Production Chief of Staff: Scale Ops & Strategy

Anduril-1; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 220,000 - 292,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA is seeking a Chief of Staff, Production to be a force multiplier for the SVP of Production. You will design the operating structure, guide decision quality, and ensure leadership owns outcomes.

This role thrives in ambiguity, translates executive intent into action, and manages communications, strategic initiatives, and cross-functional coordination across the organization.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of progressive professional experience in strategic operations, business leadership, management consulting, or directly supporting senior executives in high-growth, complex environments.
• Proven success in a Chief of Staff, or similar executive leverage role, with a track record of transforming how an organization operates, not just coordinating across it.
• Technical or operational experience in aerospace, defense, automotive, advanced technology, or similar hardware-intensive industries.
• Proven ability to absorb executive context rapidly, operate with incomplete information, and accurately represent senior leadership's intent and judgment to the broader organization.
• Exceptional executive communication skills, you distill complex, ambiguous situations into clear, actionable recommendations in writing, presentations, and live conversation.
• Track record of building operating structure around fast-moving leaders, creating scalable systems, decision hygiene, and accountability without slowing the organization down.
• Self-driven and relentlessly proactive. You operate with high autonomy in ambiguous environments, see gaps before they become problems, and drive results without close oversight.
• Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Context Management: Maintain continuity across every active thread, know what matters, what decisions were made, who owns what, and where escalation is needed. Triage the information overload that floods toward the SVP and proactively surface only what requires their direct engagement.
• Operating Structure: Design and drive the operating cadence for the Production organization: leadership meetings, QBRs, strategic planning cycles, internal business reviews, and cross-functional touchpoints (CDR, MRR, PDR, etc.). Build follow-through, accountability, and decision hygiene, not bureaucracy.
• Executive Filtering: Determine where the SVP must engage, where they should adjudicate, and where their directs should own resolution. Improve the quality of escalations so that when the SVP is pulled in, the issue is framed, options are clear, and a recommendation is ready.
• Executive Extension: Represent the SVP's viewpoint credibly in internal forums, cross-functional meetings, and leadership discussions. This requires deeply internalizing the SVP's standards, priorities, and decision-making patterns, not just relaying messages.
• Communications & Content: Own communications from the Production leadership team, all-hands content, email updates, and departmental rollouts. Create presentations for QBRs, executive meetings, and offsites. Translate complex operational realities into clear narratives.
• Strategic Initiatives: Lead high-impact, cross-functional initiatives from scoping through execution. Drive strategic projects that don't have a natural owner but are critical to the organization's evolution.
• External Engagement & Events: Plan and execute VIP engagements, customer visits, investor visits, department summits, and all-hands events. Own end-to-end logistics, agenda design, and content curation.
• Organizational Development: Help leaders prepare better, elevate smarter, and own outcomes, so the organization matures from reactive to operational.

Skills

Strategic operations

Executive support

Cross-functional leadership

Defense/tech experience

Communication skills

Autonomy

Education

Bachelor's degree in Science/Engineering

MBA or advanced degree

Job description

Anduril Industries in Costa Mesa, CA is seeking a Chief of Staff, Production to be a force multiplier for the SVP of Production. You will design the operating structure, guide decision quality, and ensure leadership owns outcomes.

This role thrives in ambiguity, translates executive intent into action, and manages communications, strategic initiatives, and cross-functional coordination across the organization.