Program Director

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology.

As Director, Program Management, you will lead a critical program for Anduril Australia and our Maritime division through disciplined execution, introduction into service and continuous capability development.

Responsibilities

• Lead and execute a large, complex, high-profile maritime program, owning delivery against contracted cost, schedule, scope and performance commitments.
• Own the program’s baselines, Integrated Master Schedule and resource plan (headcount, budget and facilities).
• Lead introduction into service, plan and coordinate delivery, acceptance, operational test and evaluation, and transition to the operating and support organisations.
• Work with the engineering, logistics and support teams to ensure the Fundamental Inputs to Capability are in place for service entry.
• Drive continuous capability development, manage a regular cadence of hardware and software capability increments.
• Capture operator and customer feedback and, with product and engineering leads, turn it into a prioritised capability roadmap.
• Build and manage relationships across a complex stakeholder landscape, including Navy capability and fleet stakeholders, Defence acquisition and sustainment organisations.
• Develop and maintain stakeholder engagement and communication plans.
• Manage delivery against Commonwealth contracts (including ASDEFCON-based contracts).
• Ensure crisp communication and reporting at all levels.
• Lead, mentor and grow a team of Program and Technical Program Managers.
• Partner with the Chief Engineer and engineering leaders to drive execution and team velocity.
• Identify, resolve and escalate key cross-team dependencies.
• Ensure the program meets its Defence security (DISP), export control (Australian and ITAR/EAR) and Australian Industry Capability obligations.

Core Requirements

• Minimum of 10+ years’ experience in program and project management, including at least 5 years in senior roles.
• Background in Navy or military programs, with experience across maritime platforms, systems or capability.
• Significant experience delivering complex programs with the Australian Government.
• Demonstrated experience introducing capability into service.
• Exceptional stakeholder management, with a proven ability to build trust with and influence senior Navy, Defence and Government stakeholders.
• Proven track record of managing cost, schedule and risk on large, technically complex programs.
• Demonstrated experience leading and developing teams of program and project managers.
• Solid technical aptitude and an understanding of systems engineering, hardware and software integration.
• Practical familiarity with both Agile and Waterfall (phase-gated) methodologies.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, strong interpersonal skills and executive presence.
• An aptitude and appetite to thrive in an organisation with nascent structure, a high-ownership culture and a “whatever it takes” environment.
• Based in Sydney and willing to travel domestically and internationally (including to the US), approximately 25% of the time.
• Australian citizen with the ability to obtain and maintain an NV1 security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Current NV2 security clearance.
• Experience with autonomous systems, robotics or other advanced and emerging maritime capability.
• Experience with in-service support and sustainment.
• Experience running programs with continuous or spiral capability development.
• Experience with Defence gate reviews, independent assurance reviews and capability acceptance processes.
• Strong analytical and quantitative skills.
• Experience with tools such as Jira, Confluence, MS Project or Primavera P6.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Science or a related discipline.