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Salary: USD 166,000 - 220,000 / annual
Anduril Industries is a defense technology company transforming U.S. and allied military capabilities through advanced technology, AI, autonomy, and computer vision. The Maritime Division is scaling at historic pace, anchored by Arsenal-2, a new software-defined shipyard in Baltimore County, Maryland, as part of a $6.6 billion investment in America's submarine industrial base. The Proto-Factory in Orange County, California serves as the prototyping hub for Arsenal-2, proving out advanced manufacturing methods, digital workflows, and quality systems.
The Senior Project Management Specialist runs the operating rhythm of the program office. While engineering Technical Program Managers (TPMs) own technical schedules and critical path, this role owns the machinery that keeps the program coherent—the cadence of reviews and reports, action and decision tracking, program data and metrics, budget and financial reporting, and the documentation and deliverables the customer expects. You make it possible for program leadership to see the whole program clearly and act on it. You report to the Program Manager.
Your spectrum of support will be diverse and require you to leverage technical expertise as well as leadership skills to set objectives, build cross-functional teams, and rapidly drive to completion. The ability to leverage intuition and prior experience will be key in ensuring the right design, analysis, and test steps are completed to ensure success. The ideal candidate will leverage experience executing and successfully completing prior highly optimized multi-disciplinary projects.
Key responsibilities include:
- Own the program operating rhythm—recurring reviews, reporting cycles, and leadership meeting cadence
- Maintain program data and metrics, and produce reporting leadership and the customer rely on
- Track actions, decisions, and commitments across the program and drive them to closure
- Manage contract deliverables (CDRLs), document control, and submission schedules
- Coordinate across branch leads to assemble an integrated view of program status
- Maintain the program risk and issue register in partnership with SEIT and branch TPMs
- Prepare materials for program reviews, customer briefings, and leadership decision forums
- Maintain schedule tracking for major developmental milestones and build milestones through CDR and PDR phases
- Coordinate lab space and development activities
REQUIREMENTS:
- Bachelor's degree or equivalent experience in program or project coordination
- 5+ years in project management, program operations, PMO, or business operations
- Demonstrated ownership of a reporting or meeting cadence for a multi-team organization
- Strong written communication and ability to produce executive-ready materials
- Fluency with scheduling, tracking, and reporting tools
- High organizational rigor and follow-through on actions without being chased
- Ability to obtain and maintain a U.S. Secret security clearance
PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:
- Experience in a defense program office, including CDRL management and customer deliverables
- Familiarity with earned value management or government program reporting requirements
- Experience supporting hardware development programs
- PMP, CAPM, or equivalent certification
