Sr. Manager, Services Recruiting

About the role

Vantor is forging the new frontier of spatial intelligence, helping decision makers and operators navigate what’s happening now and shape what’s coming next. Vantor is a place for problem solvers, changemakers, and go‑getters—where people are working together to help our customers see the world differently, and in doing so, be seen differently. This position is a Senior Manager, Government Services Talent Acquisition, located in the Herndon, VA office three days per week with the remainder remote.

To be eligible for this position, you must be a U.S. Person (U.S. citizen, permanent resident, asylee, or refugee). Certain roles may be subject to U.S. export control laws (ITAR) requiring U.S. person status.

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, certification, 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.

Required Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in talent acquisition, recruiting, or executive search.
• 3+ 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.

Preferred Qualifications

• 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 (not required unless the position requires access to classified information).
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.

Pay

Base pay for this position within the Washington, DC metropolitan area is $149,000 – $198,000 – $217,800 annually. Salary ranges for other locations are determined by geographic cost of labor.

Benefits

• Competitive total rewards package
• Robust 401(k) with company match
• Mental health resources
• Student loan repayment assistance
• Adoption reimbursement
• Pet insurance