Talent Acquisition Lead

About the role

We're entering an exciting period of hypergrowth and looking for a Talent Acquisition Lead who wants to build something from the ground up. Our ambition is big: over 125+ new hires over the next 12 months. This is an opportunity to put your mark on our talent acquisition function—build out and develop the team, establish the strategy, tools, processes, and practices that will support our next stage of growth. There is no established recruiting playbook to follow; you'll create it. While you'll have the autonomy to shape how we recruit, this is not a role for someone who wants to manage from the sidelines. You'll be in the thick of it—sourcing talent, interviewing candidates, partnering with hiring managers, closing offers, and making great hires happen.

Responsibilities

• Build the recruiting engine: design and implement a scalable talent acquisition function that supports rapid growth without compromising quality; establish recruiting processes, policies, systems, and best practices.
• Lead full-cycle recruiting for key positions: proactively source candidates, build talent pipelines, and deliver hires.
• Turn growth plans into hiring results: partner with business leaders to understand workforce needs, prioritize critical positions, and develop recruiting plans that keep pace with ambitious growth targets.
• Create a great candidate and hiring manager experience: establish consistent, efficient, and engaging recruiting practices from first conversation to accepted offer.
• Build the infrastructure: establish meaningful metrics, develop interview and selection practices, and create policies and processes to hire smarter and faster.
• Lead and leverage resources: manage a Recruiting Coordinator, direct their work, develop their capabilities, and maximize team impact; determine when and how to leverage external recruiting partners.
• Be a trusted talent advisor: bring market intelligence, creative solutions, and urgency to hiring conversations; challenge assumptions, influence decisions, and help leaders think differently about attracting and securing talent.

Qualifications

Required:

• HS Degree and 5+ years of progressive talent acquisition experience, including significant experience recruiting in manufacturing, industrial, or similarly fast-paced, high-volume environments.
• Demonstrated success recruiting frontline manufacturing talent, including production operators, technicians, skilled trades, and other hourly employees.
• Proven full-cycle recruiting expertise: proactive sourcing, candidate engagement, interviewing, selection, offer negotiation, and closing candidates.
• Experience supporting high-volume hiring initiatives, ideally within a rapidly growing organization or one experiencing significant workforce expansion.
• Experience recruiting engineering, technical, and professional positions, with the ability to adapt sourcing strategies to different talent markets.
• Track record of building, implementing, or improving recruiting processes and practices, including sourcing strategies, candidate pipelines, interview processes, recruiting systems, and hiring workflows.
• Strong knowledge of recruiting technology and analytics, including applicant tracking systems, sourcing platforms, social media postings, and key recruiting performance metrics.
• Ability to partner effectively with hiring managers and business leaders, providing guidance on talent availability, hiring strategies, selection practices, and workforce planning.
• Excellent organizational and project management skills, with the ability to balance multiple hiring priorities and deliver results in a fast-changing environment.
• Hands-on, resourceful, and solutions-oriented approach, with the ability to operate independently, establish structure, and take ownership from strategy through execution.
• Strong communication, relationship-building, and influencing skills, with the confidence to work across all levels of the organization.
• Ability to manage multiple requisitions and priorities with a high sense of urgency.

Preferred:

• Campus, trade school, or community partnership experience.
• Knowledge of regulated manufacturing environments (AS9100, ITAR, ISO, or similar).
• HRCI/SHRM/AIRS Certification.

Benefits

• Build something that's yours: shape the recruiting strategy, processes, and infrastructure from the beginning.
• Make a visible impact: your work directly influences the company's ability to grow, execute, and succeed.
• Own a meaningful challenge: hiring over 100 people in a year requires creativity, discipline, and speed.
• Work with autonomy: bring your ideas, make recommendations, and help determine how things get done.
• Grow with the business: as the company scales, help shape the future of the talent acquisition function.

Pay

Salary Range: $90,000–$140,000 annually + Bonus. Final placement within the band depends on relevant factors such as experience, education, skills, and internal equity.