Business Operations, International

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

International Business Operations are forward-deployed operators who travel frequently and/or relocate flexibly to solve high-priority ambiguous problems across the globe, including standing up new facilities, localizing production, and supporting acquisition diligence or acquisition implementation.

Responsibilities

• Own international operational projects end-to-end, from definition, to solution-design, to implementation, to exit with clean transition of ownership.
• Forward-deploy to new geographies to stand up facilities, establish local presence, and build relationships with customers, partners, contractors, government stakeholders, and prospective hires.
• Partner closely with Strategic Real Estate, Global Defense, and Corporate Development on site selection, lease execution, facility buildout, tenders and proposals, localization and industrial participation planning, M&A diligence and post-acquisition operational integration.
• Work on strategic problems, providing structure to ambiguity and shepherding cross-functional groups of stakeholders, often spread across 12+ time zones, towards informed decisions.
• Build and leverage a high-quality network across Anduril: Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Finance, Legal, Compliance, People, Security, NetEng, and more, to unblock yourself from abroad and pull the right expertise in at the right time.
• Project manage across large, distributed groups of stakeholders, including C-suite executives, leading meetings across time zones, creating and managing large Slack channels, and wrangling a 15-person group spanning HQ, London, and Tokyo toward a solution.

Required Qualifications

• Willing and able to travel 75%+ internationally and/or relocate flexibly on short notice.
• Strong agency and judgement to operate independently overseas.
• Builds trust and relationships across cultures, functions, and seniority levels.
• Comfortable constantly moving between big-picture strategy, fine details, and execution sometimes all in the same day, across a 14-hour economy flight.
• A strong communicator across a huge dynamic range: working-level engineers, finance partners, foreign counterparts, and executives, usually across 12+ hour time zones.
• Self-aware and coachable.
• High ownership with the horsepower to juggle multiple (2-3+) international projects in parallel, at a rapid pace, reporting out progress regularly without dropping balls.
• 6+ years of working experience with a minimum of 3+ years in a consulting, operations, finance, or product/program management role.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.

Preferred Qualifications

• Proficiency in a second language.
• Previous experience living or working abroad.
• Familiarity with export controls (e.g. ITAR/EAR, UK Strategic Export Control Lists, EU Dual-Use regulations, etc.) and the practical implications of operating in regulated international defense environments.
• Former startup founder or early-stage operator: you’ve built something from zero and know what it takes to create without a playbook.
• Undergraduate degree in a STEM major.

Benefits

Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including a comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) that ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.