Shield AI is seeking an experienced Senior Recruiter to lead hiring across the company's General and Administrative (G&A) organizations. The successful candidate will own high-impact searches with high complexity across Finance and Accounting, Legal, People, Enterprise Operations, Information Technology, Facilities, and other critical corporate functions.
Responsibilities
- Own full-cycle recruiting for complex and senior-level roles across G&A functions
- Advise senior and executive leaders on workforce needs, candidate profiles, and hiring strategy
- Lead intake and calibration sessions that translate business priorities into actionable search and interview plans
- Use AI to accelerate market research, talent mapping, sourcing, and personalized candidate engagement
- Build proactive pipelines across technology, aerospace, defense, manufacturing, and adjacent industries
- Assess candidates using structured, consistent practices focused on expertise, leadership, motivation, and organizational alignment
- Apply AI, automation, and recruiting data to identify trends, improve workflows, and address pipeline risks
- Drive hiring processes with urgency, resolving bottlenecks and maintaining stakeholder accountability
- Provide market intelligence and constructively challenge requirements that may limit hiring outcomes
- Lead candidate engagement, complex offer negotiations, and closing strategies
- Deliver a personalized candidate experience while maintaining ATS accuracy, compliance, and operational rigor
- Pilot emerging AI capabilities and translate successful use cases into responsible, repeatable team practices
- Mentor recruiters and sourcers on G&A hiring, sourcing strategy, and AI-enabled recruiting workflows
Requirements
- 8+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including significant G&A or corporate functions hiring
- Success recruiting across areas such as Finance, Legal, or other functions with unique complexity to each search
- Experience independently leading complex, senior-level searches from intake through offer acceptance
- Demonstrated ability to advise senior executives and influence hiring decisions using data and market expertise
- Hands-on experience using AI, automation, and recruiting technology to improve quality, speed, and productivity
- Ability to identify practical AI use cases and turn them into scalable recruiting workflows
- Strong analytical instincts and experience translating talent data into actionable recommendations
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and consultative partnership skills
- Understanding of responsible AI practices, including privacy, confidentiality, bias mitigation, and human oversight
- Comfort navigating ambiguity, changing priorities, and rapid organizational growth
- High discretion, sound judgment, and a team-oriented approach to mentoring and knowledge sharing



