Director of Global Supply Chain Integration, Middle EastActive$62K–$83K

Anduril’s Middle East team delivers platforms, systems, and integrated effects from across Anduril’s portfolio to regional customers. The Middle East team delivers Anduril’s core products, adapting and applying the products to serve a variety of defense and commercial customers in Middle East market.

What you'll do

• Fuel Anduril's Middle East expansion by directly supporting growth and: corporate development teams as we forge relationships with industry leaders across the UAE, Kuwait, and Qatar

• Shape pre-contract strategy by driving scope definition, proposal: development, and term sheet generation during pre-commit phases of international captures

• Be the supply chain voice in critical go/no-go decisions, bringing market: intelligence and risk assessment to leadership discussions

• Monitor and analyze the region's industrial ecosystem dynamics, emerging: manufacturing technologies, and regulatory developments to identify partnership opportunities

• Develop regional supply base by proactively identifying and qualifying: suppliers across diverse commodity categories that support multiple product domains

• Lead end-to-end supplier engagement including selection, qualification, and: onboarding for Anduril's partners in the UAE, Kuwait, and Qatar—assessing technical capability, capacity, quality systems, and financial stability

What they're looking for

• Demonstrated success negotiating and managing complex manufacturing: agreements with Middle East suppliers, with deep understanding of GCC business culture, negotiation practices, and relationship-building expectations
• Regulatory expertise in the GCC compliance landscape (UAE strategic goods: control law, Tawazun Council acquisition and industrial participation policy, host-nation export controls, dual-use technology regulations)
• Broad commodity knowledge spanning electronics, precision manufacturing,: materials, optics, sensors, and other defense-relevant categories
• Demonstrated success managing complex supplier relationships and negotiating: agreements with companies in the UAE, Kuwait, and Qatar
• Strong analytical and financial acumen, including expertise in total cost: modeling, should-cost analysis, and make-vs-buy assessments, combined with proficiency in ERP systems and sourcing tools
• Past experience in the UAE Armed Forces or another GCC military highly desirable
• Track record of building supplier networks and partnerships in the Middle East
• NPI strategic sourcing experience in fast-paced environments