Strategic Real Estate, Growth Strategy Associate

Anduril Industries, Inc.; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 175,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries, a defense technology company, seeks a Growth Strategy Associate to forecast real estate demand and build data tools for strategic planning. You’ll turn headcount and program plans into 5–10 year forecasts, collaborating with Finance, Ops, and business units.

You will apply a data science background to real estate planning, using LLMs and automation to create scalable analyses and dashboards for senior leaders. Prior experience in real estate is helpful but not required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field or demonstrated technical ability.
• 2–4 years in data science, analytics, consulting, FP&A, capacity planning, or real estate.
• Regular use of LLMs including API, agent framework, or automated workflow.
• Clear written and verbal communication with non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to travel up to 10% and U.S. citizenship required, security clearance preferred.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain the models behind quarterly portfolio forecast across divisions, regions, and workforce types.
• Track plan vs. actual from forecast versions and explain changes.
• Forecast office, R&D, and production space demand against supply and identify gaps.
• Model scenarios including program wins/losses, M&A, relocations.
• Maintain utilization metrics and investigate anomalies across sites.
• Collaborate with Talent on hiring velocity, workforce mix, and in-office patterns.
• Extend planning data pipeline in Palantir Foundry using Python and SQL with version-controlled data.
• Develop LLM-based tools to automate data extraction, reconciliation, analysis, and slide production.
• Prepare slides and memos for leadership reviews and present findings to division leaders.

Skills

LLMs in work

Communication

Travel up to 10%

Citizenship US

Education

Bachelors in quantitative field

Tools

Palantir Foundry

Databricks

Git

Excel

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.

Position Summary

Anduril's real estate portfolio covers 10M sq ft of R&D labs, manufacturing hubs, and offices worldwide. The Growth Strategy Associate will help forecast how much space the company needs and where, and build the data tools the team uses to do it.

You’ll join the Strategic Real Estate planning team, reporting to the Director of Strategic Real Estate and working closely with the Portfolio Planning & Strategy Lead. Most of your time will go to building and running the models that turn headcount and program plans into demand and supply forecasts. You'll also track how well we use our existing sites and help prepare the analysis that goes to division leaders and the C‑suite.

We're looking for someone with a data science or analytics background who wants to apply it to real estate and corporate planning. Prior real estate experience is helpful but not required. Real experience using LLMs in your work is required.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain the models behind our quarterly portfolio forecast. This includes pulling in headcount and program plans from Finance, Corporate Operations, and the business divisions, reconciling them where they conflict, and producing a 5–10 year outlook by division, workforce type, and region.
• Track plan vs. actual from one forecast version to the next and explain the changes.
• Forecast office, R&D, and production space demand against current and committed supply, and size the gaps by market and year.
• Model scenarios such as program wins and losses, M&A, and relocations.
• Build and maintain utilization metrics (SF per head, seat ratios, cost per seat, production space relative to output) and dig into sites that look off.
• Work with Talent and People teams on hiring velocity, workforce mix, and in‑office patterns, and use that work to inform location strategy and site timing.
• Extend our planning data pipeline in Palantir Foundry using Python and SQL, with version‑controlled datasets and automated validation.
• Build LLM‑based tools and agents to automate data extraction, reconciliation, analysis, and slide production, and help the rest of the team use them.
• Prepare slides and memos for leadership reviews, and present your own work to division leaders.

Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in a quantitative field such as Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Economics, Engineering, or Finance. Bachelor’s degree in a non‑quantitative field is acceptable, so long as you can demonstrate technical ability.
• 2–4 years of experience in data science, analytics, consulting, FP&A, capacity planning, or real estate.
• Regular use of LLMs in your work, including building with an API, agent framework, or automated workflow.
• Interest in data science shown through work or personal projects.
• Clear written and verbal communication with non‑technical stakeholders.
• Ability to travel up to 10%.
• U.S. citizenship required; eligibility for security clearance preferred.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Palantir Foundry, Databricks, Snowflake, or dbt.
• Background in forecasting methods (time series, Monte Carlo, sensitivity analysis).
• Exposure to real estate, workforce planning, or manufacturing operations.
• Comfort building financial models in Excel.
• Familiarity with Git and code review.

US Salary Range

$120,000 - $175,000 USD

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 .