Director, Mission Insights, Maritime

Anduril • Columbia, WA

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About The Position

The Director, Mission Insights, Maritime sits within Anduril's Global Defense Mission Operations team and brings deep maritime operational expertise to the company's international pursuits. The role serves as the operator voice with partner navies, initially supporting Anduril's maritime pursuit in Japan, and translates partner mission needs into credible concepts of operation and product requirements.

The position connects allied maritime operators with Anduril engineering, product, operational analysis, and business development teams. It develops partner-specific maritime concepts and mission frameworks, evaluates Anduril capabilities in allied scenarios, supports international capture efforts, and identifies opportunities for interoperability, co-development, and new capabilities. The role also represents Anduril with international military leaders, ministries of defense, and internal stakeholders.

Requirements

• Former U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Officer (SWO) with operational experience at sea.
• Designation as a Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) through the Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC), or an equivalent high-end tactical instructor tour.
• Deep expertise in maritime warfighting scenarios, multi-domain integration, surface warfare, integrated air and missile defense (IAMD), or mine countermeasures (MCM).
• Ability to translate complex tactical and technical problems into concise, compelling operational concepts for senior military and civilian executives.
• Exceptional public speaking, briefing, and technical writing skills, with the ability to engage directly with foreign flag-level officers and government defense officials.
• Ability to travel up to 25% domestically and internationally.
• Currently possess and be able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Previous operational planning experience (N3/N5 or J3/J5) at USPACFLT, USINDOPACOM, or a Forward Deployed Naval Forces staff.
• Familiarity with allied naval concepts of operations and interoperability dynamics across the Indo-Pacific.
• Background in operations research, operational analysis, wargaming, or modeling and simulation tools.
• Familiarity with autonomous maritime systems (USVs, UUVs), uncrewed distributed sensors, edge-compute networks, and command-and-control (C2) software.
• Bachelor’s degree in a technical, engineering, or national security field; advanced degree preferred.
• Eligibility to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret SCI security clearance.

Responsibilities

• Develop authoritative reference missions, operational vignettes, tactics, techniques and procedures, and concepts of employment tailored to partner-nation maritime forces.
• Connect allied maritime operators with engineering and product teams, ensuring operational realities and constraints inform product design and research and development.
• Provide threat-informed analysis of concepts of employment and rigorously evaluate Anduril hardware and software in allied scenarios against competitor and legacy architectures.
• Equip regional Business Development leads with sales-enablement materials, including localized wargaming outcomes, cost-exchange analyses, and mission architectures.
• Define mission frameworks for interoperability between allied sovereign maritime systems and U.S. JADC2 networks, FVEY, and NATO tactical standards.
• Identify capability gaps in allied naval forces and shape requirements for international co-development projects or new Anduril U.S. production lines.
• Represent Anduril as an operational lead with international military leaders, ministries of defense, and internal stakeholders during capture shaping and proposal stages.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers.
• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees, described as a comprehensive, competitive package available at little to no cost to employees.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Director
• Education Level: No Education Listed