Principal, Sr. Principal Talent Acquisition Business Partner
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Senior Talent Acquisition Business Partner recruiting cleared and non-cleared technical talent for Northrop Grumman’s defense systems. Driving full-cycle hiring, talent strategy, and digital recruiting transformation.
Responsibilities:
- Drive end-to-end hiring and serve as a strategic advisor to business and HR leaders
- Align talent strategies to business priorities and deliver high-quality hires
- Lead intake and discovery with hiring managers and HRBPs to define role requirements, success profiles, and selection criteria
- Build and execute data-driven hiring strategies for cleared and non-cleared technical and functional roles
- Create targeted talent pipelines aligned to near- and long-term workforce plans
- Manage full-cycle recruitment, including job posting, proactive outreach, screening, structured interviews, panel facilitation, debriefs, references, and candidate closing
- Advise on labor market and competitor intelligence for headcount planning and requisition prioritization
- Champion an exceptional candidate experience and drive timely, inclusive decision-making
- Partner with Compensation, Legal, Security, and Talent Ops on offers, approvals, clearances, relocation, and start dates
- Ensure EEO/OFCCP compliance and audit-ready documentation
- Optimize sourcing channels and tools, including LinkedIn Recruiter, HireEZ, ClearanceJobs, Indeed, and niche job boards
- Engage agency partners when needed and hold vendors accountable for results
- Activate employer brand and employee value proposition across social channels, professional communities, and events
- Represent Northrop Grumman at targeted recruiting engagements
- Build and nurture strategic talent communities for critical skill areas
- Convert passive prospects into active candidates through sustained relationship management
- Coach hiring managers on structured interviewing, selection best practices, and bias mitigation
- Use ATS/CRM systems to manage requisitions and pipelines
- Maintain data integrity, track funnel metrics, and improve processes through agile recruiting sprints
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s degree with 8 years of recruiting and sourcing experience OR Master’s degree with 6 years of relevant experience
- 12 years of relevant experience in lieu of a degree may be considered
- Experience with full life-cycle recruiting and sourcing diverse, technical talent across engineering, manufacturing, and other disciplines
- Documented social media savviness with extensive online networks
- Demonstrated history of partnering and engaging with HR and hiring managers
- Extensive business acumen
- Ability to obtain and maintain a US Government Secret Clearance
- US citizenship required
- Background in agency recruiting
- Excellent planning and organizational skills
- Ability to manage multiple high-priority projects in a high-volume, fast-paced service environment
- Self-directed, excellent customer service skills, and results orientation
- Experience with server-based applicant tracking systems, ideally Workday and/or Eightfold
- Experience developing competitive market intelligence for talent
- Understanding of OFCCP process compliance
- Ability to build talent pipelines and conduct tactical research
- Knowledge of alternative search techniques to find and engage passive candidates
- Travel up to 10% of the time
Benefits:
- Discretionary bonus eligibility
- Health insurance coverage
- Life insurance
- Disability insurance
- Savings plan
- Company paid holidays
- Paid time off (PTO) for vacation and/or personal business
- Virtual work arrangement








