Senior Executive Recruiter – Aircraft

🕒 November 6

🇺🇸 United States – Remote

⏰ Full Time

🟠 Senior

🎯 Recruiter

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Shield AI

501 - 1000 employees

Founded 2015

🤖 Artificial Intelligence

🚀 Aerospace

🎖️ Defense

Artificial Intelligence • Aerospace • Defense

Shield AI is a leading developer of AI-driven military solutions, focusing on enhancing mission autonomy and battlefield awareness. Their platform, Hivemind, enables rapid deployment of intelligent systems for various defense applications, including drone operation and surveillance. With a commitment to utilizing advanced technology, Shield AI aims to protect service members and civilians by revolutionizing defense technologies through autonomous systems.

📋 Description

• Independently manage complex executive and senior leadership searches from intake and position scoping through market mapping, assessment, offer negotiation, and acceptance • Partner with senior leaders to define role requirements, success profiles, assessment criteria, search strategies, and hiring milestones • Identify, engage, and cultivate passive executive talent across aerospace and defense, AI, autonomy, software, robotics, and related technical markets • Build targeted executive talent pipelines for immediate and anticipated leadership hiring needs • Execute searches across mechanical, electrical, avionics, propulsion, software, autonomy, manufacturing, production, supply chain, quality, and operations • Advise senior leaders, hiring managers, and People Experience Business Partners on talent availability, market dynamics, compensation expectations, and competitive positioning • Maintain communication and reporting cadences and influence hiring decisions through market intelligence and candidate insights • Conduct comprehensive executive assessments using structured interviews, competency frameworks, and assessment tools • Deliver balanced candidate evaluations and drive candidate calibration and selection decisions • Develop executive talent market knowledge and partner with Global Talent Sourcing on market mapping and competitive research • Use recruiting technology, research tools, analytics, AI, and automation to improve sourcing, engagement, and search outcomes • Maintain candidate and pipeline information in applicant tracking and recruiting systems • Track and communicate pipeline health, candidate conversion, search velocity, and hiring outcomes • Identify process improvements and collaborate with Talent Sourcing, Recruiting Operations, Total Rewards, PX, and business stakeholders • Build collaborative relationships across Talent Acquisition, People Experience, Total Rewards, and business leadership • Share market intelligence, candidate insights, and executive search best practices • Own executive search outcomes independently while contributing to broader recruiting priorities

🎯 Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent relevant professional experience • 8+ years of progressive executive recruiting or search experience, including independently managing complex senior leadership searches • Experience recruiting senior technical leaders across hardware, software, engineering, manufacturing, production, or operations • Ability to translate complex technical requirements into actionable recruiting and sourcing strategies across multiple engineering disciplines • Strong executive sourcing, market mapping, passive candidate engagement, and assessment capabilities • Ability to build credibility, advise, and influence senior-level hiring stakeholders • Strong business acumen, executive presence, communication, negotiation, and relationship-management skills • Experience applying structured executive assessments and competency-based interviewing methodologies • Ability to manage multiple complex searches simultaneously while maintaining quality, execution, and candidate experience • Proficiency with applicant tracking systems, candidate relationship management platforms, and recruiting analytics tools • All offers contingent on a cleared background and possible reference check • Preferred: experience recruiting across multiple technical disciplines; cleared or clearance-eligible talent; executives within high-growth, mission-driven technology organizations; executive compensation, equity programs, and complex offer negotiations; global or matrixed organizations; diverse executive talent pipelines and equitable hiring practices; executive search firms and external research providers; organizational dynamics and technical leadership structures; operating in ambiguity and fast-paced environments

🏖️ Benefits

• Bonus • Benefits • Equity • Temporary benefits package applicable after 60 days of employment for temporary employees • Equal employment opportunity and affirmative action workplace • Disability or special-needs accommodation available

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