# Industrial Strategy Lead, Production Strategy and Operations

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Costa Mesa, California
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $166,000-$220,000 USD
**Category**: Manufacturing
**Industry**: Defense

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## Description

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

You will be the production voice in Anduril's M&A process, responsible for developing the production thesis for why Anduril should or shouldn't acquire a company.

**Responsibilities:**

- Production M&A Thesis Development: Scan the defense industrial base and work with Division leaders to evaluate acquisition targets that fill production capability gaps.

- Diligence Leadership: Scope and lead production-focused diligence workstreams for active deals.

- Integration Handoff: Translate diligence findings into actionable integration plans.

- CorpDev Partnership: Serve as the primary PS&O interface to CorpDev throughout the deal process.

- Team Leadership: Lead a 2-person sub-team.

**Requirements:**

- 4–6 years of experience in corporate development, M&A, or strategic transactions.

- Strong understanding of manufacturing operations and what makes a production facility valuable.

- Experience structuring and running diligence processes.

- Ability to build a thesis from ambiguous inputs.

- Comfortable navigating cross-functional relationships.

**Benefits:**

- Highly competitive equity grants.

- Top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including health, recovery, and other support.

**Salary Range:** $166,000-$220,000 USD

## Skills

### Required
- M&A
- manufacturing operations
- diligence processes
- thesis building
- cross-functional relationships

### Nice to have
- CorpDev
- defense industry
- strategic transactions

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