Senior Operations Lead

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

The Senior Operations Lead is a core member of the Space Special Programs Business Line leadership team, with a mandate to develop and scale the organization’s people and processes to maintain and grow our advantage as a technology-led, outcome-oriented systems integrator for the full spectrum of space missions.

Responsibilities

• Organizational planning and development. Partner with the General Manager and their leadership team to develop and execute strategy for organizational planning and development.
• Implement tools and processes for generating data that can drive decisions.
• Define and track metrics for organizational health and performance.
• Design and implement governance structures, accountability mechanisms, and continuous improvement processes.
• Drive quarterly and annual planning cycles for Space Special Programs and prepare content for regular business reviews with the executive team and cross-functional partners.
• Cross-functional leadership. Coordinate action, align incentives, and drive accountability with supporting Divisions/Business Lines, Corporate/G&A/Functional orgs, and external Partners/Suppliers.
• Design and implement the Space Special Programs organizational API, a set of tools and processes that define the cross-functional operating model.
• Partner with FP&A to track financial health against business line goals, take actions to maintain operating expenses within budget, and recommend strategies to achieve margin targets.
• Partner with Corporate Technology to build the underlying data and system infrastructure for organizational operations and knowledge management.
• Partner with Growth, Revenue Operations, and Production to monitor pipeline health, identify material changes to forecast, and ensure production schedules are aligned with customer demand.
• Partner with HR and Talent Acquisition to build out and oversee headcount planning, hiring, staffing, onboarding, professional development, and performance management infrastructure and processes.
• Partner with Growth, Communications, Design, and Marketing to ensure successful announcements (internal and external), customer events, trade shows, and new product launches.
• Project execution. Drive day-to-day operations and develop internal processes/frameworks for efficient execution across the business line.
• Build your own independent portfolio as one of Space Special Programs’ key leaders, deeply diving into a set of organizational priorities that you drive as your own.
• Bootstrap new capabilities and lead cross-functional projects, owning their end-to-end execution from initial discovery to successful resolution.
• Generate and collect data, conduct analysis, and make recommendations to inform strategic investment decisions.

Requirements

• 8+ years of working experience in a consulting, operations, finance, technical program management, product management, or business operations role.
• Strong communication skills across a wide dynamic range, both written and verbal.
• Strong emotional intelligence and ability to solve operational problems in a way that is both data-driven and people-centric.
• High ownership with the horsepower to effectively manage multiple large projects and priorities in parallel.
• Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret security clearance.
• Proven ability to understand the pace and lifecycle of spacecraft technical development, challenges and risks.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working at a technology and/or high growth company.
• Experience working in defense or aerospace.
• Experience working effectively in a matrix organization structure.

Benefits

Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive and competitive benefits packages.