Senior Manager, Mission Readiness Systems & Process

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

The Mission Readiness Team manages the coordination and execution of fielding Anduril’s hardware and software products worldwide.

We are seeking a Senior Manager, Mission Readiness Systems & Process responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing the systems, workflows, and processes that drive Anduril’s global deployment operations.

Responsibilities

• Develop & Optimize Deployment Processes
• Design and implement scalable, standardized workflows to ensure efficiency, quality, and repeatability across deployment operations.
• Establish end-to-end deployment visibility, ensuring seamless coordination between supply chain, logistics, engineering, and technical operations.
• Create and implement standardized deployment methodologies, ensuring consistency across domestic and international operations.
• Identify complex processes and dissect all components in order to identify changes and improvements required, ensuring alignment with workflows and processes.
• Leverage a data driven approach to strengthen current deployment processes, enhance efficiency, and reduce asset downtime through predictive analytics, and real-time data insights.

Systems & Technology Integration

• Lead the implementation and integration of ERP, WMS, TMS, and other platforms to enhance operational effectiveness for deployments.
• Ensure that ongoing company wide system integrations have Deployment Operations input and are rolled out smoothly, certifying that the capabilities needed to scale operations are understood and implemented.
• Partner with software engineering teams to build and improve custom tools for deployment planning, execution, and post-fielding analytics.
• Spearhead the development of a centralized knowledge repository for systems and processes, enabling standardized access to best practices, guidelines, and training materials across the organization.

Cross-Functional Coordination & Stakeholder Engagement

• Build a team to serve as the primary interface between engineering, manufacturing, mission operations, logistics, and technical operations to align deployment strategies with business and customer needs.
• Develop and maintain deployment playbooks and SOPs, ensuring consistency and adherence to best practices.
• Work with internal and external partners to implement scalable, secure, and cost-efficient deployment solutions.
• Manage the analysis and presentation of data and advancement of initiatives for senior leadership and key audiences; communicates progress to stakeholders, and obtain buy-in for critical decisions.

Continuous Improvement & Scaling Operations

• Establish KPIs, dashboards, and reporting frameworks to track deployment success and drive data-driven process improvements.
• Lead post-mission reviews and lessons learned initiatives, taking action to facilitate the ongoing refinement of deployment strategies.
• Build robust internal infrastructure ensuring deployment processes can support a continuously increasing operational tempo.
• Utilize critical thinking to proactively problem solve, anticipate issues, determine solutions, and provide appropriate communication to impacted parties.

Team Leadership & Development

• Build and lead a high-performing deployments systems and processes team, fostering a culture of excellence, and innovation.
• Collaborate, lead, and positively influence cross-functional stakeholders to achieve results that are in the best interest of processes & strategy at all levels.
• Provide mentorship and training to ensure team members are equipped with the technical and operational expertise to execute at the highest level.
• Develop standardized onboarding and technical training programs for teams in the field, to improve operational readiness and consistency.
• Maintain leadership effectiveness and efficiency while demonstrating adaptability, flexibility, and versatility in a dynamic work environment.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, business/operations, or a related technical field.
• 12+ years of leadership experience in logistics, supply chain, or transportation management, with a focus in technical services/support environment, and enterprise-level application integration, for a combination of both hardware and software solutions.
• 7+ years of proven experience in leading teams that manage the implementation of complex or large-scale customer-facing deployments.
• Expertise in Logistics, Systems, & Technology. Designing, implementing, and scaling complex deployment systems and processes.
• Experience implementing technology-driven deployment solutions, including ERP, WMS, TMS, and real-time tracking platforms.
• Track record of developing and implementing scalable, repeatable deployment frameworks, processes, and system strategies to improve efficiency and mission success within a global environment.
• Strong analytical skills and ability to use data-driven decision-making to optimize deployments in a fast-paced, scaling environment.
• Exceptional communication, leadership, presentation, and interpersonal skills are required to enable effective change management with key stakeholders, other departments, and all levels of management.
• Deep experience with Lean, Six Sigma, or Agile methodologies for continuous improvement and process optimization.
• Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. security clearance.