Senior Program Manager, Production Technology

Anduril • Costa Mesa, CA

19h

About The Position

The Manufacturing Team rapidly iterates and builds defense hardware, including static equipment, moving ground equipment, and flight vehicles. The Senior Program Manager, Production Technology owns significant portions of end-to-end production KPI tracking, improving transparency and producing actionable reports that support strategic and tactical decisions. The role helps increase efficiency across end-to-end processes while introducing scale and resiliency to the growing people and tools footprint.

Production Technology owns the end-to-end production process and its connection to Anduril’s enterprise systems platform. The team translates production end-user needs into clear business requirements for Corporate Technology to build solutions that support operations. This role combines process improvement, enterprise-system work, program support, data analysis, and reporting in a fast-paced technical environment.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, data systems, business, or a related field.
• At least 5 years of experience in a manufacturing environment, focused on system issues, program support, or process improvement.
• Strong analytical aptitude and ability to think about problems in terms of numbers and data models.
• Extremely strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to present complex data clearly to diverse audiences.
• Reliable self-starter who is highly organized, resourceful, and attentive to detail.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export-controlled information or facilities.

Nice To Haves

• Experience working in a technical production environment.
• Familiarity with MES, ERP, and PLM systems and how they interface with one another and with operations.
• Familiarity with Confluence/JIRA, SharePoint, and Airtable.
• Familiarity with production and business operations.

Responsibilities

• Develop a deep technical understanding of manufacturing engineering enterprise systems, including ERP, MRP, and PLM.
• Gather feedback from production pillars and formulate a feature and system roadmap.
• Analyze practices across Manufacturing Engineering, Manufacturing Operations, Material Management, and Procurement; develop and implement standardized end-to-end processes.
• Assist with documenting and standardizing business procedures and reporting protocols across production.
• Understand the production lifecycle and how parts flow through a factory physically and systematically.
• Serve as liaison between Production Technology and Corporate Technology.
• Support program managers and Production Technology leadership in preparing for and managing critical technical and business forums.
• Translate technical problems into clear, concise, business-aligned solutions.
• Provide structure to ambiguity and help production stakeholders make tactical and strategic decisions.
• Develop and execute strategies that drive business impact and outcomes.
• Perform rapid analyses to answer questions on short timelines while considering scalable long-term solutions.
• Analyze manufacturing data to identify trends, patterns, and opportunities to improve manufacturing processes.
• Facilitate data-driven decisions by providing timely and accurate manufacturing information.
• Take ownership of multiple projects, proactively identify problems or gaps, and drive solutions in collaboration with partner teams.

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 and competitive package available at little to no cost to employees.

What This Job Offers

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