Staff Program Manager, Connected Warfare (Active Clearance)

Anduril Industries; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 183,000 - 229,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company delivering advanced autonomy, AI, and sensor fusion to national security missions. The role focuses on owning broad program execution, aligning engineering, supply chain, and DoD customers to mission objectives, while driving fast, reliable delivery of multi-program outcomes.

The position requires a bachelor’s degree, 8+ years in defense program management, and a willingness to travel up to 50%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required or equivalent in Engineering, Business, or related field.
• 8+ years of proven program management experience in defense, national security, or aerospace.
• Proven track record of managing complex multi-million-dollar programs on time and within budget.
• Strong communication skills across diverse audiences.
• Experience coordinating multiple internal and external teams in a tech-focused org.
• Current TS/SCI clearance.
• Willingness to travel up to 50%.

Responsibilities

• Own overall program execution, meeting cost, schedule, and performance targets.
• Understand program requirements and maintain open dialogue with the customer.
• Develop and implement processes, tools, and metrics for planning, scope, risk, and execution.
• Foster a team-oriented culture with internal and external partners to align objectives and drive on-time delivery.
• Guide cross-functional alignment across engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, and operations.

Skills

Program management

Strategic thinking

Analytical skills

Communication

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering or related field

Tools

JIRA

Confluence

Job description

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

About The Team

The Connected Warfare division builds systems to support global command and control missions. We create joint, time sensitive, multi domain, ubiquitous, connected mesh ecosystems. Our ecosystem enables connected warfare with disproportional impact by connecting every robot, human, and sensor in every domain, bringing together hundreds of thousands of end points across the globe. We are the substrate that provides the source of truth for time sensitive decisions, effectively transforming the way that militaries close kills chains and enable mission autonomy.

About The Job

• 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.
• Foster a “Team of Teams” culture amongst Anduril, external customers, and industry partners to align objectives, optimize processes, gather insight, and drive on-time execution.
• Build an outcome-oriented, high-performance culture within the program team that values development velocity, high-trust collaboration, rigorous execution, and continuous improvement.
• Drive cross-functional alignment efforts to ensure seamless integration across engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, test and evaluation, operations, business development, and other Anduril teams.
• Autonomously execute on broad and/or ambiguous requirements from stakeholders. Demonstrate high ownership on all pieces of work. Become a trusted partner to Anduril’s engineers.
• Support the drafting of technical proposals, ensuring that potential projects and scaling opportunities with each account are accurately scoped, resourced, and aligned with the organization's capabilities and strategic goals.

Key Responsibilities

• In partnership with the Chief Engineer, own overall program execution, meeting cost, schedule, and performance targets and exceeding program and warfighter expectations. Monitor and manage program resource allocation, making tradeoffs that enable us to deliver best-in-class solutions to our customers on-time and on-budget.
• 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.

Qualifications And Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field (technical background preferred)
• 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%

US Salary Range

$183,000—$229,000 USD

Benefits

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.

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