Cleared Lead

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Kentro is hiring for a Cleared Recruiting Lead to support Kentro's Cleared contracts and all hiring needs. The Cleared Recruiting Lead oversees all recruiting delivery for Secret, TS, TS/SCI, and CI Poly, hiring needs across government contracts. This role supervises a team of cleared recruiters and ensures consistent, compliant, and timely staffing of the intelligence community (IC), DoD, and federal civilian programs.

The Lead serves as the primary operational point of contact for cleared recruiting activities and is responsible for reporting hiring performance, resource needs, risks, and contract-based staffing updates directly to the Senior TA Manager. This role partners closely with program leadership, Personnel Security, and TA leadership to sustain a healthy cleared pipeline and meet mission‑critical contract requirements.

Location: Preferred locations
- Hybrid Tampa, FL or McLean, VA. Willing to consider Remote- USA, with ability to travel to support events and contract needs. Eastern Time Zone working hours.

Compensation Range: The anticipated base salary range for this position is $,000 annually and reflects Kentro’s good‑faith expectations at the time of posting. Final compensation is determined based on the role’s requirements, relevant skills, experience, education, certifications, work location, applicable security clearance requirements, market conditions, internal equity, and contract requirements.

This Job Description reflects the primary duties of the role; however, it is not intended to be all‑inclusive. Team members may be asked to take on additional responsibilities in alignment with customer expectations, business needs, and Kentro’s culture of collaboration and adaptability.

• Lead all cleared recruiting activities and ensure coverage across all programs requiring Secret, TS, TS/SCI, CI Poly, and FS Poly talent.
• Manage, mentor, and coach 1–2 cleared recruiters; oversee workflow, performance, productivity, and quality of delivery.
• Establish daily, weekly, and monthly operating rhythms to ensure recruiting commitments are met.
• Review and approve all Job Description submittals for hire, and review/ approve all offers following the process for approvals and exceptions.
• Enforce compliance with government contract requirements, labor categories, candidate documentation, and personnel security standards.
• Act as the clearance subject matter expert for the Cleared team, supporting recruiters and hiring managers with clearance‑related questions.

• Provide consistent, structured reporting to the Director, including pipeline status, risks, hiring trends, and contract‑level performance metrics.
• Communicate program staffing demands, recruiter workload, resource gaps, and escalation issues in a timely, proactive manner.
• Ensure the Director is briefed on all hiring risks, delays, candidate issues, and market conditions affecting cleared recruiting delivery.
• Collaborate with the Director and Transition Manager on strategic planning for contract start‑ups, surge hiring, proposal staffing, and future pipeline development.

• Build and maintain clearance‑specific pipelines…