Senior Manager of Technical Recruiting, Hadrian

• This is a high-impact role for someone who cares deeply about candidate experience, team development, and building scalable recruiting infrastructure in a high-growth environment
• You have 7+ years of recruiting experience, including 4+ years managing recruiting teams larger than 5
• You’re a builder comfortable creating structure where it doesn’t exist and scaling systems as the team grows
• You lead with empathy and clarity, and know how to motivate teams through change and growth
• You’re highly organized and data-driven, with a strong command of recruiting metrics and how to use them
• You have a track record of closing high-caliber candidates across a range of functions
• To conform to U.S. Government space technology export regulations, including the International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) you must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State

Desirable

• As a Senior Manager, Technical Recruiting, you will lead, mentor, and scale a team of recruiters while owning full-cycle searches for high-priority roles across the business
• You’ll play a dual role: a trusted people leader focused on team performance, and an operator who thrives in the trenches of hands-on recruiting
• You will be responsible for coaching and enabling your team, driving consistency and excellence in process, and using data to surface insights and steer outcomes
• You’ll report to the VP of People & Talent and help shape the next chapter of Hadrian’s growth
• You’ll also be instrumental in evolving our recruiting team’s culture, rituals, and performance as we scale
• You'll manage, mentor, and inspire a team of recruiters providing regular feedback, growth opportunities, and performance accountability
• Act as a player-coach by directly running reqs and closing candidates for priority Software Engineering positions
• Set clear goals and expectations for the team, tracking progress through dashboards and data reviews
• Foster a high-performance, collaborative recruiting culture grounded in continuous improvement
• You’ll help define and drive Hadrian’s Technical recruiting strategy, shaping how we scale talent
• Use data to identify bottlenecks, forecast hiring needs, and inform strategic decisions
• Drive adoption of recruiting best practices across the team (e.g. structured interviews, consistent candidate communication, rigorous pipeline management)
• Contribute to broader talent initiatives around tools, operations, and employer branding