CW Production Lead
$166,000–$220,000 year
On-siteSeattle, Washington, United States
Job Summary
Own end-to-end production hiring outcomes for the Connected Warfare Division, including headcount planning, demand forecasting, and delivery against targets. Act as the primary strategic talent partner to senior leaders, translating business objectives into executable hiring strategies while delivering regular reporting on pipeline velocity and risk mitigation. Personally execute full-cycle recruiting for critical leadership and single-point-of-failure roles, setting the standard for sourcing, assessment, and offer negotiation. Align the centralized production recruiting team's priorities to your Division's highest-impact needs, providing coaching, real-time feedback, and quality assurance without formal management authority. Lead operational rhythms for intake meetings, pipeline reviews, and cross-functional coordination with hiring managers, HR, and Finance. Serve as the single escalation point for hiring blockers and design surge hiring initiatives to meet contract milestones and revenue targets. Partner with The Lead Coordinator to ensure process consistency and contribute to cross-divisional strategic planning.
Required Qualifications
- 8+ years of talent acquisition experience
- significant recent experience as a full-cycle production or technical recruiter in a fast-paced, high-volume environment
- Proven ability to operate independently with minimal oversight
- managing complex hiring portfolios
- competing priorities
- ambiguous situations with sound judgment
- Strong business partnership skills
- experience influencing and advising Director-level and above stakeholders
- translating business needs into hiring strategies
- managing escalations diplomatically
- Demonstrated program management capability
- experience leading hiring initiatives beyond individual requisitions
- coordinating cross-functional teams
- delivering results through others
- Excellent analytical and communication skills
- ability to use data to drive decisions
- tell a compelling story
- present hiring health narratives to senior leadership
- Comfortable working in a matrixed environment
- providing direction and feedback to peers without formal management authority
Desired Qualifications
- Direct experience recruiting for production, production operations, or frontline roles in industries such as synergistics, robotics, logistics, manufacturing, field services, or government contracting
- Experience working in a decentralized or divisional business structure
- particularly in organizations undergoing TA operating model transitions
- Formal program or project management training or certification (e.g., PMP, Agile, Six Sigma)
- Prior experience as a recruiting lead, squad lead, or business partner with responsibility for a portfolio of hiring beyond personal requisition load
- Familiarity with workforce planning, capacity modeling, and demand forecasting in partnership with Finance or BizOps teams
- Track record of mentoring or coaching recruiters
- examples of improving team performance
- developing junior talent
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