Production Recruiting Lead, Connected Warfare

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years. About The Role As a Production Recruiting Lead for Connected Warfare (CW) Division, you are the single-threaded owner of all production/manufacturing/supplychain hiring outcomes. This role exists to solve a critical alignment gap: giving CW leaders direct visibility, accountability, and control over their talent pipelines while maintaining leverage from centralized recruiting operations. You will operate as an embedded player-coach and strategic program manager—personally executing our most critical and complex production assignments while aligning the priorities and workload of the centralized production recruiting team for all of your divisional roles. This is a high-impact, high-autonomy role designed for a proven recruiting operator who can think strategically, execute tactically, and build trusted relationships with senior divisional leadership. This role is a deliberate bridge in our organizational evolution: it creates the foundation for CW to eventually roll-up production recruiting end-to-end while maintaining execution efficiency and central coordination during a period of structural maturity. What You'll Do Divisional Accountability & Strategic Ownership Own end-to-end production hiring outcomes for CW, including headcount planning, demand forecasting, requisition prioritization, and delivery against hiring targets. Act as the primary strategic talent partner to your Head of TA and senior divisional leaders, translating business objectives into executable hiring strategies. Deliver regular reporting on hiring health, pipeline velocity, capacity constraints, and risk mitigation to divisional leadership—providing full transparency and "positive control" over talent delivery. Define and manage SLAs, hiring goals, and success metrics for your Division's production portfolio in partnership with business stakeholders. Hands-On Recruiting Execution (Player) Personally own and execute full-cycle recruiting on priority roles as needed for CW's most critical, complex, or strategic production roles, including: Leadership and senior technical hires (Head of, Director, VPs) Single-point-of-failure roles or positions with unique market challenges First-of-their-kind roles requiring deep business context and creative sourcing strategies Set the standard for recruiting excellence within your Division—demonstrating best-in-class sourcing, candidate engagement, assessment rigor, and offer negotiation. Maintain credibility and market intelligence by staying hands-on in the craft of recruiting, ensuring you deeply understand talent availability, compensation trends, and competitive dynamics. Program Management & Priority Direction (Coach) Align the day-to-day priorities of the centralized production recruiting team aligned to your Division, ensuring their focus is calibrated to the highest-impact hiring needs. Provide coaching, real-time feedback, and quality assurance to centralized recruiters working on your Division's roles (without formal people management responsibility). Lead the operational rhythm for your Division's production hiring portfolio, including intake meetings, pipeline reviews, and cross-functional coordination with hiring managers, HR, and Finance. Act as the single escalation point for hiring blockers, p…