Talent Acquisition Manager

About the role

Muon seeks a Talent Acquisition Manager to lead and develop a high-performing technical recruiting team while personally driving critical, high-priority searches. The ideal candidate is a proven player-coach who thrives in fast-paced, high-growth environments, brings strong business partnership and recruiting expertise, and knows how to build and scale recruiting teams to support a scaling business.

This role may be worked remotely from an approved location.

Responsibilities

- Manage, coach, and develop a team of recruiters, providing consistent feedback, mentorship, and support to drive individual growth and overall team performance.

- Establish clear expectations, performance goals, and accountability around recruiting activity, pipeline development, hiring outcomes, and candidate experience.

- Conduct regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and career development conversations to support recruiter growth, engagement, and continued development.

- Personally own and drive full-cycle recruiting for a portfolio of high-priority, complex, and strategic searches, from intake through offer acceptance.

- Partner closely with hiring managers and senior leaders to understand business priorities, workforce needs, and evolving talent requirements.

- Bring market intelligence, talent availability, competitive insights, and data-driven recommendations to hiring managers to influence hiring strategies and drive informed decisions.

- Lead by example through hands-on recruiting execution, demonstrating the ownership, urgency, adaptability, and accountability expected across the team.

- Provide visibility into team capacity, hiring forecasts, recruiting performance, risks, and resource needs to support proactive workforce planning and hiring decisions.

- Identify and implement opportunities to improve recruiting processes, operational efficiency, and the scalability of the talent acquisition function as the company grows.

Qualifications

- 7+ years of full-cycle recruiting experience, ideally within a high-growth technology, engineering, aerospace, hardware, or software environment.

- 2+ years of experience managing, coaching, or leading recruiters, with a demonstrated ability to develop talent, manage performance, and drive team results.

- A proven track record of personally delivering against ambitious hiring goals while effectively balancing competing priorities and business needs.

- Experience recruiting for technical and highly specialized roles, with the ability to develop creative and effective sourcing strategies in competitive talent markets.

- Demonstrated ability to thrive in a fast-paced, high-growth startup environment where priorities evolve quickly and ambiguity is part of the job.

- Strong business acumen and the ability to connect recruiting strategies and priorities to broader company objectives.

- Exceptional stakeholder management and communication skills, with the confidence to influence, advise, and challenge hiring managers and senior leaders when necessary.

- A data-driven approach to recruiting, with the ability to leverage metrics to identify trends, evaluate performance, assess recruiting effectiveness, and make informed decisions.

- Exceptional organizational and prioritization skills, with the ability to balance individual recruiting responsibilities, team performance, and people management commitments.

- A hands-on, roll-up-your-sleeves mentality. You're comfortable jumping into the details, solving problems, adapting quickly, and doing whatever is needed to help the team succeed.

Nice-to-have Skills

- Experience recruiting within the aerospace, space, defense, satellite, or advanced technology industries.

- Experience scaling a recruiting function within a high-growth startup, ideally through Series B, Series C, or later-stage growth.

- Experience working with a blended recruiting model, including internal recruiters, contract recruiters, RPO partners, and externa