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title: Senior Manager, Operations
description: Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. We are seeking an experienced Operations Manager to lead the day-to-day execution of flight and hardware test operations across our test site network. Responsibilities Lead Scheduling & Coordination and Site Operations teams Manage the end-to-end operating model for test execution Serve as the single accountable operations leader for test-site throughput Partner with Hardware Test Operations leadership, Safety and Standards, and other teams Build and maintain metrics, dashboards, and operating reviews Establish and enforce a consistent operating model across all Anduril test sites Manage external relationships and serve as operational point of contact Partner with the Safety & Standards team to ensure test-site operations comply with policies Support incident response and post-event reviews Travel up to 50% between internal test sites and external partner ranges Requirements 7+ years of progressive experience in test operations, flight test, range operations, or a closely related operational leadership field 3+ years of direct people-management experience Demonstrated experience running or leading operations at a flight test range Strong program and project management foundation Track record of building and enforcing operating cadence Experience partnering with safety and standards functions Proficiency with modern business and operations tooling Excellent written and verbal communication skills Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance Preferred Qualifications Prior experience leading operations at a USG test range Background in aviation operations Experience standing up or scaling operations at multiple geographically distributed sites FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate Active U.S. Top Secret security clearance Experience integrating operations across manned and unmanned aircraft system…
date posted: 2026-08-03T22:05:41.324Z
valid through: 2026-10-02T22:05:41.324Z
direct apply: false
occupational category: Operations
industry: Technology
skills: test operations
skills: flight test
skills: range operations
skills: program management
skills: project management
skills: safety and standards
skills: operations tooling
skills: aviation operations
skills: FAA Part 107 Remote Pilot Certificate
skills: unmanned aircraft systems
hiring organization: Anduril Industries
job location: Place
  address: PostalAddress
    address locality: Costa Mesa
    address region: California
    address country: US
employment type: FULL_TIME
base salary: MonetaryAmount
  currency: USD
  value: QuantitativeValue
    min value: 166000
    max value: 220000
    unit text: YEAR