Head of Operations, Anduril Industries

Software Platform

$190-285k

+ Equity grant

Senior and Expert level
Los Angeles

More information about location

Office located in Costa Mesa, CA

Anduril Industries

Hardware and software for national security

Open for applications

Anduril Industries

Hardware and software for national security

1001+ employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceSecurityEnterpriseDronesAerospace

Open for applications

$190-285k

+ Equity grant

Senior and Expert level
Los Angeles

More information about location

Office located in Costa Mesa, CA

1001+ employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceSecurityEnterpriseDronesAerospace

Company mission

To defend against America's national security challenges to create a safer future for the nation.

Role

Who you are

  • 8+ years of working experience in a consulting, operations, finance, technical program management, product management, or business operations roles. Experience working with engineers in a software development organization strongly preferred
  • Strong communication skills across a wide dynamic range, both written and verbal. Experience interfacing with company leadership and executives is a must, with a demonstrated ability to cultivate trust and facilitate meetings for and engage with executives. Demonstrated ability to translate and articulate thoughts clearly and simply across a wide range of roles (software engineers, finance partners, recruiters, cross functional leadership, and executives)
  • Strong emotional intelligence and ability to solve operational problems not only from a data driven lens, but also in a people-centric way by building strong cross functional relationships across the company and within the software engineering organization
  • High ownership with the horsepower to effectively manage multiple (3-5+) large projects and priorities in parallel, at a rapid pace, and report out on progress regularly

Desirable

  • Solid technical aptitude and proven ability to understand technical designs, software development lifecycle, challenges and risks; ability to work closely and effectively with software engineering teams
  • Experience working at a technology and/or high growth company
  • Experience working effectively in a matrix organization structure

What the job involves

  • Software Platform owns and develops Anduril’s Lattice platform, which is deployed across Anduril’s product fleet and to all Anduril customers
  • Lattice is the technology backbone for Anduril becoming the next generation defense prime
  • Leadership partnership. Partner with the Head of Software Platform and their leadership team to drive and execute strategy for organizational development that will scale and meet software engineering needs across Anduril divisions
  • Define the org vision, org operating model, and annual goals
  • Determine investments for software engineering capabilities and product development
  • Set and track metrics for organizational health and performance on product development deliverables
  • Execute on strategic initiatives and take on special projects for the organization
  • Engage with Anduril executive leadership as a representative for Software Platform to report risks and developments within the organization, and to prepare content and present at regular business reviews
  • Execution and cross-functional collaboration. Drive day-to-day operations and develop internal processes/frameworks for efficient operations across the Software Platform organization. This includes staffing and hiring, org communications, performance management and compensation, financial planning and tracking, facilities management, and working with cross functional partners across these domains. Specific examples include:
  • Drive quarterly and annual planning for Software Platform as part of the org and company planning cycles
  • Manage the Software Platform finances in partnership with a FP&A partner to track financial health of budget against goals and deliverables
  • Run the Software Platform’s hiring and staffing infrastructure and processes
  • Manage organizational communications internal to the team and external across the company, such as sending monthly update emails across the company and preparing team wide All Hands
  • Organization operations. Lead a small (2-3) Software Platform Operations team to support day to day org tactical operations and strategic initiatives within Software Platform, and as the central hub (“homeroom”) for software at Anduril

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Insights

Top investors

68% employee growth in 12 months

Company

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

Funding (last 2 of 8 rounds)

Feb 2025

$2.5bn

SERIES G

Jan 2025

$14.3m

GRANT

Total funding: $6.2bn

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 Series E funding round in 2022 led by Valor Equity Partners. This funding was used for research and development of its autonomous defense products, such as the Roadrunner, a modular twin-jet powered autonomous vehicle that can take off and land vertically. Variants of the Roadrunner include defensive warhead armed interceptors which are the first drone weapons that can be retrieved after deployment. The company has also expanded to Australia where it is working in tandem with the Australian Defence Force to improve its military technology and infrastructure and is recruiting talent worldwide to support its rapidly growing portfolio of defense projects.

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