Director, Classified Systems Global Expansion

Anduril Industries • Columbia, WA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

This role focuses on expanding and accrediting Anduril’s classified infrastructure accreditation program. It involves engaging with DoD, IC, and Congressional partners, leveraging external partnerships and internal technology development to accelerate the adoption of mission-critical technologies. The position requires building relationships with government policymakers, authorizing officials, and technical leaders to overcome adoption barriers and develop next-generation authorization processes. A key aspect is developing and executing a data-driven strategy to identify and capture strategic growth opportunities, delivering Anduril’s capabilities to the joint force and international allies. The role also involves maintaining relationships across the joint and allied force to gather threat intelligence, understand evolving tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs), and increase exposure to relevant testing and evaluation events. Collaboration with business executives is essential for coordinated approaches to fulfilling contracted business.

Requirements

• Must possess and be able to maintain a U.S. TS/SCI security clearance
• Must be willing to travel up to 50% (higher travel possible)
• STEM degree or equivalent technical experience
• Deep technical aptitude in order to understand novel and emerging threats, technologies, and product capabilities with demonstrated performance in one or more of the following areas: networking, cloud technologies, application development, hardware design, and/or cybersecurity
• Minimum of 7 years of relevant technical program management, operations and/or engineering experience in the government and/or private sector

Nice To Haves

• Operational experience across a wide range of military functions (e.g. C2 systems, targeting, air defense, drone employment, underwater operations, etc.) in order to quickly understand the customer landscape and build credibility
• Proven ability to work across business functions and exercise influence without authority to achieve unity of effort among disparate stakeholders
• Experience building and leading teams to operate in stressful and ambiguous situations
• Comfortable with operating independently in isolated, dangerous, and dynamic environments while being the sole representative of Anduril
• Experience in the technical, programmatic, and operational challenges of developing and deploying autonomous weapon systems across command echelons
• High bandwidth to focus on opportunities that span the spectrum of Anduril hardware and software products, and the spectrum of defense program offices
• Experience working with other cultures and mapping human terrain in order to positively represent our company and navigate unfamiliar decision-making chains
• Must be able to work in a fast-paced, highly entrepreneurial, and creative environment
• A leader who can build, adapt, and implement new and innovative approaches to market
• Excellent writing and communication skills and experience briefing senior executives and defense leadership

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute a comprehensive strategy to expand and accredit Anduril’s classified infrastructure accreditation program.
• Leverage external partnerships and an understanding of ongoing technology development efforts across Anduril to shape and execute opportunities to accelerate adoption of mission critical technologies.
• Build relationships with critical government policy makers, authorizing officials, and technical leaders to break through barriers and accelerate adoption of new technologies.
• Develop and propose complete solutions to our customers’ most complex problems and help craft next-generation authorization processes to see them into production.
• Build and execute a cohesive, data-driven strategy to shape, capture, and close strategic growth opportunities in new or existing markets.
• Develop and maintain high-trust relationships across the joint and allied force to collect threat intelligence, understand evolving blue and red TTPs, and increase Anduril’s exposure to relevant testing and evaluation events.
• Collaborate closely with business executives to develop and execute coordinated approaches to delivering upon contracted business in the Anduril way.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package.
• 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.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: Associate degree