Acquisition Program Manager, Anduril Industries
$150-225k
50%+ travel required
Office located in Costa Mesa, CA
Hardware and software for national security
Be an early applicant
Hardware and software for national security
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$150-225k
50%+ travel required
Office located in Costa Mesa, CA
1001+ employees
Company mission
To defend against America's national security challenges to create a safer future for the nation.
Role
Who you are
- 50%+ travel required
- Insanely high execution bar, and will see all programs through from conception to tactical completion to move Anduril forward
- 5+ years of program management experience, preferably with managing complex systems and operations implementations
- 5+ years of experience with managing executive communication, board of director goals or driving cross company initiatives
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and strong presentation skills, able to clearly articulate needs to leadership team and a wide variety of cross-functional stakeholders
- Collaborate across teams, strategizing how to bridge different parts of the organization to achieve cross-functional outcomes
- Ability to observe and anticipate potential risks across programs, milestones, timelines, etc
- You are incredibly organized, detail-oriented, and and excel in strategic planning
- You have both high ownership and low ego, approaching everything with strong outcome orientation and high humility
- You’re discerning and an incredibly fast learner
- U.S. Persons status is required as this position needs to access export-controlled data
What the job involves
- The Corp Tech Acquisition team scopes and manages the implementation of Anduril’s acquired companies
- We help enable the new acquisitions to build, ship, and deploy products at scale with Anduril’s systems and processes
- As we continue to acquire companies and expand our capabilities, we are seeking a highly skilled Acquisition Program Manager specializing in Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A)
- This role will lead and coordinate the acquisition process, work with leadership and cross-functional teams to ensure a smooth integration, and manage all aspects of program planning and execution
- Oversee the acquisition program lifecycle from due diligence, integration, and adoption to completion across multiple acquisitions
- Work closely with cross-functional stakeholders (IT, Legal, HR, Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Mission Operations, Finance, Product, Deployments) to root cause problems and scope key requirements, milestones, and dependencies for acquisition implementation success
- Own building the program management foundation for the acquisition team
- Own defining, managing, and improving program management processes for all acquisition implementations
- Help implement risk management strategies, identifying potential issues and developing contingency plans
- Manage the program timeline across all related acquisitions, ensuring milestones are met and programs stay on track
- Define program scope, goals, and deliverables in collaboration with stakeholders and senior management
- Facilitate communication and collaboration across cross-functional teams and departments
- Provide regular updates and/or risks to the appropriate management channels and escalate issues, as necessary, according to each acquisitions integration plan
- Analyze each program status and, when necessary, revise the scope, schedule, or resources to ensure that program requirements can be met
- Establish and maintain relationships with relevant stakeholders, providing day-to-day contact on program status and changes
Our take
Anduril makes hardware and software for defense agencies including the Department of Defense and the Department of Homeland Security. Its hardware products include specialist drones with a long flight time and surveillance towers.
This hardware is tied together by proprietary software, the Lattice platform, which uses sensor fusion, machine learning, and mesh networking to integrate real-time data from Anduril hardware and third-party systems into a single, autonomous operating picture. While the hardware observes and detects, the software can make decisions as to the threat level of any anomalies, and so allow for observation and protection of an area or building with minimal manpower.
Anduril closed a $1 billion Series G funding round in 2025 led by the Founders Fund, doubling its valuation to $30 billion. This oversubscribed funding round came after the company doubled its revenue in 2024, when it won a contract with the US military to build its soldiers' VY/AR headsets for combat, a contract the company beat Microsoft to.
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Insights
68% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 9 rounds)
Jul 2025
$310m
GRANT
Jun 2025
$2.5bn
SERIES G
Total funding: $6.5bn
Company benefits
- Full Family Health Coverage
- 16 Weeks Paid Parental Leave for All Caregivers
- Family Planning & Support
- Incentivized Time Off
- Mental Health Resources
- Financial Planning
- Unlimited Provisions
- Professional Development
Company HQ
Irvine Business Complex, Irvine, CA
Leadership
Brian Schimpf
(Co-Founder & CEO)Having studied at Cornell, they joined Palantir as an Engineer in 2007. They left after over 9 years in order to co-found Anduril in July 2017 as CEO.
Palmer Luckey
(Co-Founder)They founded Oculus VR in April 2012, where they worked until April 2017 when they co-founded Anduril.
Trae Stephens
(Co-Founder)Former Lead Data Analyst at LexisNexis for 2 years, prior to spending 5 at Palantir. They joined Founders Fund as a Partner in 2014, and co-founded Anduril in 2017.
Matt Grimm
(Co-Founder & COO)Studied Engineering at Cornell before working as a Booz Allen Hamilton Consultant and spending over 6 years at Palantir as a Forward Deployed Engineer. They worked at Mithril Capital Management and Classy.org before co-founding Anduril in 2017.
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