Senior Technical Program Manager, Space Special Programs

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 Senior Technical Program Manager for our Space Special Programs business line. The Technical Program Manager will lead day-to-day execution of program initiatives and tasks - working with the Head of Programs, the Head of Operations, and the rest of the Business Operations team to manage the budget and schedule, as well as with the customer, and the GM to satisfy the technical objectives while meeting all of the contractual requirements.

Responsibilities

• Ownership: TPMs are owners; we're looking for those who have a natural bias to assume responsibility, a healthy dose of skepticism, and contribute to a culture of performance. Lead the project from start to finish with the customer and the engineering team. Develop the technical path for success, identify engineering needs, and validate the projected product outcome with the customer.
• Embed/Engage: Work side-by-side with our 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.
• Build/Orchestrate: Work with Anduril engineers to build the solution and/or pivot development as needed to meet client needs.
• Plan: Develop, coordinate and communicate the path to success with both internal and external partners.
• Grow our business through customer success: In addition to the operational and executive relationships you own, you will be responsible for meeting commercial targets that drive top line growth.

Required Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience executing engineering or program management responsibilities for Space hardware, payloads, subsystems, or satellites
• 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 Electrical, Computer, Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent
• 4+ 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

Preferred Qualifications

• Proven experience leading multi-disciplinary engineering teams to successful completion of projects
• Collaborative problem solving to achieve work goals
• Excellent written and verbal communications skills
• Experience with Microsoft Project or equivalent project management software
• Ability to organize, prioritize and simplify complex problems
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment
• Lead team to develop solutions to complex, time sensitive problems
• Maintain customer relationship with timely, accurate, and meaningful communications
• Creation of project proposals, program plans, reports, and process documentation