Technical Publications Operations Manager
Job Location:
Costa Mesa, CA - USA
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Job Summary
Andurils Technical Publications organization supports complex hardware software autonomy and defense systems across multiple divisions business lines and programs. Technical Publications Managers and writers are aligned to specific programs and this role keeps the departments intake staffing and priority decisions moving as program demand changes.
As the Technical Publications Operations Manager your mission is to own how Technical Publications work is received prioritized staffed and tracked across programs. You will run Jira intake resource allocation throughput tracking and cross-program priority resolution for the department. You will work daily with the Head of Technical Publications Senior Technical Publications Managers and program-level Technical Publications Managers to translate incoming demand into sequencing and staffing decisions. This is an execution role for someone who can sequence competing program demands make firm staffing decisions and keep leadership current on delivery status and anything that needs their attention.
- Own department-level Jira intake triage workflow governance and priority routing for Technical Publications work.
- Decide how work is sequenced and staffed when program priorities compete.
- Own the departments view of workload throughput blockers delivery risk and capacity across the work portfolio.
- Reallocate writers against changing program demand and escalate only the conflicts that genuinely require leadership decision.
- Build and maintain the reporting and operating metrics that leadership uses to assess department performance and staffing needs.
- Run recurring execution reviews planning sessions and follow-up to completion.
- Coordinate with Mission Readiness Engineering Program Management Training ILS Support and Product to keep publication work aligned with program schedules.
- 5 years of experience in operations program management resource planning or workflow ownership in a technical environment.
- Experience owning intake prioritization throughput tracking or resource allocation for a multi-stakeholder team.
- Experience driving execution across teams where you did not have direct reporting authority.
- Experience using Jira or a comparable work-management system as an operating system of record.
- Ability to make timely evidence-based resourcing and prioritization decisions.
- Willingness to make and defend firm staffing and sequencing decisions among programs with competing priorities.
- Must be eligible for Secret and higher security clearance (US).
- Experience in aerospace defense robotics autonomy manufacturing or another complex technical environment.
- Experience supporting technical publications sustainment training ILS or another documentation-heavy delivery function.
- Familiarity with formal deliverables such as CDRLs DMRLs technical manuals or similar customer-committed outputs.
- Experience building operating metrics dashboards or staffing views for department leadership
US Salary Range
$146000 - $194000 USD
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:
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Required Experience:
Manager
