Description
About the Team
At Anduril, we're redefining the game. As a People Program Manager, you will partner with teams and leaders from across the business to drive execution, manage program lifecycles, and build lasting, scalable organizational solutions.
About the Job
We are looking for a Program Manager to join our rapidly growing People PM Team. From talent acquisition to compensation, you'll dive deep into our critical workflows, emerging as the directly accountable owner for key People Programs. With your strong foundation in project management, a keen understanding of data analysis, and ability to build trust across the business, you will drive program initiatives, manage risks, and communicate effectively with stakeholders across the company.
What You'll Do
- Lead and execute critical projects within the People organization, ensuring successful delivery against business objectives.
- See projects through from conception to tactical completion to move Anduril forward.
- Develop, own, and maintain comprehensive program schedules, project briefs, trackers, and risk/opportunity registers to ensure on-schedule delivery.
- Use qualitative and quantitative skills to tackle complex problems with strong analytical thinking to design key analyses that influence operational decisions.
- Build trust and credibility with senior partners, acting as the primary interface and translating complex people data into clear, actionable project plans.
- Communicate across teams, bridging different parts of the organization, crafting compelling narratives and project updates that align stakeholders and drive positive program outcomes and alignment.
Required Qualifications
- Minimum 4+ years of experience in program management, internal operations, human resources, or management consulting.
- Proven experience managing the end-to-end execution of moderately complex programs, including risk mitigation, task tracking, and stakeholder management.
- Motivated by Anduril's mission to solve big problems in defense.
- Thrive in cross-functional projects with technical requirements and user-focused workflows.
- Act as a thought partner to others, using sound judgment to determine next steps with minimal direction.
- Empathetic and eager to see the world from users' perspectives.
- Love solving complex, cross-functional problems in a people-centric way.
- High ownership and low ego, with strong outcome orientation and high humility.
- Proactively step into gaps to offer solutions.
- Exceptional communication and presentation skills, with the ability to present complex project details clearly and concisely.
- Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.
Benefits
At Anduril, we invest in our people with a comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees.