Staff Program Manager, Connected Warfare

Anduril Industries

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Work type
On-site
Location
Costa Mesa, CAWashington, DC
Salary
$183,000–$229,000 / yr
Posted
3 days ago
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Confirmed live yesterday

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Above market

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About Anduril Industries

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company that builds advanced hardware and software systems for national security, including autonomous drones, surveillance systems, and the Lattice AI command platform.

Anduril Industries currently has 900 open roles on FindRole.

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TL;DR · Staff Program Manager, Connected Warfare

The Staff Program Manager, Connected Warfare joins the Connected Warfare division to lead program execution for joint, multi-domain, connected mesh ecosystems. This role involves owning cost, schedule, and performance targets while ensuring engineering efforts align with mission objectives. You will develop processes and metrics for scope management, risk management, and program planning. Key responsibilities include driving cross-functional alignment across engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, and operations, while fostering a high-performance culture. You will use tools like JIRA and Confluence to manage complex projects and support technical proposals. The work focuses on building a substrate for time-sensitive decisions, connecting robots, humans, and sensors across domains to enable mission autonomy and close kill chains. Candidates need a technical background, defense experience, and a current TS/SCI clearance.

What does a Program Manager earn?

Median $173285 from 122 postings across 21 companies.

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What you'll do

  • Own overall program execution to meet cost, schedule, and performance targets.
  • Maintain open dialogue with customers to ensure engineering efforts align with mission objectives.
  • Develop and implement processes, tools, and metrics for planning, scope, and risk management.
  • Drive cross-functional alignment across engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, and operations teams.
  • Build and maintain trusting relationships with DoD customers to create tight feedback loops.
  • Execute on broad or ambiguous requirements from internal stakeholders and third-party partners.
  • Support the drafting of technical proposals to ensure projects are accurately scoped and resourced.
  • Assess team skills to identify personnel development or recruitment opportunities.

What we're looking for

  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or a related field (technical background preferred).
  • Minimum of 8 years of proven program management experience in the defense, national security, or aerospace domains.
  • Proven track record of managing complex, multi-million-dollar projects to on-time and on-budget completion.
  • Strong strategic thinking, analytical, and problem-solving abilities to move between tactical and high-level perspectives.
  • Experience coordinating multiple internal and external teams within a complex engineering or technology-focused organization.
  • Exceptional written and verbal communication skills to present complex information clearly to diverse audiences.
  • Strong technical, analytical, and quantitative skills to use data and metrics to drive decisions.
  • Current TS/SCI security clearance.

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