Technical Program Manager, Batteries

Technical Program Manager, Batteries

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.

What You'll Do

• Manage multiple workstreams for the HW Engineering Battery team in collaboration with our internal customers while concurrently managing a battery product from development to manufacturing and sustainment.
• Represent and help build your program's culture. As the liaison to the engineering development organization you are well positioned to consistently interact with all teams at Anduril and often will be tasked to represent the program in a cross-functional capacity. You should be knowledgeable of not only the current state of the program, but also the various technical and operational factors which define the product architecture and overall vision.
• Establishing key milestones and targets from across the organization to help define the product roadmap. This will require an in-depth understanding of what teams are affected by the various stages of your program's engineering development. You are to ensure that teams are being engaged at the right time and at the right maturity stage to be successful. The roadmap you help develop would be the guide for your program that the organizations would reference and plan around.
• Evaluate and prioritize the various tasks required to successfully support the program development efforts. Be prepared to help drive to the best decision for the program and company. This generally should be a data driven approach, and should include inputs from all the various stakeholders to ensure the decision is well informed and can be successfully executed.
• Execute a variety of tasks to ensure the program stays on track. These tasks can take many forms as the engineering program manager should be prepared to fill any gap to de-risk the roadmap.
• Communicate engineering strategy and vision to the technical stakeholders to help manage expectations. Ensure all risks are noted and addressed with adequate time and resources to help keep things on track.
• Expected to work closely with teams including, but not limited to: design engineering, finance, logistics, EHS, manufacturing, engineering testing, legal, technical operations, business strategy/programs, etc.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years as a Technical Program Manager driving hardware or integrated product development projects
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Aptitude for working with internal and external stakeholders, across a wide range of technical areas.
• Comfort working with data and complex analyses
• Comfort with program management tools such as MS Project, JIRA, etc.
• Experience with creation of project proposals, program plans, reports, and process documentation.
• Ability to organize, prioritize and simplify complex problems.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, collaborative team environment.
• Maintain customer relationship with timely, accurate, and meaningful communications.
• Proven experience leading cross-functional teams to successful completion
• Eligible to obtain / maintain an active U.S. Secret Security Clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• B.S. (minimum) Computer Science or Engineering
• Experience with or interest in working with visual design tools to communicate ideas
• CAPM or PMP certification a plus.