Hiring: Recruitment Operations / Talent Acquisition Specialist Company: AE Strategies Location: Silver Spring, MD Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 10:44:47 Employment Type: On-site Target Skills & Keywords : Spring About the job Required Skills: •This role is ideal for someone who enjoys the pace of recruiting operations but also wants to help improve the system around the work. You will help create the processes, templates, communication practices, and service delivery habits that make recruitment more transparent, responsive, and scalable. •Support day-to-day recruitment coordination, service delivery, stakeholder engagement, candidate engagement workflows, and recruitment process execution. •Assist stakeholders in organizing hiring needs, clarifying priorities, translating workforce requirements into recruitment actions, and maintaining visibility into progress. •Coordinate intake meetings, position clarification, campaign activities, candidate tracking, screening logistics, interview coordination, hiring manager communications, and follow-up actions. •Support standardized recruitment processes, templates, candidate communication practices, issue tracking, barrier resolution, and continuous improvement of recruitment operations. •Support recruitment efforts involving scientific, clinical, regulatory, technical, artificial intelligence, digital health, data science, food safety, medical product, life sciences, operational, administrative, and other mission-critical positions. Qualifications: •U.S. Citizenship is required due to the requirements of the government contracts AE Strategies supports. •Demonstrated capacity to work onsite three (3) days a week in Silver Spring, MD. •Bachelor's degree in human resources, business administration, public administration, communications, or a related field. •At least ten (10) years of relevant experience in recruitment operations, talent acquisition, staffing coordination, executive search support, candidate engagement, or hiring operations. •Strong organization, urgency, and follow-through, with the judgment to know what needs to be escalated and what can be solved directly. •Clear, professional communication style with candidates, clients, and internal team members. •Demonstrated capacity to work well in a small-firm consulting environment where people are expected to own details, adapt quickly, and help outside narrow job boundaries when the mission requires it. Compensation: •$120,000 - $135,000 / year •Competitive benefits and rewards package •We offer meaningful work, early responsibility, a low-ego team culture, competitive compensation, paid healthcare, and 401(k) matching Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!