International Deployment Manager, Middle East

Anduril; United States; On-site; USD 146,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Deployment Lead on the Air Defense team to deliver and sustain capabilities in the Middle East that meet mission requirements and exceed expectations.

You will lead cross‑functional teams, manage deployment life cycles, and ensure system health and performance in challenging environments, representing Anduril to customers and gathering feedback for continuous improvement.

Qualifications

• Advanced STEM degree or 4+ years of technical work experience in defense, national security, or aerospace.
• Proven project management skills.
• Willing to travel up to 50%: Middle East ~35%, other travel ~15%.

Responsibilities

• Deployment planning and execution of hundreds of deployment events annually across cross‑functional teams.
• Build and maintain strong relationships with customers, partners, and internal teams in high-stakes environments.
• Develop mission understanding and communicate CONOPS to engineers for capability improvements.
• Acquire deep product knowledge of Anduril’s Family of Systems and sensor modalities.

Skills

Project management

Leadership experience

Team coordination

Security clearance eligibility

Travel readiness

Education

Advanced STEM degree

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

The Air Defense team builds robots that find other robots and knock them out of the sky. At a time when air superiority can no longer be taken for granted, the Air Defense team provides mission critical capabilities to warfighters. From detection to tracking, identification, deterrence, and defeat, our family of networked sensors and effectors enables our customers to rapidly close the kill chain against a broad range of UAS threats. Working across product, engineering, business development, logistics, operations, and mission success, the Air Defense team develops, tests, deploys, and sustains the Anduril Air Defense Family of Systems in challenging operational environments worldwide.

ABOUT THE JOB

In this role as a Deployment Lead on the Air Defense team, you are responsible for delivering and sustaining a capability in the Middle East that meets our customers’ mission requirements and exceeds their expectations. You fulfil this responsibility through rigorous operational execution, detail orientation, proactive communication, deep mission understanding, and hard‑won product expertise. You feel ownership over the health and performance of all assets and technologies deployed to your customers and users, and ensure that the system delivers when they need it most. You represent Anduril to our customers, building their confidence and trust through your professionalism and commitment to excellence. You also represent our customers back to Anduril, communicating user feedback and lessons learned to continuously improve our product and our team in response to evolving mission needs. Above all, you set the standard for what good looks like for your deployment, and you rally your Anduril teammates to meet that standard every single day.

What You’ll Do

• Deployment planning and execution: We execute hundreds of deployment events each year, including site installations, test and evaluation exercises, demonstrations, and training and maintenance visits. You will orchestrate these events, leading a cross‑functional team that spans hardware supply, logistics, engineering, and more to do whatever it takes to achieve mission success for Anduril and our customers. Meticulous, resourceful, and detailed‑oriented, you will manage every step of the deployment process, from site survey to testing, pack‑out, installation, training and sustainment. No job is too small. You consistently demonstrate extraordinary judgment, grit, and composure in high‑pressure situations. You anticipate every contingency, build lightweight processes, soberly assess and mitigate risk, and deliberately learn from your experiences to continuously improve.
• Relationship management: Operate independently in a high stakes OCONUS environment. Build trust with customers, industry partners, users, and Anduril teammates through effective communication, positive attitude, and follow‑through. With careful listening and observation, you internalize your counterpart’s priorities and requirements. With empathy and responsiveness, you quickly build rapport, trust, and confidence in our capability. You develop relationships across the organization and communicate honestly and directly. You are committed to giving and receiving feedback well. Your partners always know what you expect from them, and know exactly what to expect from you.
• Mission expertise: Develop a deep knowledge of your customer’s mission requirements, including the nature of the threats they face, regulatory challenges, resource constraints, rules of engagement, and more. You will become a subject‑matter expert and the voice of the customer, capable of effectively communicating requirements and CONOPS to Anduril engineers so they can continue to enhance our capability to meet evolving mission needs. You are deeply motivated to shape the future of air defense.
• Product expertise: Develop a thorough understanding of the capabilities and limitations of Anduril’s Family of Systems. You are innately curious about the technology underpinning our capability, and are not satisfied with a superficial understanding of how and why it works. You are constantly educating yourself about the strengths and weaknesses of different sensor modalities, the challenges of sensor fusion, power and networking requirements, and more. You will become an opinionated power user who can reliably forecast how our capability will perform against a broad range of threat profiles, environmental conditions, and mission constraints.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Advanced STEM degree or 4+ years of technical work experience, preferably in the defense, national security, or aerospace domain
• Highly organized creative problem‑solver with proven project management skills
• Proven experience leading tech‑enabled teams of peers while building a culture of influence through relationships
• Deep interest in national security issues and defense technologies, with a commitment to lifelong learning
• Willing to travel up to 50% of the year: Middle East for ~35%, other travel for ~15%
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Prior experience working in the Middle East with foreign military or civilian partners
• Arabic speaking a plus

US Salary Range

$146,000 — $194,000 USD

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.

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