Lead, Talent Operations

Responsibilities

• Own compliance, vendor management, and programs. EEO and ITAR-relevant hiring controls and audit-readiness. Sourcing tools, assessment platforms, background check providers, agencies, job boards - contracts, renewals, utilization, ROI. AI-in-recruiting evaluation, and whatever else needs an owner.

Requirements

• 8+ years in recruiting, with at least 4 in a recruiting operations, programs, or analytics-focused role at a high-growth company. Defense, aerospace, or hard tech experience strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated track record leading enterprise talent initiatives end-to-end - you've defined a problem, designed the solution, driven cross-functional adoption, and measured the result.
• Advanced analytical skills. You can pull, model, and tell a story with recruiting data. BI tool experience (Looker, Tableau, Sigma) required; experience with predictive modeling or forecasting strongly preferred.
• Demonstrated experience managing or leading recruiting coordinators - you've hired, developed, and retained early-career talent.
• Operating maturity to interface with executives.
• Comfort with ambiguity, ITAR-regulated environments, and the operational tempo of a fast-moving defense tech company.
• U.S. person status required (ITAR).
• PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE
• Deep Greenhouse administration experience (custom fields, scorecards, approvals, integrations, reporting). Gem or comparable sourcing/CRM platform proficiency Familiarity with HRIS integrations (Workday, Rippling, or similar)
• Experience establishing data governance practices and building self-service reporting that non- analysts actually use.
• Experience with workforce planning

Benefits

Additional Information

Space is a warfighting domain. True Anomaly seeks those with the talent and ambition to build the technology that secures it. OUR MISSION True Anomaly delivers decisive capabilities for space superiority. We build autonomous spacecraft, advanced payloads, mission software, and space-based interceptors - enabling the U.S. and its Allies to secure the space environment and counter threats from the ultimate high ground. OUR VALUES Be the offset. We create asymmetric advantages with creativity and ingenuity. What would it take? We challenge assumptions to deliver ambitious results. It's the people. Our team is our competitive advantage and we are better together. YOUR MISSION The Recruiting Operations Lead will own the strategy, systems, and data that power how we hire. This is a builder role: you'll lead enterprise-wide Talent initiatives, mature our analytical capabilities, and architect the operational backbone of a function that's scaling rapidly, while also leading our recruiting coordinator pod to deliver a candidate experience that matches the caliber of people we're trying to hire. You'll report to the Head of Talent, and partner directly with the recruiting team, hiring managers up to the ELT, and cross-functional partners in People Ops, Finance, IT, and Security.

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