Senior Manager of People Program Management, Anduril Industries

$142-213k

Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package

Senior and Expert level

Los Angeles

More information about location

3 days a week in office (Costa Mesa, CA)

Hardware and software for national security

Open for applications

Hardware and software for national security

1001+ employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceSecurityEnterpriseDronesAerospace

Open for applications

$142-213k

Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Anduril's total compensation package

Senior and Expert level

Los Angeles

More information about location

3 days a week in office (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.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

This role is ideal for someone with a mix of management/strategy consulting with an operating HR background who thrives in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment, and wants to apply their problem-solving and program management skills to building world-class people operations at a high-growth technology company
Your experience should be both strategic and analytical, with the ability to transition seamlessly from high-level frameworks to detailed execution while connecting data, strategy, and operations
You should excel in storytelling and influencing, crafting compelling narratives and presentations that drive stakeholders to action
As an operator at scale, you understand how to balance agility with structure in a fast-paced environment
Moreover, your ability as a collaborative leader to build trust across teams and influence without formal authority is crucial to driving our mission forward
7-10+ yrs experience in management consulting, HR strategy, HR PMO, and/or People Programs
Experience in the tech or related industries with hyper-growth (pre/post-IPO)
Demonstrated success in program management, including complex, cross-functional initiatives
Track record of leading HR strategies through mergers, acquisitions, and significant organizational change

What the job involves

Anduril is scaling at an unprecedented pace, and our People Strategy & Programs team play a critical role in ensuring that our talent programs, systems, and insights, enable that growth
We are seeking a Sr Manager, People Programs to design and drive critical cross-functional people initiatives that sit at the heart of how we operate and scale.
You will oversee a team of two Program Managers and serve as a key thought partner and execution lead for our People/HR Leadership Team
Own and drive high-impact/high-visibility people programs and projects: align stakeholders, build and manage program resources, deliver against timelines, and create impact at scale
Translate strategic priorities and insights into executable programs, working across COEs (Compensation, Recruiting, HR Ops, Learning & Development, and Business Partners)
Partner with the People Analytics/Data team to interpret complex workforce data and translate it into clear, actionable insights
Build executive-ready narratives and PowerPoint decks that connect strategy, vision, and business outcomes
Lead and help on critical projects for leaders in our People org, requiring you to quickly learn new subject matters and create priorities in an ambiguous environment
Act as the bridge across People COEs (Business Partners, Comp, Recruiting, L&D, etc), ensuring that insights and programs are grounded in business realities and adopted by leaders across the organization
Partner with Finance, Legal, and other corporate functions to ensure alignment of people programs with business strategy
Lead and develop a team of two Program Managers who drive high-impact initiatives across the People function, including M&A program management, annual compensation, performance and calibration cycles as well as IPO readiness initiatives to ensure seamless execution and alignment with the business

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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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

68% employee growth in 12 months

Glassdoor (3.9)

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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