Anduril Industries

Head of Operations, Air Dominance & Strike

Anduril Industries$220K — $336K *
Aerospace & Defense
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 7-10 years of operational leadership experience in high-growth environments
  • Experience scaling hardware production and fielding operations
  • Strong financial acumen, including unit economics and P&L management
  • Ability to think strategically while managing tactical details
  • Proven track record of developing operational infrastructure for rapid growth
  • Must be eligible for US Top Secret clearance

Responsibilities

  • Oversee all business operations and infrastructure for the business line
  • Act as chief strategist to balance resources and execution risks
  • Translate growth signals into operational demand across multiple teams
  • Manage governance structures, including business reviews and planning
  • Collaborate with leadership to refine organizational structure and hiring standards
  • Lead special projects, internal process evolution, and M&A efforts

Benefits

  • Comprehensive and competitive benefits package available at low cost
  • Support for health and recovery
  • Investment in employee well-being
  • Equity grants in full-time offers
  • Focus on employee development and support for future endeavors
Full Job Description
The mission of Anduril's Air Dominance and Strike Division is to fundamentally reshape the way future peer to peer conflicts are fought by developing next generation collaborative combat aircraft, advanced effects, and the software that powers these autonomous weapons. As the Head of Operations, you'll be responsible for the full operational scope of the one of our business lines from business operations to production and sustainment infrastructure, partnering closely with the General Manager as well as Functional leaders. You will own the operational engine that enables our business to scale through hypergrowth and into its next chapter: IPO readiness, production at volume, fielded system sustainment, and the organizational evolution required to support it all.

Here's what you'll do:
  • Own all aspects of business line business operations and infrastructure, ensuring business development, engineering, and production teams have what they need when they need it to execute
  • Serve as the business line General Manager's chief strategist to balance resource and execution risk against our massive growth plans, regularly monitoring financials to help guide us toward our profitability targets
  • Translate growth signals into demand across all operational infrastructure including staffing, real estate, test ranges, classified infrastructure, and production and collaborate with cross-functional partners across Anduril to deliver
  • Own the business line's governance structure from business reviews to annual planning and employee onboarding to all hands, developing and evolving information pathways as the organization scales
  • Collaborate closely with division leadership to evolve the organizational structure and define and implement strong hiring, onboarding, and execution standards for key functions so we maintain a culture of "doing things differently"
  • Execute on special projects, evolve internal processes, spearhead the stand up of new functions, and lead M&A efforts as needed

Here's who you are:
  • You're a systems thinker who loves solving complex, ambiguous, cross-functional problems in a people-centric way
  • You're both high ownership and low ego, approaching everything with strong outcome orientation and high humility
  • You've built flexible operational infrastructure at a high-growth company and know when to tear down and rebuild
  • You have experience with hardware production scaling through fielding, including rigorous metrics monitoring, problem identification, and resolution
  • You have deep financial acumen including unit economics, manufacturing finance, and P&L management
  • You're operationally rigorous with a bias toward discipline, efficiency, and management via metrics
  • You have a proven ability to evolve organizations, coach senior leaders, and make hard talent calls
  • You're have the ability to move between 30,000 ft and tactical, getting into the weeds when necessary
  • Must be eligible to hold a US Top Secret clearance


US Salary Range

$220,000-$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:

Benefits

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you're supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.

About Anduril Industries

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company that develops advanced systems for the military. The company was founded in 2017 by Palmer Luckey, Trae Stephens, and Matt Grimm, and has since grown to become a major player in the defense industry. Anduril's products include autonomous drones, surveillance systems, and other advanced technologies that are designed to enhance military capabilities. The company has received significant funding from investors and has partnerships with several major defense contractors. Anduril is headquartered in Mountain View, California.
Learn more about Anduril Industries
Size
200 employees
Industry
Founded
2017

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