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Program Assistant, Space Special Programs

Anduril· AFS : Space Engineering
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Hybrid (Chantilly, VA)$112k - $149kFull-timePosted 2mo ago

About the role

The Program Assistant is a core member of the Space Special Programs Business Line leadership team, helping to enhance the GM’s productivity by managing time, tasking, and anticipating needs, while also assisting the Head of Operations to enable the engineering staff to focus on their work.

Responsibilities

  • Productivity Enhancement. Partner with the General Manager and their leadership team to help facilitate and enhance the team’s productivity.
  • Actively manage the GM’s schedule, and ensure that the priorities of all activities are properly incorporated
  • Handle travel planning, arrangements, and expense reports
  • Organize and track long term goals
  • Help prepare documents, spreadsheets, etc including collecting information from resources within the company
  • Facilitate meetings with customers, mission partners, and other external entities and assure that all appropriate documentation, security requirements, etc are prepared in advance.
  • Office Support and Management. Assure that the engineering staff is able to focus on their technical objectives and able to perform them as quickly and efficiently as possible.
  • Assist with administrative functions preparing for design reviews, meetings, proposals, etc.
  • Partner with the Head of Operations to implement and maintain the office culture and environment
  • Assist the Head of Operations with data collection, document creation, etc in support of the preparation of data products for the GM and other corporate functions.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of working experience in an administrative role for a senior executive, with significant office management tasking
  • Strong communication skills across a wide dynamic range, both written and verbal
  • Strong organizational skills and attention to detail in all facets of communication, operation, and behavior
  • Strong emotional intelligence and ability to solve operational problems in a way that is both data-driven and people-centric
  • High level of integrity and the ability to operate with and maintain the sanctity of sensitive information
  • High ownership of tasks with the organizational skills and ability to effectively manage multiple taskings and priorities in parallel, at a rapid pace, and report out on progress regularly
  • Must be a U.S. Citizen and able to obtain and maintain a U.S. Top Secret security clearance
  • Proven ability to understand the pace and lifecycle of spacecraft technical development, challenges and risks; ability to work closely and effectively with engineering teams to help them most effectively meet their goals.

Skills

Required:Executive supportCommunicationScheduling and calendar managementTravel planning and expense management

Benefits

  • Comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensuring support in health, recovery, and the next steps.
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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