Principal People Business Partner, Anduril Industries
$220-292k
Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers
4 days a week in office (Costa Mesa, CA)
Hardware and software for national security
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Hardware and software for national security
1001+ employees
Be an early applicant
$220-292k
Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers
4 days a week in office (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
- 15+ years of progressive HR leadership experience, with deep experience directly partnering with executives and driving tangible people strategies
- Demonstrated success in architecting, implementing, and scaling people strategies that directly contributed to significant business growth, transformation, and financial impact in a fast-paced, high-growth, and complex environment
- Proven experience building, leading, developing, and inspiring high-performing People Business Partner teams
- Exceptional executive presence, influencing skills, and the ability to navigate complex organizational dynamics with leaders
- Deep expertise in organizational development, change leadership, strategic workforce planning, executive talent management, and advanced people analytics
- Strong financial acumen and a keen understanding of the commercial and P&L implications of people decisions, with the ability to articulate value propositions in business terms
- Strategic systems thinker with the ability to operate at a 50,000-foot level while understanding the critical tactical levers necessary for flawless execution
- Outstanding communication and conflict resolution skills
- U.S. Person status is required due to access to export-controlled data
What the job involves
- We are seeking a visionary and results-driven Director, People Business Partner (or Senior Director, People Strategy) to join our executive leadership team
- This pivotal role is not just about HR; it's about architecting and executing a people strategy that directly fuels our aggressive growth agenda, shapes our culture, and optimizes organizational performance
- You will serve as a critical strategic partner, owning the comprehensive people agenda for your assigned executive client group
- You will lead a high-performing team of People Business Partners, integrating deep business acumen with sophisticated people analytics to drive transformational change and ensure we attract, develop, and retain world-class talent
- This is a role for a proven leader who thrives in complexity, has zero ego, anticipates future organizational needs, and translates strategic business objectives into proactive, impactful people initiatives
- We are redefining the impact that a People Business Partner team can drive
- Architect and own the end-to-end People Strategy for your executive client group, ensuring direct alignment with their goals, strategic imperatives, and long-range business plans
- Serve as a trusted advisor and strategic thought partner to your executive team, challenging perspectives and providing proactive insights on organizational effectiveness, talent implications of strategic decisions, and future workforce needs
- Lead, mentor, and develop a team of high-performing People Business Partners, fostering a culture of strategic partnership and analytical rigor, ensuring consistent delivery of high-impact people solutions
- Drive organizational design and transformation initiatives, directly impacting operational efficiency, cross-functional collaboration, and strategic agility
- Influence and shape business strategy by bringing a deeply integrated people perspective, identifying talent-related opportunities and risks that could impact market leadership or competitive advantage
- Design, implement, and lead large-scale change management initiatives that support critical business transformations, acquisition integrations, or significant strategic pivots, ensuring successful adoption and sustained impact
- Design and deploy complex workforce planning models that anticipate future talent needs, skill gaps, and organizational structures required for sustained hyper-growth, including leadership bench growth
- Champion and embed a high-performance culture, designing and implementing leadership development programs, executive coaching frameworks, and performance management philosophies that cultivate a strong leadership pipeline and enhance organizational capability
- Leverage advanced people analytics and business intelligence to identify systemic organizational challenges, predict future talent trends, and drive data-driven decision-making at the executive level
- Proactively forecast and strategically identify critical future talent needs, skill requirements, and potential gaps by deeply integrating with business strategy, product roadmaps, and long-range planning, establishing robust talent pipelines
- Design, implement, and continuously evolve executive and critical talent development strategies, including bench planning, high-potential programs, and bespoke leadership development initiatives to build organizational capability and ensure a ready supply of future leaders
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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