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Director, Classified Capabilities

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Costa Mesa, CA
Mid level
Costa Mesa, CA
Mid level
The role involves building and managing the classified capabilities structure at Anduril, focusing on facilitating rapid development and production of defense technology. Responsibilities include overseeing classified infrastructure, managing real estate investments, and integrating acquisitions smoothly into the company’s operations.
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Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

ABOUT THE TEAM

Classified capabilities are the heart of Anduril’s ability to execute on our mission across all levels of the government at a pace that sets us apart from competitors. Operating in classified environments poses a myriad of challenges to developmental pace and production resiliency that require a deep knowledge of the infrastructure and approval process to streamline effectively.

ABOUT THE JOB

The Operations team is a team of generalists who enable the company to scale through hyper-growth while breaking through institutional roadblocks as quickly as possible. We’re looking for someone to help us build out the backbone of our classified capabilities structure that enables the business to succeed from rapid development to production at-rate.

WHAT YOU’LL DO:

  • Build out and run structure of the classified capabilities machine for our organization, enabling rapid bring-up of new facilities and networks while ensuring world-class uptime through stable sustainment.
  • Organize and manage the business’s classified infrastructure ensuring networks and facilities exist when and where they’re needed so our engineering teams can design and test our technologies.
  • Support our division operations teams by solidifying requirements intake proactively, being creative to get ahead of needs rather than being reactive.
  • Manage large scale real estate investments strategy supporting classified work.
  • Support internal operations like facility expansion planning.
  • Support M&A integrations ensuring not only the technologies but also the people, processes, and systems are integrated into the Anduril ecosystem.
  • Execute on special projects across industrial security, infosec, finance, real estate, and other business infrastructure as needed.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS:

  • You have 4+ years of varied experience in an operating role at a high-growth technology company, starting a venture, or in finance or consulting.
  • You have 2+ years of experience standing up classified environments from retrofits to new-build and accreditation.
  • You’re both high ownership and low ego, approaching everything with strong outcome orientation and high humility.
  • You are self-driven and relentlessly proactive. You don’t need someone to tell you to “move”. You just move. We’d rather have to tell you to slow down than to speed up.
  • You love solving complex, ambiguous, cross-functional problems in a people-centric way.
  • You have an appetite to build clear frameworks to structure problems.
  • You’re discerning and an incredibly fast learner.
  • You’re tactical and dive into the problem to solve the conflict at the root and develop long-term corrective actions.
  • You are comfortable communicating broadly and having a lot of eyes on your work. This role can at-times require comms to large groups and senior leadership. This should excite you!
  • Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.

US Salary Range

$150,000$225,000 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 Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including:

  • Platinum Healthcare Benefits: For U.S. roles, we offer comprehensive medical, dental, and vision plans at little to no cost to you.
    • For UK roles, Private Medical Insurance (PMI): Anduril will cover the full cost of the insurance premium for an employee and dependents.
    • For AUS roles, Private health plan through Bupa: Coverage is fully subsidized by Anduril.
  • Basic Life/AD&D and long-term disability insurance 100% covered by Anduril, plus the option to purchase additional life insurance for you and your dependents.
  • Extremely generous company holiday calendar including a holiday hiatus in December, and highly competitive PTO plans.
  • 16 weeks of paid Caregiver & Wellness Leave to care for a family member, bond with your baby, or tend to your own medical condition.
  • Family Planning & Parenting Support: Fertility (eg, IVF, preservation), adoption, and gestational carrier coverage with additional benefits and resources to provide support from planning to parenting.
  • Mental Health Resources: We provide free mental health resources 24/7 including therapy, life coaching, and more. Additional work-life services, such as free legal and financial support, available to you as well.
  • A professional development stipend is available to all Andurilians.
  • Daily Meals and Provisions: For many of our offices this means breakfast, lunch and fully stocked micro-kitchens.
  • Company-funded commuter benefits available based on your region.
  • Relocation assistance (depending on role eligibility).
  • 401(k) retirement savings plan - both a traditional and Roth 401(k). (US roles only)

The recruiter assigned to this role can share more information about the specific compensation and benefit details associated with this role during the hiring process.

Anduril is an equal-opportunity employer committed to creating a diverse and inclusive workplace. The Anduril team is made up of incredibly talented and unique individuals, who together are disrupting industry norms by creating new paths towards the future of defense technology. All qualified applicants will be treated with respect and receive equal consideration for employment without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, disability, uniform service, Veteran status, age, or any other protected characteristic per federal, state, or local law, including those with a criminal history, in a manner consistent with the requirements of applicable state and local laws, including the CA Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance. We actively encourage members of recognized minorities, women, Veterans, and those with disabilities to apply, and we work to create a welcoming and supportive environment for all applicants throughout the interview process. If you are someone passionate about working on problems that have a real-world impact, we'd love to hear from you!

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