# Head of Programs, Space Special Programs

**Company**: Anduril Industries
**Location**: Chantilly, Virginia
**Experience**: executive
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $220,000-$292,000 USD
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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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.

We are hiring a Head of Programs for our Space Special Programs business line. The Head of Programs is the lead Technical Program Manager and primary programmatic strategic interface with the GM.

### Responsibilities

- Lead day-to-day execution of overall program initiatives and tasks

- Work with the GM to develop and manage the technical roadmap, new product direction, and help create mission solutions for the customer base

- Develop the technical path for success, identify engineering needs, and validate the projected product outcome with the customer

- Work side-by-side with customers to understand their specific mission challenges and represent the customer as you work with Anduril engineers to shape products that solve critical national security challenges

- Collaborate with nearly every internal Anduril team to ensure each party is engaged and informed

- Develop, coordinate and communicate the path to success with both internal and external partners

- Grow our business through customer success and establish committed and trust-based partnerships with our customers

### Required Qualifications

- Demonstrated experience executing engineering or program management responsibilities for Space hardware, payloads, subsystems, or satellites

- Demonstrated experience managing multiple programs and other program managers in a fast-paced atmosphere

- Strong understanding of space systems engineering, environmental considerations, and requirements verification and validation

- Experience with the deployment and integration of sophisticated hardware and software systems

- B.S. (minimum) in Economics, Math, or Electrical, Computer, Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent

- 18+ years experience working with multifunctional teams

- 7+ years experience managing spacecraft or space subsystem teams

- Experience with building and leading cross-functional teams

- Adaptive and introspective; willing to learn, teach, lead and follow

- Comfortable with setting and achieving goals in an amorphous environment

- Comfortable with working in limited resource environments

- Prior engineering work on space systems is a plus

- Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret security clearance

## Skills

### Required
- space systems engineering
- program management
- technical roadmap development
- customer relationship management
- cross-functional team leadership

### Nice to have
- Microsoft Project
- project management software
- collaborative problem solving
- excellent written and verbal communications skills

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