Global People Experience Program Lead

Anduril; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 196,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior People Experience Program Manager to serve as the strategic and operational backbone of our People Experience function. You will connect a portfolio spanning global engagement, survey leadership, and alumni initiatives across multiple geographies.

You will partner with the Head of People Experience to shape the function, present to senior leaders, and drive cross‑functional programs from strategy through execution in a fast‑growing defense tech environment.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in people programs or program management within a People/HR function.
• Experience designing end‑to‑end employee experience or engagement programs.
• Motivated by defense mission and outcomes.
• Strong program management across multiple geographies and workstreams.
• Executive presence and communication with senior leaders (VP/C-suite).
• Experience managing enterprise‑wide stakeholder relationships across functions.
• Strategic thinking with global scope and scalable frameworks.
• Comfort with data, evaluating engagement metrics and making data‑driven recommendations.
• High ownership, low ego, and outcomes orientation.
• Thrives in fast‑paced, ambiguous environments and builds from the ground up.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to access to export controlled information.

Responsibilities

• Lead the program management and rollout of Anduril's global engagement strategy across seven sites and regions.
• Own end‑to‑end management of the company-wide engagement survey, including launch, results analysis, and action planning.
• Launch and operationalize the Anduril Alumni Program across stakeholder groups.
• Partner with the Head of People Experience to shape function strategy and invest in scalable programming.
• Serve as the primary operator across the People Experience portfolio, managing timelines and communications.
• Build strategic relationships with People Business Partners, leadership, onboarding leads, and operations.
• Use site health data to translate insights into strategic recommendations and program adjustments.
• Present strategy and outcomes to senior leadership with executive presence.
• Drive systems‑level change and build coalitions across teams and geographies.

Skills

People programs

Employee experience

Engagement programs

Program management

Executive communication

Stakeholder management

Global scope

Data-driven

Change management

Ownership mindset

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior People Experience Program Manager to serve as the strategic and operational backbone of our People Experience function. You will connect a portfolio spanning global engagement, survey leadership, and alumni initiatives across multiple geographies.

You will partner with the Head of People Experience to shape the function, present to senior leaders, and drive cross‑functional programs from strategy through execution in a fast‑growing defense tech environment.