Deployment Lead, Strategic Defense

Anduril-1; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Washington, DC is hiring a Deployment Lead to own end-to-end readiness for a portfolio of deployment sites. You will coordinate people, access, equipment, logistics, and customer communication from survey through deployment and sustainment.

You will lead across engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, security, procurement, and government stakeholders, while building trust with customers and end users and traveling 30–50% for major events.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in technical program management, field ops, deployment ops, or similar.
• Experience managing multi-site or multi-event execution with customers and engineering.
• Ability to build executable plans, schedules and risk logs in ambiguous environments.
• Travel 30–50% and ability to work in classified environments.

Responsibilities

• Serve as the program liaison for assigned sites with customer contacts and internal stakeholders.
• Lead site surveys and readiness reviews; translate site conditions into action plans.
• Maintain site profiles with contacts, access, and technical config.
• Plan deployments, ground tests, live-fire exercises, and sustainment activities.
• Build and manage integrated schedules, readiness gates, risks, and decisions.
• Coordinate purchase orders, shipping, and local logistics with clear ownership.
• Itemize hardware, establish catalog records, ensure asset accountability.
• Coordinate engineering and SRE support for hardware install, repair, and return‑to‑service.
• Develop reusable site-survey guides and troubleshooting procedures.
• Capture feedback and turn observations into actionable improvements.

Skills

Technical Program Management

Field Operations

Multi-site Execution

Status Reporting

Travel 30–50%

Security Clearance

Cross-functional Influence

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Smartsheet

Microsoft Project

Job description

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

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 Operations, Cyber & Security team is responsible for safely deploying and sustaining a mission-critical command-and-control capability across laboratories, test ranges, data-center environments, and operational sites. Site Operations is the connective tissue between the customer, engineering, field support, logistics, security, and program leadership. We make sure every site is ready to receive, operate, exercise, and sustain the capability.

ABOUT THE JOB

We are hiring a Deployment Lead to own end-to-end readiness and the day-to-day operating picture for a portfolio of deployment sites. This is a deeply technical, field-facing program role. You will be the primary site liaison, orchestrating people, access, equipment, logistics, schedules, technical support, and customer communication from the first survey through deployment and sustainment. You will lead through influence across engineering, Site Reliability Engineering, Deployment Operations, security, procurement, Growth Operations, and government stakeholders.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Serve as the accountable program liaison for assigned sites, establishing trusted relationships with customer points of contact, operators, local support teams, and internal stakeholders.
• Lead site surveys and readiness reviews; translate power, cooling, rack space, network, access, shipping, travel, and staffing conditions into an owned action plan.
• Maintain authoritative site profiles covering points of contact, access procedures, technical configuration, frequently asked questions, travel, logistics, shipping, open actions, and operational history.
• Plan and coordinate deployments, ground tests, live-fire exercises, customer visits, training events, and sustainment activities, including agendas, staffing, access, travel, equipment, and after-action follow-through.
• Build and manage integrated schedules, readiness gates, dependencies, risks, decisions, and issue‑resolution plans across concurrent sites and events.
• Coordinate purchase requests, purchase orders, shipping, receiving, material staging, and local logistics while maintaining clear ownership and traceability for site equipment.
• Partner with Deployment Operations to itemize new hardware, establish catalog and part records, verify asset accountability, and ensure equipment is eligible and compliant for customer-facing growth events.
• Orchestrate engineering and Site Reliability Engineering support for node flashing, installation, troubleshooting, hardware replacement, and return‑to‑service activities.
• Develop and maintain reusable site‑survey guides, technical orientation materials, exercise‑support playbooks, end‑user troubleshooting manuals, and controlled emergency‑access procedures.
• Own user‑feedback intake and after‑action reviews; turn observations into prioritized, traceable actions and clearly distinguish site‑support needs from product‑roadmap decisions.
• Provide concise status, risk, and readiness reporting through a deployment calendar, near‑term action board, and six‑month look‑ahead for leadership and cross‑functional teams.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 5+ years of experience in technical program management, field operations, deployment operations, systems integration, or a comparable role delivering complex hardware and software capabilities.
• Demonstrated ownership of multi‑site or multi‑event execution involving customers, engineering teams, logistics, access constraints, and time‑critical dependencies.
• Working knowledge of integrated hardware, software, networking, and data‑center or field‑site infrastructure; able to understand technical architecture and ask the questions that reveal execution risk.
• Experience building executable plans, schedules, readiness criteria, risk registers, decision logs, and clear status reporting in an ambiguous environment.
• Ability to build trust with government customers and end users, lead through influence, and resolve issues without waiting for perfect information.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to brief technical, operational, and executive audiences.
• Ability to travel 30–50%, work non‑standard hours during major events, and operate on site in classified or controlled environments.
• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance and is eligible to obtain a Top Secret clearance.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Experience deploying distributed command-and-control, edge-compute, sensor, communications, or other mission systems in DoD environments.
• Experience planning site surveys for data-center or integration-lab environments, including rack, power, cooling, network, and physical‑security requirements.
• Experience supporting developmental test, operational test, range activities, ground test, or live-fire exercises.
• Familiarity with asset management, serialization, barcode‑based inventory, hardware configuration records, procurement, and reverse logistics.
• Experience with Jira, Confluence, Smartsheet, Microsoft Project, or equivalent tools for execution and knowledge management.
• Working knowledge of RMF, classified handling, controlled data movement, courier procedures, or secure shipping requirements.
• PMP, CAPM, or comparable program‑management certification.

US Salary Range

$166,000 - $220,000 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:

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 .