Senior Manager, Industrial Capacity

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Costa Mesa, CA +2 · Finance & Accounting : Finance : Corporate Development

This role is part of the Corporate Development team at a defense technology company. The Senior Manager will develop analytical processes for assessing industrial capacity needs, partner with various departments to identify growth areas, and execute strategic partnerships with suppliers. The role also involves drafting thought leadership, mentoring peers, defining organizational processes, and developing reporting dashboards. The company's products are powered by an AI-powered operating system and incorporate AI, computer vision, and autonomy.

What you'd actually do

  1. You will develop a repeatable analytical process for assessing Anduril’s long-term industrial capacity needs. You will own this process, but you will also partner with leaders from Anduril’s business development, product, engineering, manufacturing, production and supply chain organizations to identify significant growth areas where Anduril should provide market signal in advance of demand
  2. You will work closely with internal colleagues to collect internal production targets, the design change landscape, and supplier production plans to set up a robust industrial capacity plan capable of scaling with multiple configurations and production rates. You will communicate forecasts to internal and external stakeholders that accurately reflect Anduril’s business requirements while hedging against potential upside or change in business direction
  3. In tandem with a deal leader from the Corporate Development team, you will identify specific areas where Anduril should increase the depth and breadth of available suppliers, and execute strategic partnerships and long-term supplier agreements to create increased capacity
  4. You will draft long-form thought leadership, talking points, and other collateral for Anduril’s executive team to use in discussion with elected representatives, customers, the White House, industry partners and in public communications. You will liaise with Anduril’s government and media relations functions to share our perspective on building industrial capacity
  5. You will guide and mentor peers and team members across the company to strengthen organizational resiliency and ingrain the concept of increasing industrial capacity in advance of demand

Skills

Required

  • 5+ years of work experience with demonstrated successes in a high-pressure role where pace and execution quality matters - management consulting, investment banking, internal strategy & operations, venture capital, elite government (e.g., legislative or executive branch) or business analyst roles
  • Advanced proficiency in Excel, financial modeling and data analysis tools, and experience with financial reporting tools and ERP systems (i.e. Anaplan, Netsuite, Oracle, Foundry)
  • Exceptional written and oral communication skills. You drive consensus through grounded arguments, interpersonal skills, and negotiation skills.
  • Experience interfacing with leadership and executives - you understand how to cultivate trust and facilitate meetings for and engage with executives
  • Combination ability to execute on a tactical level as well as put together a strategy to solve complex, ambiguous, cross-functional problems. You are comfortable rolling up your sleeves and diving deep into executing operational tasks that require high attention to detail and high organization skills, but you can also zoom out and create a strategy that solves high level problems for the business line, division, and company
  • High ownership with the horsepower to juggle multiple (3-5+) large projects and priorities in parallel, at a rapid pace, and report out on progress regularly without dropping any balls
  • Comfortable working in a fast-moving, ambiguous environment.
  • Discerning and an incredibly fast learner
  • Highly organized
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance
  • Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities

What the JD emphasized

  • U.S. Top Secret security clearance
  • Must be a U.S. Person