# Production Program Manager

**Company**: Anduril
**Location**: McHenry, Mississippi, United States
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $113,000-$149,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Manufacturing

**Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/andurilindustries/jobs/5115111007
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## Description

As a Production Program Manager at Anduril, you will oversee the manufacturing and production lifecycle, working cross-functionally with engineering, supply chain, operations, quality, program management, growth, and leadership teams. Your role is critical in driving efficiency, managing schedules, mitigating risks, and ensuring that projects are delivered on time, within scope, and on a budget.

Key responsibilities include:

- Process Optimization: Drive continuous improvement initiatives aligned with our COGs objectives to enhance production efficiency, scalability, and cost-effectiveness during the development and pre-production phase.

- Budget & Cost Control: Monitor project budgets, track progress, and ensure we are continually focused on identifying and solving issues to enable a successful transition to full-scale production.

- Stakeholder Communication: Provide regular updates to internal teams and leadership, ensuring transparency on project status, risks, and solutions.

- Resource Management: Ensure appropriate allocation of materials, labor, and equipment to meet production readiness goals.

- Risk Management: Identify, assess, and mitigate potential risks and roadblocks that could impact project timelines or operational readiness.

- Cross-Functional Collaboration: Coordinate between engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, program management, growth, quality, and leadership teams to align pre-production efforts with business objectives leading up to program transition to full-scale production.

Required qualifications include:

- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Operations Management, or related field

- 8+ years of experience in operations program management, production, manufacturing, preferably in defense, aerospace, or complex hardware industries

- Strong understanding of manufacturing processes, supply chain management, and production workflows

- Experience launching new products with condensed timelines

- Experience with project management methodologies (Agile, Lean, TPS, Six Sigma, etc.)

- Proficiency in project management tools (Jira, Confluence, MS Project, Gantt Charts)

- Excellent problem-solving, analytical, and organizational skills

- Strong communication and leadership abilities to influence and align cross-functional teams

- Ability to work in a fast-paced, dynamic environment with evolving priorities

- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. security clearance

Preferred qualifications include:

- Experience in defense, aerospace, or automotive manufacturing

- Experience with ERP, MRP, MES, PLM systems

## Skills

### Required
- project management
- manufacturing processes
- supply chain management
- production workflows
- project management methodologies
- Agile
- Lean
- TPS
- Six Sigma
- Jira
- Confluence
- MS Project
- Gantt Charts

### Nice to have
- defense
- aerospace
- automotive manufacturing
- ERP
- MRP
- MES
- PLM systems