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Strategic Real Estate, Portfolio Planning & Strategy Lead

Anduril· Core Operations : Real Estate & Facilities : Strategic Real Estate
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Costa Mesa, California$185k - $240kfull-timePosted 6d ago

About the role

Anduril's real estate portfolio spans 10M sq ft of R&D labs, manufacturing hubs, and offices worldwide. The Portfolio Planning & Strategy Lead owns the planning process for space demand, type, location, and timing, turning headcount plans and program schedules into forecasts, measuring utilization, and guiding leadership decisions with data-driven insights.

Responsibilities

  • Own the Real Estate Planning Cycle. Run the quarterly portfolio forecast end to end: Gather headcount and program plans from Finance, Corporate Operations, and the business divisions; Reconcile competing plans into one view of demand by division, workforce type, and region; Publish the 5–10 year outlook that portfolio decisions rest on; Track plan vs. actual across forecast versions, and explain why the numbers moved.
  • Portfolio Demand & Supply Forecasting. Forecast seat, office, R&D, and production space demand against current and committed supply. Quantify the gaps by market and year. Model scenarios (growth cases, program wins and losses, M&A, relocations, divestitures) and their OpEx and CapEx impact.
  • Efficiency & Utilization Measurement. Define and track metrics (SF per head, seat ratios, utilization, cost per seat, production space relative to output). Benchmark against peers. Turn findings into recommendations to consolidate, densify, restructure leases, or expand.
  • Workforce Strategy. Work with Talent, People, and division leaders to understand growth: hiring velocity, workforce mix, in-office patterns, and talent markets. Translate into location strategy, market selection, and site timing.
  • Executive Communications. Build and present materials for C-suite and division leaders: quarterly business reviews, expansion option analyses, leadership briefings. Lead with the answer, show the math, and stand behind the numbers.
  • Build the Planning System, Not Just the Plan. Maintain and extend planning data pipeline and models (Palantir Foundry, Python/SQL, version-controlled datasets with automated validation), so forecasts are repeatable, auditable, and refreshable in hours. Use LLM-based agents to automate data extraction, reconciliation, analysis, and presentation production.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Real Estate, Finance, Economics, Business Administration, Data / Information Science, Urban Planning, Engineering, or a related field.
  • Minimum of 5 years of experience in strategic real estate planning, corporate portfolio strategy, FP&A, capacity or workforce planning, real estate investing (equity or credit), development, or corporate development, including experience leading or mentoring analysts/associates.
  • Strong financial and analytical modeling. Proficient in Excel and Python or SQL, able to defend every number.
  • Hands-on use of LLMs and modern data platforms (Palantir Foundry or similar, such as Databricks, Snowflake, or dbt).
  • Excellent communication, with a demonstrated capacity to influence cross-functional teams and senior executives.
  • Ability to travel up to 10% for site visits, stakeholder meetings, and industry events.
  • U.S. citizenship required; eligibility for security clearance preferred.

Skills

Required:Real estate planning and forecastingFinancial modelingData platforms and tools
Nice to have:LLM-based automation

Benefits

  • Comprehensive benefits package (health, recovery, and future security) likely included with full-time offers.
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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