Strategic SG&A Talent Planning Lead

Anduril Industries, Inc.; Costa Mesa (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Anduril Industries is seeking a seasoned Talent Planning partner to own demand and capacity across our growth initiatives. You will manage headcount plans, model capacity against demand, and translate data into actionable priorities for executives and business leaders.

You will collaborate with finance, operations, and HR to align budgets, drive automation, and ensure capacity readiness for global expansion. A proven ability to influence at executive levels is essential.

Qualifications

• Experience building headcount plans and capacity models.
• Ability to frame tradeoffs and justify hiring decisions with data.
• Strong stakeholder collaboration across business and finance.

Responsibilities

• Own the headcount plan and capacity model, track approvals and scenarios.
• Maintain a live demand vs. capacity view and produce a rolling roadmap.
• Frame tradeoffs and prioritize hiring requests with data-backed rationale.
• Build scalable recruiting analytics infrastructure and self-serve dashboards.
• Link hiring plans to SG&A financials and budget considerations.
• Lead expansion talent mapping for new sites or countries and align with enterprise view.
• Present capacity story to executives and connect hiring progress to business outcomes.

Skills

Talent planning

Capacity modeling

Stakeholder management

Data-driven decision making

Tools

BI Platform

SQL

Excel

Job description

Anduril Industries is seeking a seasoned Talent Planning partner to own demand and capacity across our growth initiatives. You will manage headcount plans, model capacity against demand, and translate data into actionable priorities for executives and business leaders.

You will collaborate with finance, operations, and HR to align budgets, drive automation, and ensure capacity readiness for global expansion. A proven ability to influence at executive levels is essential.