Senior Defense Program Manager — Gov Programs

Anduril Industries, Inc.; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 167,000 - 222,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Anduril Industries in California is seeking a highly motivated Program Manager to own a portfolio of government reference architecture programs. You will serve as the single point of ownership, aligning technical, cost, and schedule baselines with engineering, contracts, and government stakeholders.

This high-impact role requires fluency in systems engineering, experience with government reference architectures, and a proven track record of delivering CDRLs and program reviews.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of program management on government/defense programs with direct ownership of cost, schedule, and technical performance.
• Experience with systems engineering and/or software engineering.
• Experience with government reference architectures.
• Contract deliverable ownership: planning, driving, and delivering CDRLs and compliance with data item descriptions.
• Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams and managing stakeholder relationships across engineering, contracts, finance, and security.
• Proven track record as the primary interface to a government program office, running program reviews and TI meetings.
• Experience managing budgets, schedules, and resources to achieve program objectives, including burn tracking and EAC/ETC forecasts.
• Highly organized: able to manage concurrent programs and competing priorities in a fast-moving environment.

Responsibilities

• End-to-End Program Ownership
• Customer Relationship Ownership
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Risk, Issue & Change Management

Skills

Program management (gov/defense)

Systems engineering

Govt reference architectures

CDRLs ownership

Cross-functional leadership

Customer interfacing

Budget & schedule mgmt

Multi-project mgmt

Education

Bachelor’s in Engineering / Systems Engineering or related

Advanced technical degree (plus)

Job description

Anduril Industries in California is seeking a highly motivated Program Manager to own a portfolio of government reference architecture programs. You will serve as the single point of ownership, aligning technical, cost, and schedule baselines with engineering, contracts, and government stakeholders.

This high-impact role requires fluency in systems engineering, experience with government reference architectures, and a proven track record of delivering CDRLs and program reviews.