treatments (e.g., IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carriers, along with resources to support you and your partner from planning to parenting.
Access free mental health resources 24/7, including therapy and life coaching.
Additional work-life services, such as legal and financial support, are also available.
Annual reimbursement for professional development.
Company-funded commuter benefits based on your region.
Relocation Assistance: Available depending on role eligibility.
Traditional 401(k), Roth, and after-tax (mega backdoor Roth) options.