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Director, Localization Programs

Anduril· Programs : Global Defense Programs : Global Defense Operations
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Hybrid (Washington, DC / Costa Mesa, CA)full-timePosted 3mo ago

About the role

Director, Localization Programs overseeing global localization, offset, and industrial participation strategies to expand Anduril's international footprint, align manufacturing and in-country investments with local market realities, and drive revenue growth through strategic engagements and customer success.

Responsibilities

  • Architect & run Anduril's global localization playbook: design and drive localization, offset, and industrial participation programs and strategies that unlock market access and accelerate expansion across priority countries and regions.
  • Turn requirements into programs: build in-country partnerships, supply chain commitments, and industrial participation programs that win deals and satisfy government obligations, working with country/regional teams and business lines.
  • Fuel the pipeline: partner with country teams, business lines, and Corporate Development to identify, shape, and convert large-scale capture opportunities.
  • Quarterback complex captures: bring localization expertise to major pursuits, aligning offers, partners, and commitments to maximize win probability.
  • Build the partner ecosystem: source and establish relationships with local primes, suppliers, and industrial partners that make Anduril a credible, durable in-country player.
  • Navigate the rules: translate offset regimes, local content requirements, and industrial participation obligations into actionable, compliant strategies that hold up over the life of a program.
  • Scale the function: establish frameworks, metrics, and discipline to manage industrial participation commitments across a fast-growing global portfolio. Build the playbook for localization to support all Anduril business lines.

Qualifications

  • Demonstrated experience negotiating and executing in-country partnerships, teaming arrangements, JVs, or supply chain commitments with foreign governments and industry.
  • A proven track record of successfully structuring and delivering offset and/or industrial participation programs.
  • Robust knowledge of and experience navigating localization frameworks, offset regimes, and industrial cooperation for defense and technology projects internationally.
  • Deep working knowledge of offset regimes, local content requirements, and industrial participation obligations across multiple regions (e.g., Europe, Indo-Pacific, Middle East).
  • Strong commercial and financial acumen; ability to model the cost, value, and risk of offset/industrial participation commitments over a program lifecycle.
  • Ability to travel internationally 50-75% of the time.
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Skills

Required:In-country partnershipsOffset and industrial participation program designLocalization frameworks and complianceFinancial modeling

Benefits

  • Comprehensive, competitive benefits package (health, recovery, and other support) available at little to no cost to employees.
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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