{"id":1123591,"url":"https://alion.io/job/shield-ai-senior-program-manager-talent-acquisition-programs","title":"Senior Program Manager - Talent Acquisition Programs","company":{"id":50,"name":"Shield AI","domain":"shield.ai","url":"https://alion.io/company/shield-ai","size_band":"1001-5000","is_staffing_agency":false,"is_intermediary":false,"listed_via":null,"ats_vendor":"Lever","truth_index":{"grade":"B","score":75,"open_postings":51,"ghost_share":0,"stale_share":0.804,"repost_share":0,"time_to_fill_p50_days":90,"computed_at":"2026-09-24T05:45:00Z"}},"role":"Management","role_family":"Management","seniority":"senior","employment_type":"full_time","work_mode":"hybrid","remote_scope":null,"remote_scope_basis":null,"remote_working_hours":null,"hiring_geo_confidence":"structured","locations":["San Diego, United States"],"countries":["US"],"hiring_countries":[],"hiring_countries_total":0,"salary":{"min":170000,"max":245000,"currency":"USD","period":"year","gross":null,"usd_annual":245000},"salary_estimate":null,"experience_years_min":8,"visa_sponsorship":false,"relocation_package":false,"has_equity":false,"technologies":[{"name":"Agile","optional":true}],"status":"live","first_seen_at":"2026-09-15T15:53:54Z","employer_posted_date":"2026-09-15","last_verified_at":"2026-09-25T02:32:12Z","board_verified":true,"closed_at":null,"days_open":9,"trust":{"level":"ok","repost_count":null,"flags":[],"days_open":9},"description":"We are seeking an experienced Senior PX Program Manager to lead the delivery, optimization, adoption, and continuous improvement of strategic Talent Acquisition (TA) programs and priority People Experience (PX) initiatives. This role combines program management, recruiting operations, process optimization, and change management to strengthen how the organization attracts, assesses, selects, and hires talent.\nIn close partnership with Talent Acquisition leaders, recruiters, recruiting coordinators, hiring teams, PX Systems, and cross-functional stakeholders, this individual will translate recruiting strategy into scalable programs, operating models, and implementation plans. They will lead complex initiatives, improve end-to-end hiring processes, clarify roles and decision rights, establish governance, and use data to drive efficiency, quality, adoption, and an exceptional candidate and hiring-manager experience.\nThe ideal candidate brings deep expertise in program and project management, process improvement, change management, and stakeholder engagement, along with experience supporting Talent Acquisition or other high-volume People functions. This is a full-time role responsible for advancing critical TA and PX priorities, strengthening operating rigor, and developing efficient, repeatable approaches that support organizational growth.\nKey Responsibilities\nSenior Program Manager - Talent Acquisition Programs\nWe are seeking an experienced Senior PX Program Manager to lead the delivery, optimization, adoption, and continuous improvement of strategic Talent Acquisition (TA) programs and priority People Experience (PX) initiatives. This role combines program management, recruiting operations, process optimization, and change management to strengthen how the organization attracts, assesses, selects, and hires talent.\nIn close partnership with Talent Acquisition leaders, recruiters, recruiting coordinators, hiring teams, PX Systems, and cross-functional stakeholders, this individual will translate recruiting strategy into scalable programs, operating models, and implementation plans. They will lead complex initiatives, improve end-to-end hiring processes, clarify roles and decision rights, establish governance, and use data to drive efficiency, quality, adoption, and an exceptional candidate and hiring-manager experience.\nThe ideal candidate brings deep expertise in program and project management, process improvement, change management, and stakeholder engagement, along with experience supporting Talent Acquisition or other high-volume People functions. This is a full-time role responsible for advancing critical TA and PX priorities, strengthening operating rigor, and developing efficient, repeatable approaches that support organizational growth.\nKey Responsibilities\nTalent Acquisition Program Delivery\nLead the planning, coordination, execution, and launch of complex TA programs and cross-functional PX initiatives, such as recruiting process optimization, interviewer enablement, hiring capacity planning, candidate experience, recruiting technology implementations, and talent-program rollouts.\nPartner with TA and PX leaders to define program scope, objectives, milestones, timelines, risks, dependencies, resources, and success measures.\nTranslate strategic hiring priorities into actionable roadmaps, workstreams, implementation plans, and sustainable operating models.\nMaintain integrated program plans and operating rhythms; monitor progress and proactively manage risks, issues, dependencies, and decisions.