Senior Project Management Specialist

Anduril • Santa Ana, CA

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About The Position

Anduril's Maritime Division is transforming American sea power and scaling production through Arsenal-2, a software-defined shipyard being built in Baltimore County, Maryland, and a 160,000-square-foot Proto-Factory in Orange County, California. The Proto-Factory is developing advanced manufacturing methods, digital workflows, and quality systems to support the future shipyard network and next-generation autonomous underwater vehicles.

The Senior Project Management Specialist runs the program office's operating rhythm, supporting program leadership with clear program status and the information needed to make decisions. While engineering technical program managers own technical schedules and critical paths, this role coordinates reviews and reports, action and decision tracking, program data and metrics, budget and financial reporting, and customer-facing documentation and deliverables. The specialist reports to the Program Manager and works across multidisciplinary teams to set objectives, coordinate resources, and drive work to completion. The role also supports development milestones, build tracking, and lab-space coordination.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in program or project coordination.
• At least 5 years of experience in project management, program operations, PMO, or business operations.
• Demonstrated ownership of a reporting or meeting cadence for a multi-team organization.
• Strong written communication skills and ability to produce executive-ready materials.
• Fluency with scheduling, tracking, and reporting tools.
• High organizational rigor and follow-through on actions.
• Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance.

Nice To Haves

• Experience in a defense program office, including CDRL management and customer deliverables.
• Familiarity with earned value management or government program reporting requirements.
• Experience supporting hardware development programs.
• PMP, CAPM, or equivalent certification.

Responsibilities

• Own recurring program reviews, reporting cycles, and leadership meeting cadence.
• Maintain program data and metrics, and produce reporting for leadership and the customer.
• Track program actions, decisions, and commitments and drive them to closure.
• Manage contract deliverables (CDRLs), document control, and submission schedules.
• Coordinate across branch leads to assemble an integrated view of program status.
• Maintain the program risk and issue register in partnership with SEIT and branch technical program managers.
• Prepare materials for program reviews, customer briefings, and leadership decision forums.
• Maintain the schedule for major developmental milestones and track build milestones through CDR and PDR.
• Track alpha and bravo build/development status.
• Coordinate lab space.
• Support budget and financial reporting.

Benefits

• Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full-time offers.
• 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