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Salary: USD 220,000 - 292,000 / annual
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company transforming U.S. and allied military capabilities through advanced technology. The company develops Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that integrates thousands of data streams into a real-time 3D command and control center, bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking to military applications.
The Chief of Staff, Production role is an extension of the SVP of Production, serving as a force multiplier to increase executive leverage across a hyper-growth organization. The Production organization is scaling rapidly, and this role will drive the transition from an organization dependent on executive participation in every decision to one where leaders own outcomes, escalations are high-quality, and the SVP focuses on decisions only they can make.
Key responsibilities include:
**Context Management:** Maintain continuity across active threads, know what matters and what decisions were made, triage information overload, and proactively surface only what requires direct SVP engagement.
**Operating Structure:** Design and drive the operating cadence for the Production organization, including leadership meetings, QBRs, strategic planning cycles, internal business reviews, and cross-functional touchpoints (CDR, MRR, PDR, etc.). Build follow-through, accountability, and decision hygiene without creating bureaucracy.
**Executive Filtering:** Determine where the SVP must engage versus where their directs should own resolution. Improve escalation quality so issues are framed clearly with options and recommendations ready.
**Executive Extension:** Represent the SVP's viewpoint credibly in internal forums, cross-functional meetings, and leadership discussions by deeply internalizing their standards, priorities, and decision-making patterns.
**Communications & Content:** Own communications from the Production leadership team, all-hands content, email updates, and departmental rollouts. Create presentations for QBRs, executive meetings, and offsites. Translate complex operational realities into clear narratives.
**Strategic Initiatives:** Lead high-impact, cross-functional initiatives from scoping through execution. Drive strategic projects that don't have a natural owner but are critical to organizational evolution.
**External Engagement & Events:** Plan and execute VIP engagements, customer visits, investor visits, department summits, and all-hands events. Own end-to-end logistics, agenda design, and content curation.
**Organizational Development:** Help leaders prepare better, escalate smarter, and own outcomes, enabling the organization to mature from reactive to operational.
This role requires someone who thrives in ambiguity, structures chaos without slowing things down, and can absorb executive context fast enough to credibly represent the SVP's intent and standards. You will be the glue between the SVP, the Production leadership team, and the rest of Anduril.
**Requirements:**
- 5+ years of progressive professional experience in strategic operations, business leadership, management consulting, or directly supporting senior executives in high-growth, complex environments
- Demonstrated success in a Chief of Staff or similar executive leverage role, with a track record of transforming how an organization operates, not just coordinating across it
- Technical or operational experience in aerospace, defense, automotive, advanced technology, or similar hardware-intensive industries
- Proven ability to absorb executive context rapidly, operate with incomplete information, and accurately represent senior leadership's intent and judgment to the broader organization
- Exceptional executive communication skills; ability to distill complex, ambiguous situations into clear, actionable recommendations in writing, presentations, and live conversation
- Track record of building operating structure around fast-moving leaders, creating scalable systems, decision hygiene, and accountability without slowing the organization down
- Self-driven and relentlessly proactive; operate with high autonomy in ambiguous environments, see gaps before they become problems, and drive results without close oversight
- Must be eligible to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance
**Preferred Qualifications:**
- Bachelor's degree in Science, Engineering, or related field; MBA or other advanced degree is a plus
- Previous success as a Chief of Staff directly supporting C-suite or SVP-level executives in defense or technology companies
- Familiarity with production environments, manufacturing operations, or hardware development lifecycles
- Experience in organizations with significant government relations or regulatory components
