Senior Program Manager

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

The Tactical Recon & Strike team at Anduril develops aerial small drones (Group 1-3) and all equipment to test, deploy and operate. The team is responsible for taking products like Ghost, Anvil, Bolt and Altius from concepts to operational systems. We work in close coordination with specialist teams to solve some of the hardest problems facing our customers. We are looking for software engineers, hardware engineers, roboticists, and front-end mobile developers who are excited about creating a powerful robotics platform that can be tasked and viewed in real-time through a variety of interfaces.

ABOUT THE JOB

We are looking for a Senior Program Manager to join our rapidly growing team in Costa Mesa. In this role, you will lead day-to-day coordination and execution of program initiatives and tasks - working alongside the Chief Engineer and Product Managers to meet the program’s administrative, technical, and operational requirements. They work side-by-side with customers to understand their specific problem sets and then shape Anduril's offerings alongside our engineering teams to fit the mission needs.You will be expected to utilize your technical aptitude in conjunction with your program and project management skills to deliver the best outcome for Anduril and the customer. This role will be oriented to establish full program ownership from initial proposal to end of contract support centered around the Bolt, Anvil, and new development products and program of records. Through collaboration with our engineering, logistics, and technical operations teams, Program Managers will play a large part in deploying our products to the field, training end users, and ensuring the high performance of our products.You will coordinate and execute contractual requirements (including managing numerous CDRLs) and be expected to deploy 25-50% of the time.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Contract Management: Oversee contract execution, monitor compliance with terms, and manage renewals or amendments.
• Proposal Development: Lead the generation of proposals, including the Basis of Estimate (BOE), scope review, and cost analysis. Facilitate contract awards and initiate kick-off activities.
• Customer Relations: Cultivate and maintain strong customer relationships, swiftly address any issues, and expand business opportunities with existing clients.
• Risk Assessment: Identify and track potential contractual risks, requiring mitigation plans from relevant departments.
• Event Coordination: Plan and execute demonstrations and events, ensuring alignment with company goals and successful outcomes.
• Project Management: Direct development and unique project efforts within the program, coordinating weekly meetings with the engineering team.
• Problem Resolution: Proactively address and resolve challenges to meet customer deliverables, escalating issues to leadership as necessary.
• Systems Engineering: Understand all program requirements in-depth, ensuring effective communication and coordination among technical teams.
• Accountability Enforcement: Maintain momentum and hold internal teams accountable for meeting deadlines and expectations.
• Ownership: Responsible for tracking the program’s major metrics - meeting cost and schedule targets, on-time reporting, and managing the customer relationship.
• Embed/Engage: Integrate closely with our clients + partners, understand their technical capabilities, challenges and gaps to help inform how to adapt Anduril’s platforms to meet key objectives.
• Build/Orchestrate: Work directly with Anduril engineers to support customer testing; coordinate and execute operational demonstrations.
• Plan: Coordinate tasking with technical and operational staff to ensure timely delivery of support to the program. Prepare weekly, bi-weekly, monthly, etc. reporting as required. Regularly report program status updates to customers, the program team, and Anduril senior management.
• Deliver: Drive the execution and outcome of projects and programs assigned to