Growth Strategy Data Scientist - Real Estate Forecasting

Anduril Industries, Inc.; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, seeks a Growth Strategy Associate to forecast real estate demand and build data tools for strategic planning. You’ll turn headcount and program plans into 5–10 year forecasts, collaborating with Finance, Ops, and business units.

You will apply a data science background to real estate planning, using LLMs and automation to create scalable analyses and dashboards for senior leaders. Prior experience in real estate is helpful but not required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field or demonstrated technical ability.
• 2–4 years in data science, analytics, consulting, FP&A, capacity planning, or real estate.
• Regular use of LLMs including API, agent framework, or automated workflow.
• Clear written and verbal communication with non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to travel up to 10% and U.S. citizenship required, security clearance preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain the models behind quarterly portfolio forecast across divisions, regions, and workforce types.
• Track plan vs. actual from forecast versions and explain changes.
• Forecast office, R&D, and production space demand against supply and identify gaps.
• Model scenarios including program wins/losses, M&A, relocations.
• Maintain utilization metrics and investigate anomalies across sites.
• Collaborate with Talent on hiring velocity, workforce mix, and in-office patterns.
• Extend planning data pipeline in Palantir Foundry using Python and SQL with version-controlled data.
• Develop LLM-based tools to automate data extraction, reconciliation, analysis, and slide production.
• Prepare slides and memos for leadership reviews and present findings to division leaders.

Skills

LLMs in work

Communication

Travel up to 10%

Citizenship US

Education

Bachelors in quantitative field

Tools

Palantir Foundry

Databricks

Git

Excel

Job description

Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, seeks a Growth Strategy Associate to forecast real estate demand and build data tools for strategic planning. You’ll turn headcount and program plans into 5–10 year forecasts, collaborating with Finance, Ops, and business units.

You will apply a data science background to real estate planning, using LLMs and automation to create scalable analyses and dashboards for senior leaders. Prior experience in real estate is helpful but not required.