Senior Program Manager, Precision Engagement Systems

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 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. 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 Bolt, Anvil, new development products, and program of records.

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.
• Performance Monitoring: Ensure service delivery and payment terms meet contractual expectations, track budget and cost performance, and manage invoicing and revenue.
• Deployment Coordination: Serve in a customer facing capacity to plan, lead, and execute field demonstrations and events for Department of Defense and Allied militaries, ensuring alignment with internal teams to meet customer and operational needs.
• 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.

SKILLS NEEDED

• 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 you.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• BS/BA in a technical field plus 5 years or more of professional experience
• Ability to create and deliver presentations in technical and programmatic reports to key leadership and customers
• Comfortable with setting and achieving goals in a dynamic and amorphous environment
• Adaptive and introspective; willing to learn, teach, lead and follow
• Capable of driving coordination, collaboration, and communication across cross-functional teams in order to achieve successful, time-critical outcomes
• Comfortable working in limited resource environments
• Must be able to obtain and hold a U.S. Top Secret security clearance
• Ability to travel 25 – 50% as needed.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Science or Engineering discipline strongly preferred
• Current TS clearance strongly preferred
• Significant customer-facing experience leading high profile and high stakes programs, including strong interpersonal skills
• Experience working on mission critical DOD systems
• Experience building and managing cross-functional teams focused around a common vision