Associate Director, Corporate Planning & Operations

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 215,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Competitive benefits package

Job summary

Anduril Industries, a defense technology company based in Costa Mesa, CA, is seeking an Associate Director of Corporate Planning & Operations. The role focuses on guiding long-range planning, headcount strategy, and executive-facing analyses.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, develop scalable processes, and drive high-stakes decisions in a fast-paced environment. Ideal candidates bring 7+ years in strategy/operating roles at high-growth tech companies, strong problem-solving, and

Qualifications

• Owning financial modeling and analyses and executive reporting.
• Strong problem-solving and analytical skills for executive audiences.
• Ability to translate complex data into clear, actionable insights for diverse stakeholders.
• Demonstrated cross-functional leadership and people management experience.
• Proven ability to hire, ramp, and develop talent in a fast-paced environment.
• Ownership mentality with responsibility and dependability.

Responsibilities

• Manage long-range and annual planning processes as project quarterback.
• Lead headcount planning and build scalable workflows with monthly executive insights.
• Drive monthly and quarterly reporting cadence with cross-functional teams and consolidated data analyses.
• Tackle ambiguous questions with rigor from problem definition to execution.
• Partner with teams to drive strategic decisions by framing problems and evaluating paths.
• Craft high-quality executive presentations and materials.

Skills

Financial modeling

Executive reporting

Data analytics

Cross-functional leadership

Team leadership

Executive presentations

Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

About The Team

The Corporate Planning & Operations team builds and defines how the company plans and makes operational decisions across teams, turning strategy into day-to-day execution.

We sit at the center of the business and take on high-impact, often ambiguous problems that directly affect growth, efficiency, and how the business scales. That means deep-dive analysis, process re-design, and building pragmatic solutions that make the company run better.

We work closely with senior leaders, move quickly, and focus on outcomes. This is a team for people who like solving hard problems, building and iterating, and leaving things better than they found them.

About The Job

The Associate Director, Corporate Planning & Operations will be based out of Costa Mesa, CA and will report directly to our Corporate Planning leader. This role will focus on tackling operational challenges facing the business, including driving our strategic planning. Given our rapid growth and the uniquely challenging problems we tackle, this role will naturally gravitate toward finding solutions and will be adept at navigating organizational hurdles. The ability to build trust quickly in a fast-paced environment and execute with high dependability is also critical to success in this role.

What You'll Do

• Manage and improve long-range, and annual planning processes. Scope the work, define work streams, and serve as the overall project quarterback.
• Lead headcount planning and operationalization — building on existing workflows to drive greater efficiency and accuracy, enhance tooling and develop more scalable solutions, and present monthly insights to Executives.
• Drive the monthly and quarterly reporting cadence with cross-functional teams. Ensure processes are sequenced appropriately, drive better content, and support with key analyses on consolidated data.
• Tackle hard, ambiguous ad-hoc questions with rigor and independence, owning projects from problem definition to execution
• Partner with cross-functional teams to drive strategic decisions by framing a problem space, evaluating potential paths, surfacing key tradeoffs, and operationalizing
• Craft and develop high-quality executive presentations and materials
• Lead and mentor a team, providing direction in a fast-paced environment with high-stakes deliverables that impact overall company rhythm

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years experience in a strategy and/or operating role at a high-growth technology company, with previous experience owning financial modeling and analyses, and executive reporting.
• Exceptional problem-solving and analytical skills, and the ability to build simple but impactful presentations for executive audiences.
• Demonstrated ability to translate and articulate thoughts clearly and simply across a wide range of roles (finance partners, engineering, cross functional leadership, and executives).
• History of successfully leading/managing a team including hiring, ramping, and developing talent and employing a culture of strong feedback
• Consistent track record of cross functional leadership amongst diverse individuals with different goals
• Strong proficiency in data analytics, with the ability to interpret complex datasets and extract actionable insights that support business objectives.
• Ownership mentality with a natural bias to assume responsibility. We empower our team to quickly assume high levels of responsibility and entrust them to actively own projects and shape their success.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance

US Salary Range

$170,000—$215,000 USD

Benefits

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.

For more information, Explore Our Benefits.

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