Program Manager, Maritime

Anduril • Quincy, MA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

The Program Manager will own a high-profile Copperhead product based out of Quincy, Massachusetts. The role oversees a major program and associated development activities within Anduril’s Copperhead product family, managing customer-funded efforts to employ and advance a vehicle while aligning with company and division growth objectives. The Program Manager leads an immediate team of 3–6 engineers and coordinates program requirements, system architecture, design, build, test, and delivery of capabilities to customers.

The role develops and maintains cost, schedule, and performance for a directly funded program in coordination with a Navy program office and stakeholders. It supports scoping and planning for vehicle design, build, and deployment; develops relationships with service and program-office stakeholders; and drives programs from prototyping into production. The Program Manager collaborates with growth and engineering leads on new business opportunities and leads formal testing, including resource estimates, mobilization logistics, and coordination with third-party vendors and partners. Travel for customer meetings and testing is approximately 15–30% of the time.

Requirements

• Demonstrated experience leading hardware and software product development, with an emphasis on the U.S. Navy as a customer.
• Knowledge of defense acquisitions; a history of zero-to-one defense program growth is a plus.
• Experience with technical, programmatic, and operational challenges in developing and deploying autonomous weapon systems.
• Experience with government business development, government contract structures, and government proposal processes.
• Ability to organize, prioritize, and manage multiple tasks and concurrent projects across a portfolio of priorities and development activities.
• High-energy, high-ownership leadership, with strong management skills and emotional intelligence.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, entrepreneurial, creative environment and build, adapt, and implement innovative approaches to market.
• Excellent writing and communication skills, including experience briefing senior executives and customers.
• Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• 7+ years of relevant program management, acquisitions, or resource sponsor experience in government and/or the private sector.
• Bachelor of Science degree in Engineering or a related field, and a passion for robotics and/or system development.
• Intimate understanding of government contracting, fielding, and requirements generation for transitioning prototype capabilities to production.

Responsibilities

• Oversee a major program and associated development activities within the Copperhead product family.
• Manage execution of customer-funded efforts related to employment and advancement of a Copperhead vehicle, aligned with company and division growth objectives.
• Lead an immediate team of 3–6 engineers focused on program requirements, system architecture definition, design, build, test, and execution to deliver capabilities to customers.
• Develop, run, and maintain cost, schedule, and performance for a directly funded program in coordination with a Navy program office and Navy stakeholders.
• Support detailed scoping and planning for the design, build, and deployment of a vehicle in the Copperhead portfolio.
• Develop and maintain effective working relationships with service and program-office stakeholders to complete milestones and move programs from prototyping into production.
• Collaborate with growth and engineering leads to develop and execute coordinated approaches to new business opportunities involving Anduril products.
• Lead formal testing efforts by identifying strategic initiatives, estimating required resources, and supporting mobilization logistics.
• Coordinate test execution with third-party vendors and partners.
• Foster ownership, trust, open communication, customer focus, innovation, and continuous improvement.
• Travel to support customer meetings and testing approximately 15–30% of the time.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior