Communications Manager, Maneuver Dominance

Anduril Industries; Washington; On-site; USD 146,000 - 194,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Communications Manager for the Maneuver Dominance team to bring to life the narratives around our autonomous aerial systems. You will lead campaigns, shape media strategy, and develop thought leadership that differentiates our approach and clarifies our vision for near-term combat capabilities.

You will collaborate with engineers, program managers, and senior leadership to tell stories about tech, deployments, and customer success, manage executive briefs and

Qualifications

• 5-7 years of experience in strategic communications, public relations, tech, policy, or a comparable field—preferable defense or aviation.
• Experience with U.S. military Public Affairs Officers (PAO) or military public affairs teams preferred.
• Strong writing chops with ability to craft tight narratives and punchy headlines.
• Comfort working directly with senior leaders, reporters, and technical experts.
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities with judgment and attention to detail.
• U.S. Person required due to access to export-controlled information or facilities.

Responsibilities

• Own the narrative for the Maneuver Dominance team and its products and contracts.
• Develop and execute proactive communications campaigns to drive awareness and reputation.
• Elevate leadership as thought leaders via tailored narratives and executive materials.
• Craft messaging, op-eds, media pitches, launches, and executive briefings.
• Maintain relationships with national security, defense, trade, and tech reporters and editors.
• Collaborate with engineers, PMs, and senior leadership to elevate stories.
• Partner with internal and external comms on events, engagements, and awards.
• Plan and execute high-impact media experiences including demos and site visits.
• Support crisis and issue communications as needed.

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

Anduril's external communications team is responsible for defining, shaping, promoting, and protecting the narrative around Anduril's products and the people who build them. As part of Anduril's division comms vertical, you will be responsible for a specific suite of products and related contracts, owning external narratives around those products end-to-end from big picture strategy development through detailed execution.

The role is specifically focused on supporting Anduril's Maneuver Dominance team, which develops aerial robotic systems - and the associated perception, autonomy, and command and control systems - designed to operate in large coordinated teams in concert with ground maneuver forces. Products in the portfolio include:

• Thunder: a group 5 autonomous attack rotorcraft specifically designed to multiply the combat power and increase the survivability of current and next-generation crewed attack and assault aircraft.
• Omen: a hover-to-cruise autonomous air vehicle that combines the endurance, payload, and mission flexibility of much larger airplanes into a novel runway-independent group 3 platform.
• Altius: a family of modular, highly-configurable launched effects designed for expeditionary deployment by air, ground, or maritime forces for a variety of missions.
• Bolt: a family of man-packable autonomous air vehicles, including Bolt-M, the munition variant purpose-built to arm any ground force with simple, flexible, and lethal precision firepower.
• Ghost: an expeditionary, quiet, and modular platform that delivers intuitive autonomy at the tactical edge, extended range, multi-payload capacity, and an expeditionary footprint.
• Anvil: an autonomous counter-drone interceptor that is part of Anduril's comprehensive family of counter-UAS systems.

ABOUT THE JOB

As the Communications Manager for the Maneuver Dominance team, you will be responsible for bringing the narrative and stories around some of Anduril's most consequential and highest profile products and programs to life. You'll drive communications campaigns, media strategy, and thought leadership that spotlight our capabilities, differentiate our approach, and articulate our vision for the near-surface fight.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Own the narrative for the Maneuver Dominance team and its associated products and contracts.
• Develop and execute proactive communications campaigns to drive awareness, influence, and reputation among key audiences in defense, tech, and policy circles.
• Elevate division leadership as thought leaders by developing tailored narratives, preparing executive comms materials, and securing high-impact opportunities across media, speaking platforms, and strategic engagements.
• Craft compelling messaging, op-eds, media pitches, product launches, and executive briefings that highlight our innovations and impact on modern warfighting.
• Maintain strong relationships with top-tier national security, defense trade, and tech reporters, editors, analysts, and influencers.
• Collaborate with engineers, program managers, and senior leadership to identify and elevate stories about tech, operational deployments, and customer success.
• Partner with internal and external comms teams on events, speaking engagements, and awards programs that advance the division’s visibility and thought leadership.
• Help plan and execute high-impact media experiences including demos, field tests, and site visits.
• Support crisis and issue communications as needed, with judgment and discretion.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 5-7 years of experience in strategic communications, public relations, tech, policy, or a comparable field - preferable with a focus on defense or aviation.
• Experience working with or as a U.S. military Public Affairs Officer (PAO), or collaborating closely with military public affairs teams, is strongly preferred.
• Strong writing chops: You can craft a tight narrative, punchy headlines, and memorable messaging with ease.
• Comfort working directly with senior leaders, reporters, and technical experts.
• Ability to juggle multiple priorities with composure, judgment, and attention to detail.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities.

US Salary Range

$146,000-$194,000 USD

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:

Benefits

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.