Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. BAE Systems is an international defense, aerospace, and security company dedicated to protecting nations and supporting service members. The Lead Recruiter will play a crucial role in hiring talent for key HQ functions, providing strategic consulting to senior leaders and driving consistency across the senior-level recruiting process.
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
Skills
- 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
- 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
Benefits
- Health, dental, and vision insurance
- Health savings accounts
- A 401(k) savings plan
- Disability coverage
- Life and accident insurance
- Employee assistance program
- A legal plan
- Discounts on things like home, auto, and pet insurance
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays
- Paid parental leave
- Paid military leave
- Paid bereavement leave
- Any applicable federal and state sick leave
- Company recognition program to receive monetary or non-monetary recognition awards
- Other incentives may be available based on position level and/or job specifics
- Temporary employees can elect to participate in the 401(k) savings plan
- Temporary employees working 20+ hours per week are eligible for medical benefits
- Temporary employees working 20+ hours per week are eligible for the employee assistance program
- Temporary employees working 20+ hours per week are eligible for business travel accident insurance
Company Overview
BAE Systems is an aerospace, defence, and information security company that provides advanced and technology-led solutions. It was founded in 1999, and is headquartered in London, England, GBR, with a workforce of 10001+ employees. Its website is http://www.baesystems.com.