Senior Operations LeadActive$243K

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

What you'll do

• Own HTO Support Operations & Organizational Rhythm: Build and run the operating cadence for HTO: staff meetings, pillar-level reviews, scorecard cycles, and cross-functional coordination. Ensure the Deputy and VP have clean, timely information to make decisions. You are the person who makes the trains run on time.

• Drive Business Metrics & Performance Reporting: Define, instrument, and report metrics that matter headcount vs. capacity, throughput vs. demand, IRAD burn rates, program fund utilization, all while pushing engineering integration keeping Hardware Test a competitive advantage for Anduril. Turn raw data into executive-ready dashboards and action items.

• Lead Financial Performance Execution & Resource Planning: Own the 6/12/24-month execution outlook across the organization. Track resource allocation and utilization. Execute around a vision to automate repetitive actions impacting execution. Build bottoms-up resourcing models that tie capability to demand signals, not wish lists. Identify gaps early and propose solutions.

• Advance Service Organization Maturity: Treat HTO as a service organization. Define what "service" means at each interface — response time, throughput commitment, quality standard — and measure against it. Build the processes that transform a collection of test teams into an integrated, customer-oriented enterprise.

• Support Aviation & Flight Operations Coordination: Partner with the Director of Flight Operations and functional leads to integrate aviation test operations into the broader business cadence. Ensure flight-test scheduling, airworthiness coordination, and range readiness are tracked, improved, and adequately priced with the same rigor as every other operational thread.

• Manage Cross-functional Handoffs & Execution: Track progress of functional support, and report on performance of critical Deputy and VP Initiatives. Serve as a trusted liaison in the HTO Organization both internally and externally. Strive toward maturing establishing written agreements with named owners and status reporting.

What they're looking for

• Enable the PDP Milestone Process: Support pillar leads in delivering against the Product Development Process (PDP) gates — SRR through ORR. Track T&E deliverables across the Core Five framework (Test Strategy, Risk Management, Resource/Infra/Data, Test Execution & Reporting, Assurance & Compliance). Ensure nothing slips through the cracks.
• Build Structure & Eliminate Drag: Identify what's broken, duplicated, or missing in how HTO operates. Propose and execute fixes — whether that's a new reporting template, a streamlined approval process, or killing a meeting that doesn't earn its time. Your job is to make pillar leads more effective, not more burdened.
• Bachelor's degree in Business Administration, Operations Management,: Industrial Engineering, Aviation Management, or a related discipline. Equivalent relevant experience may substitute.
• + years of experience in business operations, program management, or: operational leadership within a technical or defense environment, with at least 3+ years managing cross-functional processes across multiple teams or sites.