Executive RecruiterPosted today$220K

Anduril Industries
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The opportunity

The Talent Acquisition team is responsible for building the leadership bench that powers Anduril's mission. Executive Recruiting owns the searches that shape the company's most senior hires — the leaders who run Anduril's commercial, operational, financial, legal, and people functions.

What you'll do

  • Own full-cycle executive searches across SG&A functions: Finance, Legal, People, Communications, and other corporate leadership roles — from intake through close, with a particular emphasis on VP-and-above positions.

  • Serve as a trusted advisor to Anduril's C-suite and functional leaders on: executive talent strategy, market mapping, compensation benchmarking, and organizational design as it relates to senior hiring.

  • Build and maintain a proprietary network of senior defense and national: security talent, including retired general/flag officers, former senior acquisition officials, and executives from prime and non-traditional defense companies.

  • Develop rigorous search processes that bring structure and accountability to: what has historically been a relationship- and referral-driven motion — calibration sessions, candidate scorecards, pipeline reviews, and stakeholder alignment at every stage.

  • Act as Anduril's brand ambassador to the senior defense community,: representing the company's mission, culture, and trajectory credibly to candidates who are weighing Anduril against established primes and government service.

  • Partner with Security to navigate clearance timelines and adjudication: complexity for candidates with active or reinvestigable TS/SCI and SAP access.

What they're looking for

  • Prior in-house executive recruiting experience at a defense technology: company or venture-backed high-growth company.
  • Prior retained search experience with a strong defense or aerospace practice.
  • Understanding of executive compensation structures and equity design in both federal and technology contexts.
  • Prior experience placing former general or flag officers, or candidates: transitioning from military service into industry commercial leadership.
  • Familiarity with Anduril's product portfolio and competitive positioning: within the defense technology landscape.
  • Experience building executive recruiting functions or playbooks from scratch: — intake templates, assessment frameworks, market maps, and reporting cadences.
  • Background in or exposure to military service, defense civilian roles, or the: defense industrial base that provides natural credibility with the candidate population.