Senior Program Manager, Connected Warfare

Anduril Industries; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 183,000 - 229,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity grants

Health benefits

Competitive compensation

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a senior Program Manager to own and drive the execution of cross-functional defense programs. You will work closely with DoD customers, engineers, and partners to align requirements with mission objectives and ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.

You will develop lightweight processes and metrics, manage risks, and foster a high-performance culture that prioritizes rapid iteration, ownership, and strong client relationships across multiple programs.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field.
• Minimum of 8 years of proven program management experience in the defense, national security, or aerospace domains
• Proven track record of successfully managing complex, multi-million-dollar projects and driving their on-time, on-budget completion
• Strong strategic thinking, analytical, and problem-solving abilities with the ability to move seamlessly between tactical and the 30,000 ft level
• Experience coordinating multiple internal and external teams within a complex engineering or technology-focused organization
• Exceptional communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to present complex information clearly and concisely to diverse audiences
• Strong technical, analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations and drive decisions
• Experience with tools like JIRA and Confluence
• Current TS/SCI
• Willingness to travel up to 50%

Responsibilities

• Own overall program execution - meeting cost, schedule, and performance targets and exceeding program and warfighter expectations.
• Acquire an intimate understanding of program requirements and maintain open dialogue with the customer to ensure engineering efforts remain aligned to mission objectives.
• Develop and implement effective processes, tools, and metrics for program planning, scope management, risk management, and overall program execution.
• Drive cross-functional alignment efforts to ensure seamless integration across engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, test and evaluation, operations, business development, and other Anduril teams.
• Develop strong, trusting relationships with Anduril’s DoD customers, ensuring we have tight feedback loops that enable us to shape solutions, rapidly iterate, and ultimately field solutions faster.
• Autonomously execute on broad and/or ambiguous requirements from internal engineering, customers, and third-party partners to own successful delivery of outcomes on multiple programs simultaneously.
• Develop and implement lightweight processes, tools, and metrics for program planning, scope management, risk management, and customer communication to enable Anduril to move rapidly.
• Be high ownership on all pieces of work and become a trusted partner and advisor to Anduril’s engineers.
• Foster a creative, high-performance culture within the team, and proactively assess team skills versus needs, identifying personnel development or recruitment opportunities to strengthen the team’s capabilities

Skills

Program management

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Communication skills

DoD customer coordination

JIRA

Confluence

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or related field

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking a senior Program Manager to own and drive the execution of cross-functional defense programs. You will work closely with DoD customers, engineers, and partners to align requirements with mission objectives and ensure on-time, on-budget delivery.

You will develop lightweight processes and metrics, manage risks, and foster a high-performance culture that prioritizes rapid iteration, ownership, and strong client relationships across multiple programs.