Mission Operations Manager, C2

Air Defense is a high-octane rapidly scaling business line that develops integrates and fields an expanding mix of mature and novel capabilities to detect and defeat UAS threats. As our business line continues to scale our newest emerging initiatives require focused direction and ownership to rapidly mature in support of Air Defenses operational technical and financial objectives.

In this role you will:

Orchestrate the Deployment of Anduril Products.
Lead the planning and deployment of Andurils flagship hardware and software products in support of customer missions. Through collaboration with our engineering logistics and technical operations teams Mission Operators are in charge of deploying our products to the field training end users and ensuring the high performance of our products. We are obsessed about engagement and keeping our finger on the pulse of how customers interact with our products. This helps us improve the user experience and evolve their operational tactics and techniques. And if something isnt quite right we work with product teams to quickly address the issue on behalf of our customer.

Drive Internal and External Relationship Management
Build trust with customers industry partners users and Anduril teammates through effective communication positive attitude and follow-through. With careful listening and observation you internalize your counterparts priorities and requirements. With empathy and responsiveness you quickly build rapport trust and confidence in our capability. You develop relationships across the organization and communicate honestly and directly. You are committed to giving and receiving feedback well. Your partners always know what you expect from them and know exactly what to expect from you.

Shape our Products to Meet Mission Needs.
Work side-by-side with our customers to understand their specific mission challenges and represent the customer as you work with Anduril engineers to shape products that solve critical national and international security challenges. Anduril engineers rely on Mission Operators to understand the lay of the land and bring a perspective that informs the product development process.

Collaborate across nearly every Anduril team.
Successfully deploying our complex hardware and software products requires collaborating with nearly every internal Anduril team - business development engineering product logistics finance legal contracting technical operations and many more. Youll be responsible for ensuring each party is engaged and informed and will therefore become well-versed in what it takes to really bring the best of Anduril to our customers.

We move fast at Anduril and give tremendous freedom and autonomy to our new hires to assume responsibility and exercise prudent interdisciplinary judgement; when you join our team youre signing up to immediately make an impact in our organization.

Mission First Mindset.
We put the needs of the mission and our customers first and understand that the US and its allies have no preordained right to victory in any future conflict. We actively seek out opportunities to better understand our customers mission needs with a goal to build the best possible products for the warfighter and radically evolve our national and international defense capabilities. We push ourselves and the limits of our capabilities in the pursuit of this goal.

Ownership Mentality.
Were looking for owners; those who have a natural bias to assume responsibility a healthy dose of skepticism and contribute to a culture of performance. We empower our Mission Operators to quickly assume high levels of responsibility and entrust them to actively own their account and shape its success. Our Mission Operators are just as comfortable helping to shape a proposal or pitch a new customer as they are working with engineers on new features or deploying products in the field.

Technical Aptitude and Intellectual Curiosity.
We are first and foremost a technology company working at the leading edge of capabilities like machine learning autonomy distributed networking and multi-modal sensor fusion. Do you have a natural desire to see beyond simple cause and effect relationships to really understand how complex systems operate Do you actively seek out opportunities to educate yourself These capabilities form the foundation of our product offerings so we are looking for those who are comfortable communicating technical concepts and can articulate them in the context of the customers mission.

Structured Thinker and Problem Solver.
Leading technical deployments requires clear communication and well thought-out plans. We are looking for assertive communicators who bring a thoughtful perspective and honest dialogue. A solution-driven approach the ability to distill complexity into its essential digestible components and the ability to supervise execution are critical to ensure mission success.

High Value Team Member.
Do you enjoy working as part of a team At Anduril the path to success weaves through the organization - account teams engineering logistics technical operations and more. It requires humility an eagerness to learn and empathy toward your fellow team member. We assume best intentions and empathize with customers just as we do with our colleagues. Can you develop rapport at both the user and executive levels Do you enjoy sharing successes We are a low ego group that promotes teamwork and collaboration to bring about success.

• Advanced degree or 3-5 years experience in a technical field preferably in the defense national security or aerospace domain
• Highly organized creative problem-solver with proven project management skills
• Proven experience leading tech-enabled teams of peers while building a culture of influence through relationships
• Experience translating and decomposing highly technical concepts into operational requirements and performance specifications
• Must be able to obtain a Secret Clearance.
• Must be able to travel up to 50% of the time

• Experience with C2 Hardware and Software Networking CUAS and/or Air and Missile Defense
• Familiarity with doctrinal functional and technical command and control concepts processes and principles
• Prior military or government acquisition and/or government contracting experience
• Able to obtain and hold a U.S. security clearance to TS/SCI

The salary range for this role is an estimate based on a wide range of compensation factors inclusive of base salary only. Actual salary offer may vary based on (but not limited to) work experience education and/or training critical skills and/or business considerations. Highly competitive equity grants are included in the majority of full time offers; and are considered part of Andurils total compensation package. Additionally Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees including:

At Anduril we invest in our people. Our comprehensive competitive benefits package (available at little to no cost to employees) ensures youre supported in health recovery and whatever comes next.For more information Explore Our Benefits.

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