Executive Recruiter

<div class="content-intro"><p>At Vast, our mission is to contribute to a future where billions of people are living and thriving in space. Vast is developing next-generation space stations to ensure a continuous human presence in space for America and its allies, enabling advanced microgravity research and manufacturing, and unlocking a new space economy for government, corporate, and private customers. Using an incremental, hardware-rich and low-cost approach, Vast is rapidly developing its multi-module Haven Station. Haven Demo’s 2025 success made Vast the only operational commercial space station company to fly and operate its own spacecraft. Next, Haven-1 is expected to become the world’s first commercial space station when it launches, followed by additional Haven modules to enable permanent human presence by 2030. Our team is all-in, committed to executing our mission safely and on time. If you want to work with the most talented people on Earth furthering space exploration for humanity, come join us.</p></div><p>Vast is looking for an <strong>Executive Recruiter</strong>, reporting to the <strong>Director, Talent Acquisition</strong>, to lead hiring for highly specialized and executive-level talent critical to the development of next-generation, human-rated space stations. This role is not only about filling roles—it is about architecting and executing thoughtful, scalable recruiting strategies that enable the company to build world-class technical leadership across engineering, manufacturing, and corporate domains.</p> <p>The Executive Recruiter will be a strategic problem solver and have a shared sense of urgency in identifying and filling critical leadership and niche talent gaps for our growing company.&nbsp;</p> <p>This will be a full-time, <strong>exempt </strong>position located in our<strong> Long Beach </strong>location.&nbsp;</p> <p><strong>Responsibilities:&nbsp;</strong></p> <ul> <li>Partner closely with leadership to define, shape, and execute talent strategies for critical leadership roles across engineering, manufacturing, and corporate functions.</li> <li>Design and implement structured, data-informed executive search strategies tailored to each role, including market mapping, target company development, and candidate engagement plans</li> <li>Build and continuously refine scalable processes, frameworks, and best practices for executive recruiting, ensuring consistency, quality, and efficiency across searches</li> <li>Own the end-to-end executive search lifecycle with a high degree of rigor and attention to detail, from role definition through close and onboarding</li> <li>Act as a strategic advisor to stakeholders, providing market insights, talent intelligence, and calibrated guidance to inform hiring decisions