Head of Operations, Mission Systems

Mission Systems Head Of Operations

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century's most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril's family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

About The Job

As the Mission Systems Head of Operations, you will work for the Mission Systems Division leader as a member of the division leadership team and you will drive and scale business operations for the division and its business lines (Battlespace Awareness, Electromagnetic Warfare, and Imaging). You will manage a team including directors of operations for business lines and a small division office operations team to help manage business, production and development operations. You will partner with the division leadership team, business line general managers and other leads, as well as other core internal operations teams (finance, people, recruiting, corporate operations, real estate, etc.). In your role, you will confront operational execution and scaling challenges and develop lasting, scalable solutions. Your work will vary from building and redesigning operational processes to unlock scalability, to leading high-impact strategic projects to confront unexpected new issues and crises with responsive collaborative solutions.

What You'll Do

Drive day-to-day business operations and execution of strategic projects for the division. This would include financial tracking, staffing / hiring, corporate governance, etc. and working with cross functional partners across these domains. Specific examples include :

• Manage Division P&L operational plans in partnership with the Division Leader and FP&A partner to track financial health of the division against goals, drive actions to maintain operating expenses with budget, assess financial data and create strategies to drive toward margin targets, etc.
• Drive content preparation for Division Monthly Business Reviews and Quarterly Business Reviews for presentation to Anduril Executives
• Engage with business line general managers, engineering leads, and / or product and program managers to track and report out status and risks across the division
• Drive the annual planning process for the division as part of the corporate planning cycle.
• Facilitate staffing and hiring across the division and work with recruiting leads to ensure sufficient recruiting resources to support division scaling.
• Work with corporate technology to build the underlying data and system infrastructure for organizational operations - Confluence spaces, Jira systems, data drives, etc.
• Manage division communications internal to the team and external across the company, such as All Hands, etc.
• Manage planning and strategy for division real estate / facilities, secured spaces, and capital investment

Partner with the Division Lead and other Division office leads on internal division strategy, including division organizational structure, key initiatives, and investments.

Required Qualifications

US Salary Range $254,000 - $336,000 USD The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and / or training, critical skills, and / or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including : Healthcare Benefits Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you.

Retirement Savings Plan Traditional 401(k), Roth, and after-tax (mega backdoor Roth) options. Pension plan with employer match. Superannuation plan.