Recruiting Manager

Who we are:

Raft (https://TeamRaft.com) is a customer-obsessed non-traditional small business with a purposeful focus on Distributed Data Systems, Platforms at Scale, and Complex Application Development, with headquarters in McLean, VA. Our range of clients includes innovative federal and public agencies leveraging design thinking, cutting-edge tech stack, and cloud-native ecosystem. We build digital solutions that impact the lives of millions of Americans.

We’re looking for an experienced Recruiting Manager to support our customers and join our passionate team of high-impact problem solvers.

About the role:

As a Recruiting Manager at our organization, you play a pivotal role in helping scale Raft. At Raft, we’re passionate about delivering innovative tech solutions that make a real difference. Our people are the heart of what we do, and we’re looking for a talented Recruiting Manager to help us build and grow our team. If you thrive in fast-moving environments, love leading remote teams, and enjoy finding the perfect fit for both people and roles, we’d love to meet you!

What we are looking for: 

• 10+ years of experience in recruiting, with strong expertise in the defense environment 
• Hands-on experience recruiting cleared positions ranging from Public Trust to TS/SCI w/Poly
• Experienced in leading and managing remote recruiting teams with a hands-on, collaborative approach
• Well-versed in the full lifecycle proposal process, including RFIs and RFPs
• Comfortable working closely with leadership at all levels, including the C-suite
• Skilled in senior-level recruiting and identifying top talent for key roles
• Thrive in fast-paced, ever-changing environments and can adapt quickly to shifting priorities
• Able to balance quick-turn recruiting needs with long-term, strategic talent planning
• Experienced in supporting a scaling company by building systems and processes to ensure sustainable growth

 What you will do:

• Lead the recruiting process across teams, ensuring smooth communication between recruiters and hiring managers
• Track and manage key recruiting metrics, including time-to-fill and recruiter performance, ensuring high-quality outcomes
• Be a supportive, team-first leader who fosters a collaborative and positive work environment
• Manage the RFI/RFP recruiting efforts in partnership with our Growth team to meet proposal goals
• Maintain a recruiting workload, staying actively involved in sourcing and engaging top talent
• Support leadership hiring, working closely with executives to ensure the best talent joins our team
• Build and optimize systems and processes to support our continued growth and scalability

 Highly preferred:

• Has led proposal pricing conversions 
• Has built and tracking internal recruiting metrics 
• Hands-on experience with Greenhouse
• Minimum of a Bachelor's degree

Clearance Requirements:

• U.S. Citizenship/Public Trust

Work Type: 

• Remote
• May require up to 10% travel

What we will offer you:

• Highly competitive salary
• Fully covered healthcare, dental, and vision coverage
• 401(k) and company match
• Take as you need PTO + 11 paid holidays
• Education & training benefits
• Annual budget for your tech/gadgets needs
• Monthly box of yummy snacks to eat while doing meaningful work
• Remote, hybrid, and flexible work options
• Team off-site in fun places!
• Generous Referral Bonuses
• And More!

Our Vision Statement: 

We bridge the gap between humans and data through radical transparency and our obsession with the mission. 

Our Customer Obsession: 

We will approach every deliverable like it's a product. We will adopt a customer-obsessed mentality. As we grow, and our footprint becomes larger, teams and employees will treat each other not only as teammates but customers. We must live the customer-obsessed mindset, always. This will help us scale and it will translate to the interactions that our Rafters have with their clients and other product teams that they integrate with. Our culture will enable our success and set us apart from other companies.

How do we get there? 

Public-sector modernization is critical for us to live in a better world. We, at Raft, want to innovate and solve complex problems. And, if we are successful, our generation and the ones that follow us will live in a delightful, efficient, and accessible world where out-of-box thinking, and collaboration is a norm. 

Raft’s core philosophy is Ubuntu: I Am, Because We are. We support our “nadi” by elevating the other Rafters. We work as a hyper collaborative team where each team member brings a unique perspective, adding value that did not exist before. People make Raft special. We celebrate each other and our cognitive and cultural diversity. We are devoted to our practice of innovation and collaboration.