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Program Operations, Maritime - Heavy Metal

Anduril· Maritime & Maneuver Dominance : Maritime Division Leadership : Division Leadership & Operations
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Hybrid (Washington, D.C. area)$146k - $194kFull-timePosted 2w ago

About the role

Program Operations lead responsible for enabling the Heavy Metal platform program by coordinating across Stakeholder Integration, Supply Chain, Workforce Development, and Facilities, while also driving division-wide operational cadence and strategic initiatives to scale a large, complex program.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as the operational backbone for the product Program Manager, coordinating across the program's core AoRs (Stakeholder Integration, Supply Chain, Workforce Development, Facilities) to enable scaling and deliverables.
  • Support Stakeholder Integration across external customers, prime partners, government and community stakeholders and internal teams, preparing briefing materials and tracking commitments.
  • Translate procurement and vendor performance data into program-level risk pictures with Supply Chain, surfacing long-lead exposure, sole-source concentrations, and supplier ramp risk.
  • Partner with Workforce Development on hiring, training, and scaling plans to man a rapidly growing program, turning workforce plans into integrated tracking systems.
  • Support Facilities as a program dependency by aligning facility milestones, capital deployment, and production readiness into one integrated schedule.
  • Lead strategic initiatives and special projects for the Program Manager and Heavy Metal leadership, including operating-model design, executive-review prep, and diligence sprints on production, real estate, security, and growth opportunities.
  • Support the corporate planning cycle for the program, building and monitoring goals, financial plans, and headcount plans to meet aggressive growth targets.
  • Onboard new team members and establish internal operating cadence (all-hands, reviews, division events) to scale rapidly with a culture of operating differently.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years of experience in program operations, consulting, corporate strategy, finance, defense/aerospace program management, or general business analysis.
  • Ability to solve complex, ambiguous cross-functional problems with a program-management and general-business-operations lens.
  • High ownership with low ego, strong outcomes orientation, and willingness to perform unglamorous work.
  • Energy for being a thought partner, translating operational problems into data-driven solutions and executing on them.
  • Tactical and strategic thinker, comfortable in yard, data, and detail.
  • Fast learner capable of moving between finance, supply chain, workforce, and construction fluently.
  • Willing and able to be based in Washington, D.C. area with regular travel to Costa Mesa, CA and other Anduril sites.
  • Must be a U.S. Person due to access requirements.

Skills

Required:Program operationsStakeholder managementSupply chain collaboration
Nice to have:Financial planning and EVMS awareness

Benefits

  • Comprehensive, competitive benefits package for full-time employees (health, recovery, etc.).
Last updated Oct 7, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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