Sr. Manager, Services Recruiting

Vantor•Herndon, VA

14d•Hybrid

About The Position

Vantor is seeking a Senior Manager, Government Services Talent Acquisition to lead recruiting for government programs. This role involves translating contract requirements into hiring plans, building pipelines for technical professionals and leaders, and managing a requisition load for complex technical and cleared positions. The ideal candidate will have direct experience staffing government contracts and collaborating with various departments to build the necessary workforce. This position offers the opportunity to connect recruiting efforts to critical government customer support and high-priority missions. The role will be based in the Herndon, VA office three days a week, with the remaining days remote.

Requirements

8 or more years of experience in talent acquisition, recruiting, or executive search.
3 or more years of experience managing recruiters, recruiting teams, or multiple recruiting workstreams.
Demonstrated experience staffing positions against awarded or funded government contracts or government-funded programs.
Experience translating contract labor categories, statements of work, customer requirements, clearance requirements, and program timelines into recruiting plans.
Experience recruiting technical roles and cleared or clearance-eligible talent.
Experience in government services, defense, aerospace, intelligence, national security, government technology, or a related contracting environment.
Experience managing full-cycle recruiting, including intake, sourcing, candidate assessment, interviews, offers, and hiring-manager coordination.
Experience using an applicant tracking system and recruiting data to manage pipelines and hiring activity.
Experience managing recruiter workload, staffing plans, schedules, or external recruiting support.
Experience reporting recruiting progress, staffing risks, and hiring recommendations to senior leaders or cross-functional stakeholders.
Must be a U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, Asylee, or Refugee).

Nice To Haves

Experience supporting contract awards, program mobilizations, recompetes, contract modifications, option periods, or rapid program expansions.
Experience recruiting for Department of Defense, intelligence community, space, satellite operations, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, machine learning, software, systems engineering, or technical program roles.
Experience recruiting candidates with Secret, Top Secret, TS/SCI, polygraph, or other program-specific access requirements.
Experience with military transition programs, SkillBridge, veteran recruiting, technical associations, university recruiting, or cleared talent networks.
Experience managing recruiting agencies, RPO providers, executive search firms, or recruiting contractors.
Experience with Workday Recruiting, LinkedIn Recruiter, or similar recruiting technologies.
Experience working with OFCCP, affirmative action, or other federal contractor recruiting requirements.
Active security clearance or prior experience working in a cleared environment.
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

Responsibilities

Develop recruiting plans based on awarded and funded government contracts, program requirements, labor categories, staffing plans, and hiring timelines.
Partner with Program Management, Contracts, Capture, Finance, Security, and HR to understand contract requirements and staffing constraints.
Translate statements of work, performance work statements, labor categories, customer requirements, clearance needs, and program start dates into candidate profiles and search strategies.
Track staffing needs against program funding, contract periods of performance, option periods, modifications, customer approvals, and planned start dates.
Recruit candidates who meet applicable technical, experience, clearance, citizenship, location, and availability requirements.
Identify staffing risks that could delay contract start dates, program delivery, customer commitments, or funded hiring plans.
Support new contract mobilizations, recompetes, expansions, and other changes in government program staffing needs.