Division Operations Lead

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

Omen is Anduril’s hover-to-cruise autonomous air vehicle (AAV) that packs the endurance, payload, and mission flexibility of much larger airplanes into a novel runway-independent Group 3 platform. Omen can operate from ship decks, beaches, or remote island clearings, providing true runway independence and freedom of maneuver across defense and civilian domains. Omen is the first tail-sitter aircraft with a mass-production contract, with an order of 50 systems representing a decisive investment that anchors production and accelerates the development for future contract opportunities.

ABOUT THE JOB

We're hiring a leader for our Division Operations team in Costa Mesa — the nerve center of Anduril's Air Maneuver group. Sitting inside Maneuver Dominance, one of Anduril's fastest-growing divisions, this team brings together aerospace, mechanical, and electrical engineers alongside software, robotics, AI, sensor fusion, and data analysis specialists — all building vehicle-centric hardware and software that doesn't just improve our customers' capabilities, it fundamentally transforms them.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Support our corporate planning cycle by building and managing the local business operations functions such as monitor performance against goals, financial plans, and headcount plans so we can hit our aggressive growth targets.
Work with Product Engineering and Test and Evaluation teams to find and close operations and resource gaps and ensure seamless execution of program schedule.
Analyze business growth strategy and new business proposals to determine recruiting, staffing, and financial requirements. Determine feasibility against existing operating plans, available resources and provide recommendations to leadership for resource planning and reallocation.
Work with Anduril’s Business Operations, Analytics, and Finance teams to build out infrastructure to enable the Division to monitor and optimize the demand vs supply of resourcing across our most critical programs.
Lead various strategic initiatives and projects as directed by General Manager and the Head of Division Operations, ensuring they align with the overall business strategy and objectives.
Coordinate and prepare for executive leadership meetings with partners and customers, including setting agendas, tracking action items, and ensuring follow-through.
Develop fundamental knowledge of Anduril product solutions to support growth and capture activities.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

You have 10+ years of experience in consulting, operations, finance, or general business analysis
You have a strong background in executing business operations and driving outcomes
Strong ability to communicate, both verbally and in writing, key business and program execution
Experience working at or with Aerospace & Defense companies, Robotics, Technology, or other modern manufacturing companies, and the logistics infrastructure required
You love solving complex, ambiguous, cross-functional problems in a people-centric way
You’re both high ownership and low ego, approaching everything with strong outcome orientation and high humility
You get energy from being a thought partner for others and it excites you to spend time translating operational problems into data problems, and to then going and executing on them
An incredibly fast learner in engineering topics
You’re tactical and don’t only sit at a 30,000 foot level
Eligible to obtain and maintain a security clearance in United States

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Strong fundamentals in operational accounting and finance
Experience establishing and maintaining agreements with strategic partners and suppliers
Experience with Unmanned Aerial Systems or adjacent technologies
Experience working at a startup or ability to establish processes and SOPs from scratch

US Salary Range

$183,000—$243,000 USD

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

Benefits

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.

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US Salary Range 183000 - 243000 USD

Anduril

Division Operations Lead - Group 3

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