BAE Systems

Talent Acqstn Spec Sr Prin

BAE Systems • $100K — $130K *
Dallas, TX 75217In-Person
Business Services
8 - 10 years of experience
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Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • 8+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience in senior-level roles
  • Proven ability to influence senior stakeholders effectively
  • Experience designing structured interview frameworks
  • Demonstrated experience in OFCCP-compliant environments
  • Strong analytical skills for interpreting labor-market insights and metrics
  • Exceptional consulting and relationship-building skills
  • Strong business acumen with sound judgment

Responsibilities

  • Serve as a strategic talent advisor to senior leadership on hiring strategy
  • Lead governance for senior role recruiting, including competency-based interview design
  • Develop and implement hiring strategies using labor-market analytics
  • Act as a peer leader to support operational excellence among recruiting team
  • Influence talent requirements using market data and internal benchmarks
  • Drive consistency across hiring lifecycle with standardized practices
  • Monitor recruitment metrics and implement solutions for issues
  • Lead high-visibility recruiting and process improvement initiatives
  • Build diverse pipelines for senior-level roles using targeted strategies
  • Ensure recruitment activities comply with OFCCP and documentation standards

Benefits

  • Professional development opportunities
  • Access to advanced recruiting tools and resources
  • Collaborative work environment
  • Experience leading high-impact projects
  • Opportunity to work with senior leadership
  • Contribution to shaping talent acquisition strategy
  • Flexibility in recruitment practices
Full Job Description
Job Description

Role Overview
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.
You will develop market-informed talent strategies, elevate interviewing excellence, uphold TA standards, and serve as the operational peer leader across the recruiting team. 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.


Required Skills and Education

  • 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 Skills and Education

  • 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.


This position will be posted for at least 5 calendar days. The posting will remain active until the position is filled, or a qualified pool of candidates is identified.

About BAE Systems

BAE Systems plc is a British multinational arms, security, and aerospace company. It is among the world's largest defense contractors, with over 85,000 employees and operations in over 40 countries. BAE Systems is involved in the design, development, and manufacture of a wide range of products and services, including military aircraft, naval ships, and land vehicles. The company also provides a range of cybersecurity and intelligence services. BAE Systems has a long history, dating back to the 19th century, and has been involved in many major defense projects. Visit baesystems.com for more information.
Learn more about BAE Systems
Size
90,500 employees
Industry
Aerospace & Defense
Founded
1997
NASDAQ
BAESF
* Ladders Estimates

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