Anduril Industries is seeking a Program Operations lead to join the Heavy Metal team. In this role, you will be the operational right hand to the Program Manager for a new platform and serve as the connective tissue across Finance, Stakeholder Integration, Supply Chain, Workforce Development, and Facilities.
Responsibilities:
- Serve as the operational backbone for the product Program Manager, coordinating across the program's core areas of responsibility.
- Support Stakeholder Integration across a demanding external environment and key internal contributors.
- Work alongside Supply Chain to translate procurement and vendor performance data into program-level risk pictures.
- Partner with Workforce Development on the hiring, training, and skillset scaling plan required to man a program that is growing at an exponential rate.
- Support Facilities as a program dependency.
- Lead strategic initiatives and special projects on behalf of the Program Manager and Heavy Metal leadership.
- Support the corporate planning cycle for the program.
- Onboard new team members and help stand up the internal operating cadence.
Requirements:
- 3+ years of experience in program operations, consulting, corporate strategy, finance, defense/aerospace program management, or general business analysis.
- Ability to solve complex, ambiguous, cross-functional problems in a people-centric way.
- Strong outcome orientation, high humility, and comfort doing unglamorous work.
- Willingness to be based in Washington, D.C. with regular travel to Costa Mesa, CA and other Anduril sites.
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Typically 5+ years of experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent education/work experience.
- Exposure to Earned Value Management (EVMS).
- Prior experience inside a shipbuilding, heavy-manufacturing, aerospace, or large defense program.
- Experience standing up an operating cadence for a fast-growing team or program.
- Comfort working across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, finance, and workforce functions simultaneously.
