Senior Recruiter

Job Type Full-time Description

Job Title: Recruiting Manager/Senior Recruiter 

Job Location: Remote, Preferred (Littleton, CO; Springfield, VA; Spring Lake, NC) 

Job Type: Full time 40 hours

Travel Requirement: Up to 10%, as needed

Security Clearance: N/A

Job Description:

The Senior Recruiter will lead and execute Sherpa 6’s talent acquisition strategy to attract, engage, and hire high-quality candidates across technical, operational, and leadership roles. This role combines strategic leadership with hands-on recruiting excellence, building a proactive talent pipeline, enhancing employer branding, and partnering with executive leadership to shape workforce planning in support of Sherpa 6’s growth and mission objectives. The ideal candidate is equally comfortable setting strategy and rolling up their sleeves, operating in fast-changing conditions, and influencing senior leaders while still owning high-priority hires. 

Responsibilities:

Strategic Leadership

• Develop and implement comprehensive, forward-looking talent acquisition strategies aligned with business growth, contract demands, and workforce plans.  
• Partner with senior leadership (HR, Ops, PMO, Program Managers) to forecast staffing needs, especially for roles requiring security clearances or niche technical expertise.  
• Drive employer branding initiatives to attract a robust pipeline of qualified candidates, including veterans and cleared professionals. 
• Identify process improvements, recommend new sourcing tools, and contribute to employer branding efforts. 
• Mentor and support junior recruiters, sharing best practices and fostering a collaborative team environment. 

Team Management

• Manage and mentor a small but mighty high-performing talent acquisition team, setting goals, driving accountability, and fostering professional growth.  
• Provide leadership in hiring best practices, continuous process improvement, and recruitment technology adoption (ATS, reporting tools). 

Talent Sourcing & Recruitment

• Lead full-cycle recruiting from intake to offer acceptance for a variety of technical, cleared, and corporate roles. 
• Develop and implement advanced sourcing strategies using job boards, LinkedIn Recruiter, Boolean search techniques, referral networks, and other channels to identify both active and passive candidates.  
• Build and maintain a robust candidate pipeline, particularly for high-demand skillsets and hard-to-fill positions. 
• Foster strong relationships and collaborate with hiring managers to understand job requirements, team needs, and role priorities; develop accurate and effective job descriptions and hiring plans.  
• Provide consultative guidance on market trends, compensation expectations, candidate availability, and recruitment timelines. 

Candidate Engagement

• Screen, interview, and evaluate candidates for qualifications, culture fit, and readiness for government contractor work. 
• Manage candidate communications, ensuring a positive experience throughout the interview lifecycle. 
• Champion a positive and professional candidate experience from first contact through offer acceptance and onboarding. 
• Present offer recommendations, negotiate employment terms, and support successful onboarding transitions. 

Operations & Metrics

• Define and track recruiting metrics (time-to-fill, quality of hire, offer acceptance, etc.) and provide actionable insights to leadership.  
• Maintain applicant records in the Applicant Tracking System (ATS) and ensure compliance with legal and internal policies.  
• Ensure recruiting processes comply with federal contractor requirements (e.g., OFCCP) and internal Sherpa 6 policies. 
• Operationally disciplined and detail-oriented, while still excelling as a recruiter and people leader. 

Requirements

Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business, Organizational Psychology, or related field or 10+ years of professional experience in recruiting/talent acquisition, with at least 5 years in senior/leadership capacity within a high-growth or government contracting environment.  
• Deep understanding of full-cycle recruiting, workforce planning, and advanced sourcing techniques. 
• Proven success building and scaling recruiting functions, ideally in technical, engineering, or defense sectors. 
• Tech-savvy with the ability to adopt new systems quickly. 
• Collaborates well across teams and with individuals at all levels. 
• Excellent stakeholder ma