[Hiring] Lead Recruiter, HQ Functions & Executive @BAE Systems

Role Description

The Lead Recruiter supports key HQ functions and plays a pivotal role in hiring talent with enterprise-wide impact. Reporting to the Director of Talent Acquisition, you will operate as a senior recruiting expert, providing strategic consulting to senior leaders, shaping senior leader hiring strategy, and driving consistency, quality, and rigor across the senior-level recruiting process. This role blends talent advisory work, structured governance, and hands-on recruiting for high-visibility, high-impact positions.

Key Responsibilities

• Serve as a strategic talent advisor to senior HQ leaders, shaping role design, hiring strategy, and decision criteria.
• Lead senior role recruiting governance, including strategic intake, competency-based interview design, panel preparation, and debrief facilitation.
• Develop and implement enterprise-impact hiring strategies using labor-market analytics, competitive intelligence, and TA dashboard insights.
• Act as a peer leader to Recruiters and TA Analyst, providing coaching, process guidance, and prioritization support to ensure operational excellence.
• In partnership with HRBPs, influence workforce planning, talent requirements, and compensation alignment using market data and internal benchmarks.
• Drive consistency across the hiring lifecycle through standardized practices, including curated candidate slates, structured interviews, scorecards, and SLAs.
• Monitor funnel health through daily dashboard insights; identify bottlenecks, risks, and trends and implement acceleration or remediation plans.
• Lead high-visibility recruiting projects, process improvement initiatives, and TA framework enhancements (e.g., competency models, intake templates, interview calibration).
• Partner with leaders to ensure accountability for feedback timeliness, hiring readiness, and high-quality, equitable candidate experience.
• Build high-quality, diverse pipelines for senior-level and complex roles using targeted sourcing strategies.
• Ensure all recruitment activity aligns with compliance, audit, and documentation standards, including OFCCP requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience.
• 8+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including senior-level or corporate HQ roles.
• Proven ability to influence Director/VP-level stakeholders and challenge assumptions constructively.
• Experience designing structured interview strategies, assessments, and selection frameworks.
• Demonstrated experience operating in an OFCCP-compliant environment.
• Strong analytical skills with the ability to interpret and communicate labor-market insights, funnel metrics, and dashboard data to inform decisions.
• Exceptional consulting, communication, and relationship-building skills.
• Strong business acumen, sound judgment, and the ability to operate autonomously in a high-visibility, high-impact environment.
• Demonstrated ability to lead process alignment and drive adoption of TA standards.

Preferred Education, Experience, & Skills

• Experience supporting HQ corporate functions such as HR, Legal, Finance, Communications, IT, etc.
• Background creating or improving TA processes, tools, or enterprise standards.
• Experience with talent intelligence platforms (e.g., TalentNeuron), ATS/CRM systems (BrassRing, Phenom), or analytics dashboards.
• Experience recruiting in complex, matrixed, or highly regulated environments.

Pay Information

Full-Time Salary Range: $107952 - $183518. Please note: This range is based on our market pay structures. However, individual salaries are determined by a variety of factors including, but not limited to: business considerations, local market conditions, and internal equity, as well as candidate qualifications, such as skills, education, and experience.

Benefits

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.
• Health savings accounts.
• 401(k) savings plan.
• Disability coverage.
• Life and accident insurance.
• Employee assistance program.
• Legal plan.
• Discounts on home, auto, and pet insurance.
• Paid time off and paid holidays.
• Paid parental, military, bereavement, and applicable federal and state sick leave.
• Company recognition program for monetary or non-monetary awards.