Senior Product Operations Lead, Frontier Systems

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 147,000 - 196,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior Manager of Product Operations for Frontier Systems to own the function across the division’s portfolio and programs. You will lead multiple Product Operations managers and teams of engineers and specialists, driving sustainment, reliability, and field support.

You will shape the operating model, set standards, and grow the capacity to meet current and future fielded products, while partnering with engineering to transform field failures into systemic

Qualifications

• 8+ years of managing complex technical systems (robotics, defense, electromechanical).
• Bachelor’s degree in technical field or equivalent hands-on experience.
• Experience leading managers and multi‑team orgs across multiple product lines.
• Ownership of incident-driven workflows and severity handling.
• Depth to follow engineers across hardware, software, networking boundaries.
• Familiarity with reliability lifecycles and sustainment models.
• Ability to size support demand and headcount; defend cost models.
• Project/program management beyond basic PM roles.
• Ability to brief executives and influence outcomes without direct authority.
• Excellent written, visual, and verbal communication; able to navigate ambiguity.
• Active or eligible U.S. Secret clearance (plus is a plus).

Responsibilities

• Lead Product Operations across Frontier Systems portfolio and multiple teams.
• Ensure quality of product support for external and internal customers.
• Scale support across current and future portfolio; establish scope and escalation paths.
• Plan annual headcount; defend demand calculations in planning cycles.
• Own failure signal workflow and reliability loop; drive systemic improvements.
• Set standards for triage, diagnosis, escalation, and resolution of incidents.
• Sponsor initiatives to mature the function and secure resources.
• Interface with program teams to assess support requirements for new programs.
• Brief executive stakeholders on fleet health and sustainment trends.
• Travel up to 20% to support customer needs and field operations.

Skills

Technical Leadership

Organizational Leadership

Incident Workflow Ownership

Technical Depth

Reliability Lifecycle

Sustainment Modelling

Headcount & Cost Modelling

Program Management

Executive Communication

Clearance (US Secret)

Communication Skills

Education

Bachelor’s degree in a technical or related field

Tools

Grafana

Datadog

Jira

Git

SQL

Palantir Foundry

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking a Senior Manager of Product Operations for Frontier Systems to own the function across the division’s portfolio and programs. You will lead multiple Product Operations managers and teams of engineers and specialists, driving sustainment, reliability, and field support.

You will shape the operating model, set standards, and grow the capacity to meet current and future fielded products, while partnering with engineering to transform field failures into systemic