Manager, Strategic Projects

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Costa Mesa, CA · Corporate Operations : Corporate Operations : Revenue Operations & Corporate Planning

This role is for a Manager of Strategic Projects within the Growth Operations team at Anduril, a defense technology company. The role involves leading quantitative deep-dives, building models, deriving insights, and presenting recommendations to C-suite leadership to inform major company decisions on long-range planning, portfolio prioritization, and resource allocation. It also includes leading cross-functional efforts for downstream planning, running strategic sprints, and evolving growth planning processes. The role requires strong quantitative and analytical skills, experience in forecasting, financial modeling, scenario analysis, and executive communication.

What you'd actually do

  1. Own ad-hoc strategic projects from C-suite that directly impact top-line growth strategy and business expansion
  2. Run strategic sprints on all downstream planning related to the ACV forecast including tie-in with long-term strategic plans, product mix, and enabling manufacturing and delivery capacity at the targeted pace
  3. Lead scenario planning efforts to model different growth trajectories, government program office trends, and strategic options for leadership decision-making
  4. Build and refine planning frameworks, forecasting models, and analytical tools used by growth leadership
  5. Translate complex analyses into clear, actionable recommendations for executive audiences

Skills

Required

  • 4+ years of experience in investment banking, management consulting, corporate strategy, or a high-growth operational role
  • Strong quantitative and analytical skills
  • demonstrated experience in forecasting, financial modeling, and scenario analysis
  • Proven track record of owning complex, ambiguous initiatives with measurable business impact
  • Excellent executive communication skills, including the ability to distill sophisticated analyses into clear insights and influence senior stakeholders
  • High ownership mindset with a bias toward action and ability to drive projects to completion
  • Comfortable operating independently in ambiguity and making sound judgement calls with incomplete information

Nice to have

  • Experience working on growth strategy, revenue operations, or strategic planning initiatives strongly preferred

What the JD emphasized

  • quantitative deep-dives
  • structuring the analysis
  • building the models
  • deriving insights
  • presenting recommendations
  • inform major company decisions
  • long-range planning
  • portfolio prioritization
  • resource allocation
  • lead cross-functional efforts
  • translate top-line forecasts into downstream implications
  • running focused strategic sprints
  • address complex, evolving questions
  • regularly engage with C-suite leadership
  • own the analytical rigor
  • strategic decisions
  • ensure that growth planning processes evolve
  • synthesizing complex data
  • translating insights into executive recommendations
  • driving execution
  • high-stakes projects
  • shape company direction
  • 4+ years of experience
  • investment banking
  • management consulting
  • corporate strategy
  • high-growth operational role
  • Strong quantitative and analytical skills
  • demonstrated experience in forecasting
  • financial modeling
  • scenario analysis
  • Proven track record of owning complex, ambiguous initiatives
  • measurable business impact
  • Excellent executive communication skills
  • ability to distill sophisticated analyses into clear insights
  • influence senior stakeholders
  • High ownership mindset
  • bias toward action
  • ability to drive projects to completion
  • Comfortable operating independently in ambiguity
  • making sound judgement calls with incomplete information
  • Experience working on growth strategy
  • revenue operations
  • strategic planning initiatives