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Staff Technical Program Manager, Advanced Effects - Active Clearance

Anduril· Air Dominance & Strike : Air Dominance & Strike Engineering : Program Management
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Costa Mesa, CA$191k - $254kfull-timePosted 3w ago

About the role

Technical Program Manager to lead development programs across contract lifecycle for Anduril’s Air Dominance & Strike technologies, partnering with Chief Engineer to deliver cost- and schedule-driven outcomes for DoD-enabled autonomous systems.

Responsibilities

  • In partnership with the Chief Engineer, own the development and deployment of Anduril’s Air Dominance & Strike technologies to meet the operational needs of the Department of Defense
  • Develop strong, trusting relationships with Anduril’s DOD customers, ensuring tight feedback loops that enable rapid iteration and fielding solutions
  • Autonomously execute on broad and/or ambiguous requirements to own successful delivery on multiple programs simultaneously
  • Monitor and manage program progress across cost, schedule, and resource allocation, making tradeoffs for on-time and on-budget delivery
  • Develop and implement lightweight processes, tools, and metrics for planning, scope management, risk management, and customer communication
  • Be high ownership on all pieces of work and act as a trusted partner to engineers
  • Foster a creative, high-performance culture; assess and address team skills and recruitment needs
  • Collaborate with finance and business development on pricing strategies for proposals
  • Collaborate with senior management to refine the strategic roadmap for Air Dominance & Strike R&D investments

Qualifications

  • Active U.S. Top Secret security clearance
  • Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or related field (technical background preferred)
  • Minimum of 5 years experience managing development of complex technical systems across the product lifecycle
  • Proven track record of successfully managing complex, multi-million-dollar projects and driving on-time, on-budget completion
  • Strong strategic thinking, analytical, and problem-solving abilities; ability to work at tactical and high-level views
  • Experience coordinating multiple internal and external teams within a complex engineering or technology-focused organization
  • Exceptional communication skills, written and verbal, with ability to present complex information clearly to diverse audiences

Skills

Required:Security clearance managementProgram managementStakeholder management

Benefits

  • Top-tier benefits for full-time employees
  • Equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers as part of total compensation
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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