Staff Program Manager, Connected Warfare Systems

Anduril Industries, Inc.; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, seeks a senior Program Manager to own overall program execution across cost, schedule, and performance while aligning with warfighter objectives.

You will engage with DoD customers, develop processes for planning and risk management, and drive cross-functional collaboration across engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, and operations to deliver on ambitious programs.

Qualifications

• 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 abi.

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.

Education

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

Job description

Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, seeks a senior Program Manager to own overall program execution across cost, schedule, and performance while aligning with warfighter objectives.

You will engage with DoD customers, develop processes for planning and risk management, and drive cross-functional collaboration across engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, and operations to deliver on ambitious programs.