Sr Manager, People Experience Programs

Anduril • Costa Mesa, CA

5d

About The Position

Anduril is seeking a Senior Manager, People Experience Programs to serve as the strategic and operational backbone of its People Experience function. The role focuses on regional engagement strategy, employee listening, and the alumni program, while helping define the function’s operating model and programming portfolio in partnership with the Head of People Experience. It combines strategic planning with hands-on program management in a rapidly expanding organization.

The Senior Manager will lead a global, regionalized engagement strategy spanning seven sites and regions; own the company-wide engagement survey from launch planning through analysis, communications, and action planning; and help launch and operate the Anduril Alumni Program. The role will also identify gaps in the employee experience, propose new programming, make investment cases, and design the frameworks, systems, evaluation methods, and feedback loops needed to build the function at scale.

As the primary program operator across the People Experience portfolio, this person will coordinate plans, timelines, stakeholders, and communications across complex workstreams and geographies. They will work with People partners and operations colleagues to use site health data, engagement metrics, and quality-of-hire insights to guide recommendations and program adjustments. The role requires presenting strategy and outcomes to senior leadership, building stakeholder coalitions, and leading systems-level change across teams and locations.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in people programs, employee experience, engagement, organizational development, or program management within a People/HR function.
• Demonstrated experience designing, implementing, and evaluating employee experience or engagement programs end-to-end, from strategy through execution.
• Motivation to contribute to Anduril’s defense mission.
• Strong program management skills, including structuring ambiguous work, managing concurrent workstreams, and completing complex cross-functional initiatives independently.
• Executive presence and communication skills to present confidently to VP- and C-suite-level leaders.
• Experience managing enterprise-wide stakeholder relationships at VP level or above across multiple functions, navigating competing priorities and influencing organizational direction.
• Strategic thinking with global scope, including connecting site-level programs to enterprise strategy and developing frameworks for others to execute.
• Ability to interpret engagement data, design evaluation methodology, build investment cases, and adapt programs based on findings.
• Systems-oriented thinking that connects employee experience outcomes to broader business strategy.
• High ownership, low ego, strong outcome orientation, and humility.
• Ability to thrive in fast-paced, ambiguous environments and build programs from the ground up.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.

Nice To Haves

• Experience at a high-growth technology or defense company that has navigated rapid organizational scaling.
• Experience managing global or multi-region programs across employee personas, cultural contexts, and time zones.
• Experience managing engagement survey programs end-to-end, including launch, analysis, and action-planning accountability.
• Experience building a people experience, employee engagement, or similar function from scratch.
• Experience driving organizational or systems-level change management that shifts how an organization operates.
• Experience anticipating systemic risks and designing mitigation strategies to protect the broader business.

Responsibilities

• Lead program management and rollout of the global, regionalized engagement strategy across seven sites and regions.
• Own end-to-end management of the company-wide engagement survey, including launch planning, results analysis, communications, and accountability for action planning across business units.
• Help launch and operationalize the Anduril Alumni Program, managing day-to-day execution and implementation with stakeholders.
• Partner with the Head of People Experience to shape the function, identify employee experience gaps, propose programming, build investment cases, and design scalable frameworks and systems.
• Operate programs across the People Experience portfolio by building project plans, managing timelines, coordinating stakeholder communications, and keeping concurrent initiatives on track.
• Build and manage stakeholder relationships across People Business Partners, People Leadership and Development, Onboarding Regional Leads, and the People Experience Operations Manager.
• Use site health data, engagement metrics, and quality-of-hire insights with the People Experience Operations Manager to develop recommendations and adjust programs.
• Present program strategy, progress, and outcomes to senior leadership, translating operational details into a strategic narrative.
• Identify processes, structures, and working practices that need to change to support the engagement strategy, and build coalitions to implement lasting changes.
• Lead change initiatives across teams and geographies, anticipating ripple effects and managing interdependencies.
• Create program architecture, evaluation methodology, and feedback loops where existing systems do not exist.

Benefits

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

What This Job Offers

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