Swarm Aero is redefining air power, building the largest swarming UAV and the most versatile swarming aircraft network in the world. The company is moving quickly to launch the first aircraft designed specifically for swarming, as well as the Command & Control software to mobilize swarms of thousands of heterogeneous autonomous assets and empower human operators to achieve superhuman results.The team has created and exited multiple startups, negotiated defense deals worth billions of dollars, and designed and built 30+ novel aircraft, with aerospace experience from Scaled Composites, Airbus, Archer Aviation, Blue Origin, and Boom Supersonic.The RoleGreat technology loses to good technology that reaches the customer first. You'll hire the people who make sure ours gets there, and the people who keep the company running while it scales.This seat owns hiring for Mission and defense business development, business operations, finance and accounting, real estate, and marketing. The searches are fewer, but every one of them matters. Many are the first hire in a function: the finance leader who takes us into our next stage, the real estate lead who helps stand up a new facility, the capture and program people who put our aircraft and software in front of the warfighter. We treat them like the high-stakes searches they are.The WorkOwn full-cycle hiring across Mission, business operations, finance and accounting, real estate, and marketingRecruit defense BD, capture, program, and mission roles with real credibility, and know where those people come from: primes, defense tech startups, the Pentagon, and the operational forceRun senior and first-of-kind searches like an executive search partner: map the market, calibrate early, and close hardBe the advisor first-time hiring managers didn't know they needed. Challenge the role when it's wrong and help define what great looks likeBuild relationships with future leaders before we need them, so the next search starts warmConvince exceptional people who never pictured themselves in defense that this is the most important work they'll ever doYouHave [5+] years of full-cycle recruiting experience, including senior or executive-level searchesHave recruited in or around defense, government, or national security, and know the difference between BD, capture, and program managementHave closed candidates who had other options, including at the leadership levelEarn hiring managers' trust by telling them the truth about the market, even when it's not what they want to hearLove range. A controller, a head of marketing, and a defense BD lead in the same week sounds like a good week to youBonus PointsExecutive search or agency background paired with in-house startup experienceA network in the defense BD, capture, or military communityExperience hiring finance, real estate, or marketing leaders at a scaling companyMilitary service or experience recruiting veterans and transitioning service membersWhy This SeatYou'll build the teams that take our technology to the fight, and the teams that keep us standing while we grow.How We RecruitWe're a small recruiting team building a defense company that has to win. Here's how we operate, and we hire recruiters who already work this way.The Standard. We know the work deeply. We are not generalists hiding behind job descriptions; we study the engineering, the domain, and the landscape until we can hold a real conversation with a practitioner. Every candidate who talks to us should call it the best recruiting experience of their career, and we each bring our own personality to get there. High touch, never scripted.How We Think. One foot old school, one foot forward: we're obsessive about the fundamentals of recruiting and restless about finding better ways to do it. We play the long game and hire for what someone will do in two and five years, not just next quarter. And we'd rather define the industry standard than follow it.How We Operate. Mission first, always. Speed is a competitive weapon, and we use it. Quality over comfort: we'll have the harder conversation with a hiring manager before we'll make the easy hire.If that reads like a description of how you already work, we want to talk.ITAR requirementTo conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a U.S. citizen, lawful permanent resident of the U.S., protected individual as defined by 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3), or eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State.Swarm Aero is an equal opportunity employer. We value diverse backgrounds and experiences and make employment decisions without regard to race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, or disability.What We OfferMeaningful equity in a high-growth defense technology companyCompetitive base salary commensurate with experienceMedical, dental, vision, and 401kPTO and paid sick leaveMonthly wellness stipendDaily catered lunch (office)Paid parental leaveDirect impact on a critical national security missionA world-class team of engineers and operators solving genuinely hard problemsCompensation: $130K – $180K • Offers Equity • $130K – $180K • Offers EquityFind Jobs in France on Arbeitnow