Senior Executive Recruiter

Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years. ABOUT THE TEAM The Talent team is responsible for building the leadership bench that powers Anduril's mission. Executive Recruiting owns the searches that shape the company's most senior commercial, technical, and operational hires. Growth is one of the highest-leverage functions we recruit for, given its role in identifying, shaping, and capturing multi-year, multi-billion-dollar Programs of Record across DoD, the Intelligence Community, and allied services. The Executive Recruiter, Growth sits at the intersection of these two functions, running the searches that build Anduril's Growth leadership across every Division. ABOUT THE JOB We are looking for an Executive Recruiter, Growth to join our team in Washington, DC. In this role, you will be responsible for owning executive hiring across Anduril's Growth function, including Heads of Growth, Capture Directors, and senior Business Development leaders. You will partner directly with Anduril's leadership team to run full-cycle searches, build a proprietary network of senior cleared defense talent, and represent Anduril credibly to candidates at the general officer, senior acquisition, and executive industry levels. This will require deep working knowledge of the DoD acquisition ecosystem, established relationships across the ex-military-turned-industry community, and the executive presence to drive process alongside C-level stakeholders. If you are someone who can operate with autonomy, build the systems that turn founder-led referrals into a rigorous pipeline, and earn trust quickly with senior candidates, this role is for you. WHAT YOU'LL DO • Run full-cycle executive search for Growth leadership hires at the Business Line and Division level, owning sourcing, assessment, slate quality, offer strategy, and close. • Partner with senior Growth executives and General Managers to translate business strategy into search strategy and calibrate candidate profiles. • Build and maintain a proprietary network of senior, cleared defense talent, including former general and flag officers, senior acquisition professionals, and commercial leaders across the defense technology ecosystem. • Represent Anduril credibly to senior executive candidates and act as the first meaningful point of contact for candidates evaluating Anduril at the executive level. • Own the data and reporting for Growth executive search, including pipeline health, time-to-fill, slate quality, and offer close rates, and drive process improvements across the function. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS • Deep experience placing or hiring senior commercial leadership. Both executive search back