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Director, Mission Insights, Maritime

Anduril· Programs : Global Defense Programs : Global Defense Operations
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Washington, DC$191k - $253kFull-timePosted 6d ago

About the role

Director role within Anduril's Global Defense team, focusing on maritime mission insights, operational concepts, and cross-domain interoperability to support international defense engagements, with initial focus on Japan.

Responsibilities

  • Define Allied Maritime CONEMPs: Develop authoritative reference missions, operational vignettes, tactics, techniques, and procedures, and concepts of employment tailored to partner-nation maritime forces.
  • Feed Realities into Engineering & Business Lines: Act as the direct conduit between allied maritime operators and Anduril’s engineering and product teams; ensure real-world operational constraints are incorporated into product design and R&D pipelines.
  • Support Operational Analysis & Objective "Red Teaming": Provide threat-informed analysis on concepts of employment to support operational analysis teams; evaluate performance in allied scenarios versus competitors or legacy architectures.
  • Enable Global Growth & Capture: Arm regional Business Development leads with wargaming outcomes, cost-exchange analyses, and mission architectures for foreign defense leaders.
  • Bridge Interoperability Architectures: Define mission frameworks for allied systems to interoperate with US JADC2, FVEY, and NATO standards.
  • Seed Net-New Capabilities: Identify capability gaps in allied naval forces to seed requirements for international co-development or new US production lines.
  • Translate Strategy to Execution: Act as operational lead in front of international military leaders and defense officials during capture shaping and proposals.

Qualifications

  • Former U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Officer (SWO) with operational experience at sea.
  • Designation as a Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) via SMWDC or equivalent.
  • Deep expertise in maritime warfighting, multi-domain integration, surface warfare, IAMD, or MCM.
  • Ability to translate complex tactical/technical problems into concise operational concepts for senior executives.
  • Exceptional public speaking, briefing, and technical writing; comfortable engaging with foreign flag officers and government officials.
  • Ability to travel up to 25% domestically and internationally.
  • Active U.S. Secret security clearance (must be able to maintain).

Skills

Required:Maritime operations and warfareOperational concept developmentPublic speaking and briefing

Benefits

  • Competitive benefits package (health, recovery, and related supports).
  • Benefits accessible with little to no cost to employees.
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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