Program Operations, Maritime (Heavy Metal)
Anduril Industries · Costa Mesa, California, United States; Santa Ana, California, United States
Posted 23 days ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 23 days Anduril Industries's roles stay open a median of 45 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 1% of Anduril Industries's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Anduril Industries
- high 1390 stale, 67 reposted of 2,263 open
- Hiring momentum
- 3233 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-09-17
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About this role
As a Program Operations lead for Anduril's Heavy Metal team, you will support the Program Manager by coordinating across various operational areas such as finance, supply chain, and workforce development. Your role involves ensuring the program scales effectively while managing complex stakeholder relationships and operational challenges. You will also lead strategic initiatives and help integrate various functions to meet aggressive growth targets.
- benefits
- 2/5
- freshness
- 4/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 4/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
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What you need
- 3+ years of experience in program operations, consulting, corporate strategy, finance, defense/aerospace program management, or general business analysis
- Ability to solve complex, ambiguous, cross-functional problems
- High ownership and low ego with strong outcome orientation
- Ability to translate operational problems into data problems and execute on them
- Tactical and strategic mindset, comfortable with details
- Fast learner who can navigate finance, supply chain, workforce, and construction fluently
Nice to have
- Typically 5+ years of experience and a Bachelor's degree or equivalent education/work experience
- Exposure to Earned Value Management (EVMS)
- Prior experience inside a shipbuilding, heavy-manufacturing, aerospace, or large defense program
- Experience standing up an operating cadence for a fast-growing team or program
- Comfort working across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, finance, and workforce functions simultaneously
What you get
- Competitive salary range of $146,000 — $194,000 USD
- Highly competitive equity grants included in full-time offers
- Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees
Worth weighing
- Hybrid role may require flexibility between program-facing and division operations tasks
- Complex stakeholder environment may present challenges in coordination
- Fast-paced growth may lead to evolving responsibilities and expectations
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Listed by Anduril Industries on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-09-17. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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