Senior Program Manager, PMO

Senior Program Manager, PMO

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century's most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril's family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

About The Job

As a Program Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring mission success by supporting the development and integration of Anduril products and technologies with various government partners. These projects will be diverse in nature and require you to be organized and flexible to adapt to changing situations. You will support a UK MOD Land programme including supporting technical development of air-land products from concept to delivery. You will work closely with Anduril teams to develop these designs so that requirements are tied to customer inputs and there is traceability to program office technical decisions. Success in this position also hinges on systems/engineering experience, or the ability to learn technical concepts quickly. Digging into the details to understand system dependencies, technical risks and the impact of key architectural decisions with the engineering team is a must. You will be expected to utilize your technical capability in conjunction with your program/project management skills to deliver the best outcome for Anduril and the customer.

What You'll Do

• Oversee all program and development activities within Anduril's UK Maneuver Dominance division, supporting both defense and commercial applications.
• Manage the execution of customer-funded efforts related to employment and advancement of Anduril's Maneuver Dominance product family and ensure alignment with company and division growth objectives.
• Ensure product alignment with customer priorities, supporting both defense and commercial market needs.
• Develop, run and maintain Cost - Schedule - Performance of funded programs and projects, including for a large acquisition program in concert with a MOD program office and across stakeholders on the program
• Support detailed scoping and planning efforts for proposals and new start programs, including capturing strategic initiatives, generating milestones for delivery and technical readiness, formalizing deliverables and customer handover packages, and budgeting for labor and material expenditures planned throughout development and demonstration program phases.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with critical service and program office stakeholders to ensure successful milestone completions and drive the program from prototyping into production phases
• Collaborate closely with growth and engineering leads to develop and execute coordinated approaches to new business opportunities in which defense customers require products from across Anduril. Support the definition of high-level system designs and architecture for future vehicle and payload programs
• Lead formal efforts by identifying strategic initiatives, estimating resources needed, and supporting mobilization logistics. Coordinate execution with 3rd party vendors and partners.
• Foster a culture of ownership, trust, open communications, customer focus, innovation, and continuous improvement
• Travel to support customer meetings approximately 20% of the time

Required Qualifications

• B.S. (minimum) in Electrical, Computer, Aerospace, Mechanical Engineering, or equivalent
• 5+ years relevant industry experience, minimum 10 years of work experience required
• Experience delivering technical engineering programs
• 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.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active UK-SC clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Demonstrated knowledge in defense acquisitions, with a history of zero-to-one defense program growth a plus
• Experience in the technical, programmatic, and operational challenges of developing and deploying autonomous weapon systems
• Experience with government business development, government contract structures, government proposal processes
• Demonstrated ability to organize, prioritize and manage multiple tasks and concurrent projects. The PM must be able to successfully coordinate multiple programs and product development activities
• Demonstrated high-energy, high-ownership leader who will drive performance and exhibit strong management skills with a high level of emotional intelligence. Must be able to work in a fast-paced, highly entrepreneurial, and creative environment, and be able to build, adapt, and implement new and innovative approaches to market
• Excellent writing, communication skills with experience briefing senior executives and customers
• Previous experience leading, managing, and executing technical programs/products, from ideation and early-stage design to technology development, system integration, testing, and deployment
• Significant customer-facing experience leading high profile and high stakes programs, including strong interpersonal skills and executive gravitas
• Experience with Microsoft Project or equivalent project management software
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment.
• CAPM or PMP certification.