Head of Programs and DeliveryPosted today

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U. S.

What you'll do

• Single-Point Customer Leadership: Serve as the primary, authoritative program executive interfacing with Government leadership (Program Executive Offices, APMs, and operational end-users). Lead critical weekly and bi-weekly executive program syncs, risk reviews, and milestone reviews while proactively managing customer sentiment and expectation baselines

• Contractual Execution & Down-Select Dominance: Lead large, complex, multi-million-dollar development programs from prototype execution through operational testing, with the strategic objective of winning down-select competitions across industry vendors to secure long-term production contracts

• Scope & Change Control: Diplomatically and rigorously manage contract scope boundaries with Government stakeholders. Protect engineering bandwidth by preventing scope creep, evaluating schedule/cost impacts of change requests, and ensuring no technical commitments are made without formal concurrence

• Rigorous Schedule Management: Own the Integrated Master Schedule (IMS) across all workstreams (HW, SW, Firmware, Cyber, Manufacturing, Testing, and Logistics). Drive critical path analysis, schedule risk assessments, and maintain schedules aligned with rigorous defense standards (e.g., DCMA 14-point quality compliance)

• Comprehensive Financial & Budgetary Governance: Partner closely with Finance and Operations to manage program P&L, CapEx, Headcount (FTE/Non-FTE), and IRAD allocations. Maintain monthly forecast-vs-actuals, track financial risks/opportunities, and ensure the program hits committed gross margin, revenue, and ACV targets

• Cross-Functional Orchestration: Lead with high conviction across internal stakeholders—holding Product Management, TPMs, Hardware/Software Engineering leads, Test & Evaluation, Product Support, Safety, and Quality accountable to program milestones and delivery dates

What they're looking for

• Risk Management & Transparent Reporting: Build and execute an active program risk management matrix (mitigations, burn-downs, and contingency planning). Deliver high-clarity status dashboards and data-driven updates to Anduril C-suite and customer leadership
• + years of progressive program management experience leading large, complex: product development programs, with a proven track record in defense contracting or military hardware/software integration
• Demonstrated experience serving as the primary customer POC / Program: Director for major DoD / U.S. Army programs, directly managing Government APMs, PMOs, and end-user stakeholders
• Proven experience managing complex schedules using Microsoft Project and: executing against formal schedule health metrics (e.g., DCMA 14-point assessment criteria)