Head of Talent (Aerospace)

Location: On-site in Los Angeles, United States. Candidates must meet ITAR and U.S. person requirements.

Salary: $200,000–$250,000 annual base salary, plus equity. The range excludes additional benefits.

Company

hirify.global is a fast-growing aerospace startup that manufactures satellite buses at scale using software, vertical integration, and manufacturing-focused hardware.

What you will do

• Own the end-to-end talent acquisition strategy, recruiting systems, processes, employer brand, and long-term pipelines.
• Lead, coach, and grow a recruiting team of approximately 10 people while setting expectations and hiring metrics.
• Translate 12- to 24-month business growth targets into capacity-modeled hiring plans for high-volume and specialized recruitment.
• Establish structured interviewing, interview training, ATS and recruiting tooling practices, and weekly funnel reporting.
• Personally lead executive and leadership searches and advise executives on organizational and workforce planning.
• Build partnerships with universities, trade schools, industry conferences, and scholarship programs.

Requirements

• 10+ years of recruiting and talent acquisition experience, including 5+ years leading and developing teams.
• Experience setting recruiting strategy and building the related metrics, processes, and operating model.
• Hands-on executive and leadership search experience.
• Proven ability to manage high-volume hiring of hundreds of employees per year without lowering hiring standards.
• Fluency in data and people analytics, plus experience with modern ATS and recruiting tools such as Ashby, LinkedIn, and Juicebox.
• Ability to meet ITAR and U.S. person requirements.

Nice to have

• Recruiting experience in technical, manufacturing, skilled-trade, hardware, deep-tech, or aerospace environments.
• Experience building university, trade-school, or industry talent partnerships.
• Employer brand and talent marketing experience.

Culture & Benefits

• Equity participation and a fast-growing startup environment backed by more than $500 million in funding.
• Company-paid medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents, plus $100,000 life insurance.
• Paid time off starting at 15 vacation days, increasing to 20+ days annually, plus 10 paid holidays.
• 401(k) plan with company matching and eight weeks of paid parental leave.
• Childcare reimbursement for work-related travel, daily catered lunch, unlimited snacks, and a configured desk setup.
• In-person collaboration at the Playa Vista office, with community events and work-life flexibility.