# VP, GM- Space Special Projects **Company**: Anduril Industries **Location**: Washington, District of Columbia **Experience**: executive **Job type**: full-time **Salary**: Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers **Category**: Engineering **Industry**: Technology **Apply**: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/andurilindustries/jobs/5168336007?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply **Canonical**: https://yubhub.co/jobs/job_d829c6e0-fc6 ## Description Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. Anduril is hiring a VP & General Manager to lead its Space, Special Programs business line. This is both an operating and building role: you will own your business line end-to-end , P&L, product, people, and customer , with the speed and ownership of a founder and the credibility of a defense insider. ### Responsibilities #### Strategic & Commercial Leadership - Set long-range strategy for your business line in alignment with the Space business line's goals - Lead growth , capture, customer engagement, pricing, executive relationships, and expansion into adjacent mission areas - Own customer strategy for your business line and strengthen relationships with key government customers, primes, and industry partners - Monitor market conditions and competitor activity; adjust strategy and resource allocation accordingly - Leverage strategic partnerships and teammates for building out new products to satisfy customer requirements in new and challenging mission areas - Support M&A evaluation and integration as it relates to your business line P&L #### P&L Ownership & Financial Stewardship - Own the full P&L for your business line, including revenue, contribution profit, working capital, and investment targets - Make capex and investment recommendations , manufacturing, test infrastructure, classified spaces, tooling - Manage the operating plan in partnership with FP&A and the Space business line leader; drive content for Monthly and Quarterly Business Reviews #### Operational Excellence & Execution - Design and run the business rhythm for your business line: OKRs, annual planning, headcount forecasting, governance, all-hands - Translate growth signals into operational capacity , staffing, facilities, test ranges, classified infrastructure, production - Drive continuous improvement across safety, quality, delivery, and productivity - Ensure full compliance with corporate policies and applicable regulatory and industry standards #### Technical & Product Leadership - Lead technical execution from design through fabrication, test, and productization - Lead software engineering execution across the business line , architecture, autonomy/AI, data, and software-defined capabilities that differentiate the product - Own the product documentation package required for build and production transition - Make credible technical tradeoffs and partner with engineering on requirements, sub-system trades, and risk management - Contribute technical inputs to proposals, including engineering execution plans - Establish centers of excellence across standards, tooling, and engineering practice within your business line #### Team & Organizational Development - Hire, mentor, and inspire a high-performing leadership team across engineering, program, and operational disciplines - Lead workforce planning, succession, and long-term capability roadmaps for the business line - Champion Anduril's values and lead the organization through complex change as the business line scales #### Cross-Functional Partnership & Communications - Serve as a trusted partner to the Space business line leader and to peer GMs across the division - Lead strategy sessions for the business line , business reviews, leadership offsites, all-hands - Enable internal and external narrative for the business line in partnership with Communications and the Space business line ### Required Qualifications - Currently possesses and can maintain an active U.S. Top Secret SCI security clearance - 15+ years of combined experience across operating, engineering, consulting, or military/government roles - Prior P&L ownership or direct responsibility for business unit financials - Demonstrated ability to lead technical execution and make credible engineering tradeoffs - Track record of building and scaling teams in matrixed, high-growth environments - Strong commercial, operational, and financial acumen - Strong technical communication skills, providing the ability to deliver critical technical briefings and conclusions to technical leadership, company leadership, and customers - Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance - Must be authorized to work in the United States - Experience leading mission-critical DoD programs, ideally in space systems, satellites, launch, or adjacent domains - Prior zero-to-one experience , founding a company, standing up a new business line, or building an organization from scratch - MBA or advanced degree in engineering, business, or a related technical field - Direct operator, military, or government service background ### Benefits Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including comprehensive and competitive benefits packages available at little to no cost to employees. ## Skills ### Required - AI - autonomy - computer vision - sensor fusion - networking technology - software engineering - technical execution - engineering tradeoffs - financial acumen - commercial acumen - operational excellence --- Source: [Apply at job-boards.greenhouse.io](https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/andurilindustries/jobs/5168336007?utm_source=yubhub.co&utm_medium=jobs_feed&utm_campaign=apply)