Maritime Program Office Lead

Anduril Industries; Santa Ana (CA); On-site; USD 166,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in the United States is seeking a Project Management Specialist to run the program office cadence, generate reports, and manage documentation. You will enable leadership to see the whole program clearly and act on it, reporting to the Program Manager.

Your responsibilities span cross-functional collaboration, objective setting, and cross-team coordination to ensure successful project execution and timely decision making.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree, or equivalent experience in program or project coordination.
• 5+ years in project management, program operations, PMO, or business operations.
• Demonstrated ownership of a reporting or meeting cadence for a multi-team organization.
• Strong written communication and the ability to produce executive-ready materials.
• Fluency with scheduling, tracking, and reporting tools.
• High organizational rigor and follow-through on actions without being chased.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Own the program operating rhythm — recurring reviews, reporting cycles, and leadership meeting cadence.
• Maintain program data and metrics, and produce the reporting leadership and the customer rely on.
• Track actions, decisions, and commitments across the program and drive them to closure.
• Manage contract deliverables (CDRLs), document control, and submission schedules.
• Coordinate across branch leads to assemble an integrated view of program status.
• Maintain the program risk and issue register in partnership with SEIT and the branch TPMs.
• Prepare materials for program reviews, customer briefings, and leadership decision forums.
• Maintaining schedule (major developmental milestones and tracking to build milestones as we move through CDR and PDR)
• Where alpha build vs bravo build/development
• Coordinating lab space

Skills

Program management

Executive communication

Scheduling tools

Security clearance readiness

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

Tools

MS Project

Excel

Jira

Job description

Anduril Industries in the United States is seeking a Project Management Specialist to run the program office cadence, generate reports, and manage documentation. You will enable leadership to see the whole program clearly and act on it, reporting to the Program Manager.

Your responsibilities span cross-functional collaboration, objective setting, and cross-team coordination to ensure successful project execution and timely decision making.