Defense Program Manager: Architecture-Driven Delivery

Anduril Industries; Washington; On-site; USD 167,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Health benefits

Competitive compensation package

Job summary

Anduril Industries in the United States seeks a highly motivated Program Manager to own a portion of a growing portfolio of government reference architecture programs. You will be the single point of ownership for your programs, partnering with engineering, contracts, and government stakeholders to keep technical, cost, and schedule baselines aligned and commitments met.

This is a high-impact, fast-moving role that rewards breadth and disciplined decision making, with opportunities to grow scope

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive experience in program management on government or defense programs.
• Active US Secret clearance
• Experience with systems engineering and/or software engineering
• Experience with government reference architectures
• Contract deliverable ownership: planning, driving, and delivering CDRLs
• Leading cross-functional teams and managing stakeholder relationships
• Primary interface to a government program office, running reviews and TI meetings
• Experience managing budgets, schedules, and resources including EAC/ETC forecasts
• Highly organized: manage concurrent programs and priorities in a fast-moving environment

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end program lifecycle across assigned government reference architecture programs.
• Manage program budgets, schedules, and technical performance.
• Demonstrate architecture fluency in discussions with stakeholders.
• Oversee CDRL and contract deliverable management.
• Maintain strong customer relationships and status reporting.
• Collaborate across engineering, contracts, finance, and security teams.
• Identify and mitigate risks, issues, and changes as needed.

Skills

Program management

Security clearance

Systems engineering

Contract management

Cross-functional leadership

Stakeholder management

Budget & schedule management

Education

Bachelor's in Engineering / Systems Engineering

Tools

MOSA/open systems standards

Job description

Anduril Industries in the United States seeks a highly motivated Program Manager to own a portion of a growing portfolio of government reference architecture programs. You will be the single point of ownership for your programs, partnering with engineering, contracts, and government stakeholders to keep technical, cost, and schedule baselines aligned and commitments met.

This is a high-impact, fast-moving role that rewards breadth and disciplined decision making, with opportunities to grow scope