Software Technical Program Manager, Strategic Defense

Anduril Industries
Irvine, CA
On-siteCareer-pivot friendly

Who this role is best for

Best suited to candidates with strong technical and organizational skills working in defense systems and command and control software.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with a background in military air defense systems and experience managing large engineering teams
    — “Experience with mid and upper tier Air Defense Command and Control programs is a plus”
  • Individuals who can independently drive execution and unblock projects with minimal oversight
    — “Experience running projects and processes with little oversight; can unblock themselves”
  • Professionals who have built software programs from the ground up and can align teams with technical roadmaps
    — “Experience in building programs for software deliverables from ground up”

Things to consider

  • This role requires managing cross-functional initiatives and may involve high-pressure, high-stakes environments
    — “strategic competition, threats now arrive in seconds, maneuver mid-flight”
  • The position demands a high level of autonomy and proactive problem-solving without close supervision
    — “Experience running projects and processes with little oversight”

How to stand out

  • Highlight your experience in aligning engineering teams with technical roadmaps and delivering outcomes under ambiguity
    — “Help to define the roadmap for the Air Defense Software team”
  • Showcase your ability to unblock projects and manage complex dependencies across teams
    — “Identify, resolve, escalate key cross team dependencies”
  • Demonstrate your capability to manage large-scale software systems with AI and real-time data processing
    — “Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center”
  • Include examples of managing cross-functional teams and accelerating delivery of multiple programs simultaneously
    — “Autonomously execute on broad and/or ambiguous requirements on multiple programs simultaneously”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

Derived from job-description analysis by Serendipath's career intelligence engine.

What success looks like

  • Defined and executed on the roadmap for the Air Defense Software team
  • Managed cross-team projects and initiatives
  • Supported leads with staffing plans
Typical background
Experience in technical program management

Skills & requirements

Required

Technical Program ManagementRoadmap DefinitionCross-team Project ManagementTeam Velocity OptimizationStaffing Plans

Preferred

Mid And Upper Tier Air Defense Command And Control Programs Experience

About the role

Original posting from Anduril Industries via Greenhouse

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

ABOUT THE TEAM

Strategic Defense protects the United States and its allies from ballistic, hypersonic, and air-breathing threats. Those threats now arrive in seconds, maneuver mid-flight, and come in volleys designed to overwhelm the legacy systems meant to stop them — so we're building a software-defined command and control layer that can see, decide, and act faster than any human operator could alone. Our team spans autonomy, tracking, simulation and wargaming, hardware, systems engineering, and test and evaluation to build an accredited fire control system fielded rapidly and at scale.

ABOUT THE JOB

As a Software Technical Program Manager, you’ll own efforts to ensure that the Air Defense Software Team is operating effectively and efficiently. You will be owning the operational aspects of a large engineering team and partnering with engineering leads to optimize and scale team output, and ensure overall execution towards business goals. 

This role will focus on the Guam Defense System Battle Manager product. Experience with mid and upper tier Air Defense Command and Control programs is a plus. You will be helping to create a new strategic business line within Air Defense and will work closely with the other strategic Command and Control programs within Anduril.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

Help to define the roadmap for the Air Defense Software team while working with partner engineering teams to ensure that the organization’s technical roadmap is well

understood and that programs and staffing are aligned with the roadmap.

Autonomously execute on broad and/or ambiguous requirements from internal engineering, program office, and third party corporate partners to own successful delivery of outcomes on multiple programs simultaneously.

Partner deeply with engineering leaders to drive successful program execution and team velocity across groups of software teams and more broadly across departments.

Be an effective proxy in program and organizational matters to help engineering leads scale.

Demonstrate high ownership on all pieces of work; become a trusted partner to Anduril’s engineers.

Manage, unblock, and accelerate cross-team projects spanning multiple functional teams and cross-functional initiatives. Instill an efficient project management mindset and workflow across the teams.

Identify and resolve systemic execution issues across the team or group that require broader initiatives to resolve.

Partner with product leads to scope, staff, and deliver capabilities to achieve company milestones.

Identify, resolve, escalate key cross team dependencies.

Support leads with quarterly and ongoing staffing plans across the organization, particularly where difficult prioritization conflicts exist.

Track and communicate the progress of the team or group’s key programs. Define efficient processes for communicating group program status more broadly.

Remove obstacles to drive clarity and progress, identify gaps in communication or schedule, manage issue escalations and provide support to teams balancing competing priorities, and drive results proactively.

Understand technical implementation at the architectural level and propose technical alternatives when necessary; ask questions that clarify priorities.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Minimum of 5+ years experience as a Technical Program Manager, Technical Product Manager, Engineering Manager, or Engineer in a software development environment.

Solid technical aptitude and an ability to understand technical designs, software development lifecycle, challenges and risks; ability to work closely and effectively with engineering teams.

Strong process and organization skills.

Strong written / verbal communication skills.

Ability to describe and figure out the shape of a problem and work through a solution.

Experience running projects and processes with little oversight; can unblock themselves.

Strong execution & prioritization spikes.

Highly developed analytical and communication skills.

High grit, proactive, and enthusiastic.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

Experience in building programs for software deliverables from ground up.

Ability to work within organizations with minimal structure and with minimal direction.

Experience is rolling out potentially disruptive organizational process changes.

Experience with creating communication plans for various levels of stakeholders.

Strong technical, analytical and quantitative skills with the ability to use data and metrics to back up assumptions, recommendations and drive decisions.

Experience with tools like JIRA and Confluence.

Professional certifications such as CISSP, OSCP, GIAC-PEN, Prosci, SAFe or PMP.

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science or an Engineering discipline.

Experience working with mid and upper tier Air Defense systems in the Army, Navy, Air Force or the Missile Defense Agency.

 US Salary Range$129,000—$171,000 USDThe salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors, inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience, education and/or training, critical skills, and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including: 

Benefits

At Anduril, we invest in our people. Our comprehensive, competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next. For more information, Explore Our Benefits.

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Source: Anduril Industries careers (Greenhouse)

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