Strategic Operations Analyst

Anduril Anduril · Defense · Sydney, Australia · Corporate Technology : Strategic Operations and Transformation : Strategic Integration & Global Operations

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company seeking a Strategic Operations Analyst to improve the company's ability to buy, make, and deploy hardware quickly and correctly. The role involves building dashboards, tracking operational metrics, preparing data-driven reports, managing system and process enhancement requests, conducting research for strategic initiatives, assessing regional expansion readiness, and documenting processes. The ideal candidate has 3-5 years of experience in Defence, Engineering, Technology, or Finance with a focus on Project Management, Operations, and Analytics, and possesses strong execution, analytical, communication, and problem-solving skills.

What you'd actually do

  1. Work closely with Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Quality, Deployments and Finance teams to identify problems, conceive solutions, and implement processes to improve our ability to buy, make, and deploy hardware quickly and correctly
  2. Build dashboards, track operational metrics, monitor Product Line health scores, prepare data-driven reports for leadership and refine KPI development for impactful reporting to inform strategic decision making
  3. Gather data, identify issues, prepare review materials, coordinate across regional teams and track action items for weekly, monthly and quarterly business reviews
  4. Manage the funnel of production team system and process enhancement requests, categorise/prioritise, track status and approvals, and coordinate implementation
  5. Conduct research, gather data, build presentations, coordinate stakeholders and track project milestones for strategic Product Line initiatives

Skills

Required

  • 3-5 years experience in Defence, Engineering, Technology or Finance
  • Project Management
  • Operations
  • Analytics
  • Qualitative and quantitative skill set
  • Process identification and improvement
  • Cross-functional communication
  • Problem-solving
  • Organization
  • Detail-oriented
  • Analytical skills
  • Verbal & written communication skills
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a NV2 Security Clearance

Nice to have

  • Product taste

What the JD emphasized

  • insanely high execution bar
  • move Anduril forward
  • product taste
  • partner with broader Corporate Technology teams on conceiving and testing workflows
  • knack for process
  • string together
  • people-centric way
  • high ownership and low ego
  • strong outcome orientation and high humility
  • genuinely curious and creative
  • think critically to define optimal solutions
  • anticipate cross-functional issues/need and potential solutions
  • Extremely organised and detail-oriented
  • strong analytical problem-solving skills