Sr. Director of Talent Strategy

About the role

Firestorm is hiring a Director of Talent Strategy to build and lead the recruiting strategy that fuels our next stage of growth. You'll manage a team of full-cycle recruiters, sourcers and build a best-in-class recruiting operation. Additionally, you'll build out Firestorm's high level talent strategy and conduct workforce planning to help accomplish our goals. Lastly, you'll own organizational design, by implementing scalable structures, decision frameworks and operating rhythms.

What You’ll Do

• Partner with hiring leaders to turn workforce plans into hiring strategies and proactive pipelines for critical and hard-to-fill roles
• Own full-cycle recruiting across technical, engineering, manufacturing, operations, and leadership roles — and personally carry a req load for senior and business-critical hires
• Raise hiring quality through structured interviews and scorecards while improving time-to-fill, quality-of-hire, and offer-acceptance
• Build and strengthen Firestorm's employer brand and candidate experience to attract mission-driven talent
• Build, lead, and mentor a team of recruiters and coordinators as the function scales
• Optimize the ATS and recruiting tech stack, leveraging AI-enabled sourcing and people analytics; manage agency and vendor relationships
• Ensure compliant hiring across OFCCP, EEO, multi-state, and ITAR/export-control eligibility, partnering with People Ops and Legal
• Partner with leadership on workforce planning and organizational structure
• Build scalable recruiting and talent acquisition approaches aligned with business growth
• Improve hiring quality, leadership pipeline development, and succession planning
• Help ensure the organization attracts, develops, and retains high-performing talent
• Establish scalable performance management and talent review processes
• Design scalable organizational structures, decision-making frameworks, and operating rhythms
• Improve cross-functional coordination and organizational clarity
• Identify organizational friction points and scaling risks before they become larger operational issues
• Build systems that support growth while preserving entrepreneurial agility
• Support role clarity, accountability, and leadership consistency across the organization

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience
• U.S. Citizenship required due to ITAR regulations
• 10+ years of full-cycle talent acquisition experience, including 5+ years leading or building a recruiting team
• Proven success filling technical or specialized roles in high-growth, fast-paced environments
• Hands-on experience with ATS platforms, sourcing tools, and recruiting analytics
• Experience recruiting for roles requiring U.S. citizenship, clearances, or export-control eligibility
• Familiarity with OFCCP compliance and multi-state hiring
• AIRS, LinkedIn Recruiter, SHRM, or related certification

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in venture-backed, defense, aerospace, manufacturing, or high-growth technology environments
• Experience recruiting for roles requiring U.S. citizenship, clearances, or export-control eligibility
• Familiarity with OFCCP compliance and multi-state hiring
• AIRS, LinkedIn Recruiter, SHRM, or related certification