\nDrive alignment and accountability across recruiters, coordinators, sourcers, hiring managers, interviewers, systems teams, and other partners to achieve milestones and intended outcomes.\nEnsure programs transition effectively from implementation to sustainable business-as-usual operations with clear ownership, documentation, and performance measures.\nRecruiting Process Optimization and Operational Excellence\nLead end-to-end assessment and optimization of priority TA processes, including workforce demand intake, requisition launch, sourcing, screening, interviewing, selection, offer management, preboarding, and recruiting operations.\nMap current-state processes and design future-state workflows that improve speed, quality, consistency, compliance, candidate experience, hiring-manager experience, and operational effectiveness.\nIdentify process gaps, bottlenecks, redundancies, manual work, inconsistent practices, and unclear ownership; determine root causes and develop practical, scalable solutions.\nPartner with TA leaders and subject-matter experts to clarify roles, decision rights, handoffs, service expectations, escalation paths, and operating mechanisms.\nDevelop and implement standardized playbooks, SOPs, templates, toolkits, and governance practices that enable consistent execution across recruiting teams and hiring stakeholders.\nPartner with PX Systems and other stakeholders to improve ATS workflows, reporting, integrations, automation, and the effective use of recruiting technology.\nEmbed continuous improvement practices into TA programs and processes using operational data, stakeholder feedback, candidate insights, and lessons learned.\nChange Management and Adoption\nDevelop and execute change management strategies that support successful adoption and long-term sustainability of new TA programs, systems, tools, and processes.\nAssess stakeholder impacts and organizational readiness, then create communication, engagement, training, enablement, and reinforcement plans.\nPartner with TA leaders, recruiters, hiring managers, interviewers, and subject-matter experts to facilitate change and minimize disruption.\nTrack adoption, stakeholder readiness, and effectiveness; use findings to adjust implementation plans and improve future initiatives.\nEnsure redesigned processes are supported by clear documentation, training materials, communications, ownership, and reinforcement mechanisms.\nStakeholder Leadership and Cross-Functional Collaboration\nBuild trusted relationships across Talent Acquisition, PX, Finance, Legal, IT, business leadership, and hiring teams.\nFacilitate stakeholder alignment, decision-making, process design, and issue resolution across multiple workstreams.\nLead working sessions to identify root causes, evaluate options and tradeoffs, and align stakeholders on practical solutions.\nCoordinate cross-functional efforts to ensure cohesive program delivery and integration with broader workforce and business priorities.\nEscalate risks, tradeoffs, and decisions appropriately and provide clear recommendations that enable timely resolution.\nDeliver concise, executive-ready communications on program status, recruiting process performance, risks, outcomes, and recommendations.\nGovernance, Analytics, and Operating Effectiveness\nEstablish governance models, operating rhythms, and reporting mechanisms for assigned TA and PX programs and processes.\nMaintain key program artifacts, including project plans, process maps, action plans, decision logs, risk registers, and operating documentation.\nUse quantitative and qualitative data to identify opportunities, inform recommendations, measure outcomes, and support ongoing improvement.\nRequired Qualifications\nBachelor’s degree in Human Resources, Business Administration, Organizational Development, Industrial Engineering, Operations, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.\n8+ years of experience leading complex programs, process improvements, transformations, or organizational change within Talent Acquisition, HR, People Operations, Operations, or a related environment.\nDemonstrated success managing cross-functional initiatives with multiple stakeholders and workstreams in a high-growth or similarly dynamic organization.\nStrong program and project management skills, including planning, governance, risk and dependency management, execution, and performance measurement.\nExperience supporting Talent Acquisition programs and a working understanding of the end-to-end recruiting lifecycle and the needs of candidates, recruiters, and hiring teams.\nExperience assessing and redesigning end-to-end processes, identifying root causes, clarifying roles and handoffs, and implementing scalable solutions, frameworks, playbooks, or SOPs.\nHands-on change management experience, including stakeholder analysis, communications, training, enablement, adoption, and reinforcement.\nAbility to use recruiting, operational, survey, 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