Senior TA Manager - GovCon Recruiting Ops Career in Columbus
Career & Market Insight
This is a senior individual-contributor-turned-people-manager role at the intersection of recruiting operations, systems ownership, and HR strategy — a rare combination that commands premium market value.
Compensation context: No salary is listed, but Senior Manager TA roles at US IT consulting/GovCon firms typically range $120,000–$155,000 annually, with some larger firms reaching $170k. If Arlo is a smaller consultancy (which their profile suggests), expect the lower-to-mid end of that band.
Skills this role builds:
- GovCon recruiting operations — a niche with very high demand and limited talent supply
- ATS administration (Greenhouse) — transferable to any mid-to-large organization
- KPI/SLA framework design — valued in HR Ops and People Analytics roles
- EEO/OFCCP compliance — a specialized, defensible credential in regulated industries
- Recruiting automation and AI tooling — increasingly critical as TA functions modernize
Green flags: The role has genuine strategic scope (partnering with Director of HR, owning the systems roadmap), not just execution ownership. Remote-first with distributed team management experience is highly portable.
Watch for: No mention of team size, budget ownership, or growth trajectory for the company. For a 10+ year TA professional, confirm this is a step up in scope rather than a lateral move before investing in the process.
Company Summary
Arlo Solutions (Arlo) is an information technology consulting services company that specializes in delivering technology solutions. Our reputation reflects the high quality of the talented Arlo Solutions team and the consultants working in partnership with our customers. Our mission is to understand and meet the needs of both our customers and consultants by delivering quality, value-added solutions. Our solutions are designed and managed to not only reduce costs, but to improve business processes, accelerate response time, improve services to end-users, and give our customers a competitive edge, now and into the future.
Position Overview
The Senior Manager, Talent Acquisition owns operational management of the full-lifecycle recruiting function — translating TA strategy into a running, measured operation across both pre-award (business development / proposal-stage) and post-award/internal (active contract delivery, Headquarters) hiring. This role is the operational backbone of TA and owns the ATS/HRIS environment the function runs on, builds and reports the KPI framework leadership uses to gauge hiring health, manages all TA vendor and staffing-partner relationships, and owns TA's compliance posture. The Senior Manager partners directly with the Director of HR on workforce and pipeline strategy so recruiting execution and broader HR workforce planning.
Work Location: Remote
Clearance: N/A
Job Responsibilities and/or Success Factors
- Own day-to-day operations of the TA function — staffing cadence, requisition flow, SLA adherence, and escalation resolution across pre-award and post-award hiring
- Partner with the Director of HR on workforce and pipeline strategy, translating headcount forecasts and contract growth into proactive sourcing plans
- Own the TA KPI framework (time-to-fill, offer-acceptance rate, pipeline health) and present performance data to leadership
- Drive process improvement across the recruiting lifecycle and own the JD library, interview guides, and sourcing playbooks
- Manage TA vendor and staffing-partner relationships, including contract negotiation and performance accountability
- Support HR with EEO/OFCCP recordkeeping, clearance-related hiring requirements, and audit readiness
- Own ATS administration and partner with I.T. to drive the systems roadmap to support automation and reporting capabilities
- Directly manage and develop the TA team, including performance management and career development
- Represent the company at recruitment events, job fairs, and industry conferences as needed
Core Capabilities
- Operational leadership: runs a multi-workstream function with competing SLAs and stakeholders
- Data fluency: builds and interprets KPI dashboards, not just reads them
- Vendor negotiation & contract management: comfortable owning cost and performance accountability for external partners
- Compliance literacy: working knowledge of EEO/OFCCP and clearance-related hiring rules
- ATS/HRIS administration: systems thinking, not just user-level familiarity
- Executive communication: comfortable presenting performance data and recommendations to senior leadership
- Remote team management: effective at leading and developing direct reports in a fully distributed environment
Education and Minimum Qualifications
- 10+ years in Talent Acquisition, including 5+ years directly managing people in a TA leadership or recruiting-ops capacity
- Experience recruiting in a government contracting / cleared environment strongly preferred (pre-award and post-award hiring)
- Hands-on ATS administration experience (Greenhouse preferred) — configuration, reporting, and workflow design
- Demonstrated experience managing vendor/staffing-partner relationships and contracts
- Demonstrated ability to build and present KPI/SLA frameworks and dashboards to leadership
- Understanding of EEO/OFCCP compliance requirements in a government-contracting environment
- Strong stakeholder management skills — comfortable partnering with the Director of HR, PMs, Contracts, Finance, and customers
- Comfortable working fully remote with periodic travel for recruitment events, job fairs, and conferences
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience recruiting in a government contracting / cleared environment (pre-award and post-award hiring)
- Experience implementing recruiting automation or AI-assisted screening tools
- Familiarity with subcontractor / Staffing Partner engagement models
- HR or TA-related certification (e.g., AIRS, SHRM-CP) a plus
AAP Statement
We are proud to be an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer and as such, we evaluate qualified candidates in full consideration without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, national origin, age, disability status, protected veteran status, and any other protected status.
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