Iron Bow Technologies is for people who believe trust is paramount, transformation is embraced, and the future is here, because "What we do matters!"
We are a next generation solutions provider, delivering mission success across government, healthcare, and commercial industries. Iron Bow relies on our passionate people, long standing partnerships, and strategic thinking to solve your most critical challenges.
Whether we team with clients, colleagues, or partners, we put each other first. It’s The Iron Bow Way.
THE OPPORTUNITY
Iron Bow Technologies is seeking an experienced Senior Technical Recruiter to join our Talent Acquisition team and play a key role in supporting strategic growth. This position will help build our staff augmentation recruiting capability, support strategic proposal recruiting, and partner closely with Sales, Program Management, and business leaders on critical talent needs.
The ideal candidate brings deep technical recruiting experience across both staffing agency and corporate environments. You understand the speed and urgency of staffing while bringing the consultative approach and business partnership required within a corporate Talent Acquisition function.
This is a hybrid role requiring onsite presence several times per month at our Herndon, VA and/or Annapolis, MD locations.
HOW YOU'LL MAKE AN IMPACT
- Build the recruiting framework for Iron Bow's staff augmentation practice, establishing scalable processes, workflows, service levels, and operating procedures.
- Partner closely with Sales and Program Management to translate customer and business requirements into effective recruiting strategies.
- Establish processes for requirements intake, prioritization, candidate submission, feedback, communication, and handoffs across Recruiting, Sales, Program Management, and Delivery.
- Support strategic proposal recruiting, including sourcing and engaging contingent candidates, key personnel, and incumbent talent.
- Build proactive talent pipelines to support current and anticipated staff augmentation and proposal requirements.
- Develop sourcing strategies to identify highly qualified technical talent across competitive and specialized skill sets.
- Provide talent market intelligence on candidate availability, compensation, market conditions, and potential recruiting challenges.
- Manage multiple concurrent searches and priorities while delivering a high-quality candidate and stakeholder experience.
- Track recruiting activity and leverage data to evaluate pipeline health, identify gaps, and continuously improve recruiting outcomes.
- Serve as a trusted talent advisor to business leaders throughout the recruiting process.
SKILLS THAT DRIVE SUCCESS
- 8+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience
- Recruiting experience in both a staffing agency and an internal corporate Talent Acquisition environment required.
- Experience supporting federal government contracting and proposal recruiting, including contingent hires, key personnel, and incumbent capture.
- Strong understanding of the federal contracting lifecycle and partnership between Talent Acquisition, Sales, Capture, Business Development, Proposals, Program Management, and Delivery.
- Demonstrated experience building, improving, or scaling recruiting processes and capabilities.
- Experience recruiting for staff augmentation, contract staffing, or project-based technical requirements.
- Strong direct sourcing and pipeline development capabilities, including engaging passive talent.
- Experience operating in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments with an emphasis on speed, quality, and responsiveness.
- Strong candidate assessment, negotiation, and closing skills.
- Ability to build trusted, consultative relationships with hiring managers and senior business stakeholders.
- Ability to operate independently, navigate ambiguity, establish structure, and adapt as business needs evolve.
WHAT SETS YOU APART
- Experience operating in a startup, high-growth, or build-from-the-ground-up environment.
- Experience helping establish or scale a staff augmentation recruiting function.
- Understanding of staff augmentation economics, including pay rates, bill rates, markups, and margins.
- Established networks within the technology, staffing, or government contracting communities.
WHY YOU'LL LOVE IT!
- This is an opportunity to do more than manage requisitions. You'll help build Iron Bow's staff augmentation recruiting capability while supporting strategic proposals and partnering directly with leaders across Sales, Program Management, Capture, Proposals, Delivery, and Talent Acquisition.
- You'll bring your staffing expertise and recruiting experience to help create scalable processes, influence talent strategy, and support Iron Bow's continued growth.
COMPENSATION AND BENEFIT INFORMATION
The salary range for this position is $120,000-$150,000/yr. This range reflects the anticipated base pay for the position and is not a guarantee of final compensation. Actual compensation will be determined based on factors including experience, skills, education, location, contract requirements, and business needs.
Iron Bow Technologies reserves the right to fill this role at a different level, depending on qualifications and organizational priorities. This range represents only one component of Iron Bow's total compensation package. An overview of our benefits is available on our careers page.
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OUR EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER COMMITMENT
Iron Bow Technologies is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to the principle of equal employment opportunity for all employees and to providing employees with a work environment free of discrimination and harassment. All employment decisions at Iron Bow are based on relevant business considerations, such as operational needs, job requirements and individual qualifications, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity and/or gender expression, pregnancy, national origin, age, disability, status as a protected veteran or any other characteristic prohibited by law. Iron Bow will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.
Skills Required
- 8+ years of full-cycle technical recruiting experience
- Recruiting experience in both a staffing agency and internal corporate Talent Acquisition environment
- Experience supporting federal government contracting and proposal recruiting, including contingent hires, key personnel, and incumbent capture
- Strong understanding of the federal contracting lifecycle and collaboration among Talent Acquisition, Sales, Capture, Business Development, Proposals, Program Management, and Delivery
- Experience building, improving, or scaling recruiting processes and capabilities
- Experience recruiting for staff augmentation, contract staffing, or project-based technical requirements
- Strong direct sourcing and pipeline development capabilities, including passive talent engagement
- Experience operating in fast-paced, deadline-driven environments emphasizing speed, quality, and responsiveness
- Strong candidate assessment, negotiation, and closing skills
- Ability to build trusted, consultative relationships with hiring managers and senior business stakeholders
- Ability to operate independently, navigate ambiguity, establish structure, and adapt to changing business needs
- Experience in a startup, high-growth, or build-from-the-ground-up environment
- Experience establishing or scaling a staff augmentation recruiting function
- Understanding of staff augmentation economics, including pay rates, bill rates, markups, and margins
- Established networks within technology, staffing, or government contracting communities
Iron Bow Technologies Compensation & Benefits Highlights
The following summarizes recurring compensation and benefits themes identified from responses generated by popular LLMs to common candidate questions about Iron Bow Technologies and has not been reviewed or approved by Iron Bow Technologies.
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Healthcare Strength — Health coverage is characterized as comprehensive across medical, dental, and vision, alongside life and disability protection. Health insurance is also framed as a strong point, with family premiums sometimes described as reasonable.
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Leave & Time Off Breadth — Time-off offerings are positioned as flexible, supported by remote and hybrid-work programs. The overall package includes a range of leave benefits that can support work–life needs.
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Parental & Family Support — Family-related leave is portrayed as a differentiator, including parental leave and even “grandparents’ leave.” These elements broaden support beyond standard time-off programs.
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What We Do
We deliver mission success through next-generation solutions across government, healthcare, and commercial markets. Iron Bow relies on our passionate people, long-standing partnerships, and strategic thinking to solve your most critical challenges. At Iron Bow, our people believe in a culture of transformation and that the future of technology is here to deliver our clients’ missions. When it comes to our people, we care about the customer's mission, value a culture of teamwork, and believe deeply in the power of technology to transform lives and communities. #WhatWeDoMatters Disclaimer: Your privacy and security are important to us. Iron Bow Technologies does not request payment information, personal financial information, or any form of processing fees as part of our recruitment process. Please be cautious of any requests for such information as they may be scams. Our interviews and communications are conducted through official channels only. This includes emails from verified company domains and phone calls or video conferences scheduled through our official systems. If you are ever in doubt about the legitimacy of any communication purportedly from us, please do not hesitate to contact us directly at our official contact points for verification. The only domain we use is ironbow.com
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