Head of Strategic Real Estate, AD&SNew$345K
The opportunity
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U. S.
What you'll do
Build and Lead the AD&S RE&F Team. Hire, coach, and set clear expectations: for a team spanning space planning and operations, industrial planning, and strategic planning. Set how the team works with its corporate counterparts.
Set the Real Estate Strategy. Own the AD&S footprint strategy across office,: R&D lab, test site, initial production, and full rate production sites, and be accountable to division leadership for having the right space at the right time.
Prioritize and Allocate. Own short: and long-term space allocation across the 10s of AD&S teams/programs, for both office and prototyping/production space, and get creative to meet rapidly changing needs. Set priorities when demand exceeds supply, represent AD&S with corporate Space Planning and Strategic Real Estate on portfolio assignments and space additions, and present clear recommendations to division leadership when tradeoffs exist.
Facility Requirements. Set the standard for how engineering and production: needs become facility requirements for new builds, retrofits, and test sites, working closely with Industrial Engineering and Production.
Construction and Launches. Be the single AD&S requirements owner for: corporate Design & Construction on every project, hold it to time and budget, and lead each facility launch across Engineering, Production, and IT so that move in is efficient.
Multi-Year Plan and Investment. Own the multi-year AD&S real estate plan and: the business case for the capital behind it. Defend it to Strategic Real Estate and division leadership, and decide when and where we make long-term investments.
What they're looking for
- Utilization, Financial Impact, and Special Projects. Define how we measure: space use (SF per head, cost per seat, production space relative to output), own the portfolio's impact on the AD&S P&L, and turn the findings into decisions to consolidate, densify, or expand. Take on special projects across finance, real estate, and facilities as they arise.
- Backstop the Function. Be the ultimate owner of all things related to real: estate and facilities for the division.
- + years in real estate, facilities, or manufacturing infrastructure at a: high-growth hardware company or similar fast-paced environment, including accountability for a multi-site footprint and the capital plan behind it.
- A record of building and leading a team of planners, industrial engineers,: and analysts, including hiring strong leads and setting how the team operates.