Head of Operations, Software Platform

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 TEAM

Software Platform owns and develops Anduril’s Lattice platform, which is deployed across Anduril’s product fleet and to all Anduril customers. Lattice is the technology backbone for Anduril becoming the next generation defense prime.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Leadership partnership. Partner with the Head of Software Platform and their leadership team to drive and execute strategy for organizational development that will scale and meet software engineering needs across Anduril divisions.
  • Define the org vision, org operating model, and annual goals
  • Determine investments for software engineering capabilities and product development
  • Set and track metrics for organizational health and performance on product development deliverables
  • Execute on strategic initiatives and take on special projects for the organization
  • Engage with Anduril executive leadership as a representative for Software Platform to report risks and developments within the organization, and to prepare content and present at regular business reviews
    
    
• Execution and cross-functional collaboration. Drive day-to-day operations and develop internal processes/frameworks for efficient operations across the Software Platform organization. This includes staffing and hiring, org communications, performance management and compensation, financial planning and tracking, facilities management, and working with cross functional partners across these domains. Specific examples include:
  • Drive quarterly and annual planning for Software Platform as part of the org and company planning cycles
  • Manage the Software Platform finances in partnership with a FP&A partner to track financial health of budget against goals and deliverables
  • Run the Software Platform’s hiring and staffing infrastructure and processes
  • Manage organizational communications internal to the team and external across the company, such as sending monthly update emails across the company and preparing team wide All Hands.
    
    
• Organization operations. Lead a small (2-3) Software Platform Operations team to support day to day org tactical operations and strategic initiatives within Software Platform, and as the central hub (“homeroom”) for software at Anduril.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 8+ years of working experience in a consulting, operations, finance, technical program management, product management, or business operations roles. Experience working with engineers in a software development organization strongly preferred.
• Strong communication skills across a wide dynamic range, both written and verbal. Experience interfacing with company leadership and executives is a must, with a demonstrated ability to cultivate trust and facilitate meetings for and engage with executives. Demonstrated ability to translate and articulate thoughts clearly and simply across a wide range of roles (software engineers, finance partners, recruiters, cross functional leadership, and executives).
• Strong emotional intelligence and ability to solve operational problems not only from a data driven lens, but also in a people-centric way by building strong cross functional relationships across the company and within the software engineering organization.
• High ownership with the horsepower to effectively manage multiple (3-5+) large projects and priorities in parallel, at a rapid pace, and report out on progress regularly.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities
  
  

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Solid technical aptitude and proven ability to understand technical designs, software development lifecycle, challenges and risks; ability to work closely and effectively with software engineering teams.
• Experience working at a technology and/or high growth company.
• Experience working effectively in a matrix organization structure.

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