Technical Program Manager

Position Overview:

Our product team defines, builds and delivers autonomous, all-domain surveillance capabilities to customers which includes our Sentry Family of Products. From detection to tracking and identification, our modular platform of networked sensors enables our customers to rapidly close the kill chain against a broad range of ground, air and maritime threats. Our mission is to innovate and provide state-of-the-art surveillance solutions that ensure the safety and security of our customers in all domains across the world.
As an Technical Program Manager working across our Sentry products, you will work cross-functionally with product management, engineering, finance, supply chain, manufacturing, deployments, and other functional and program teams to develop and manage the full product lifecycle, including major development milestones and sustainment. This role is crucial in ensuring that each development initiative aligns with product and business strategic direction and receives the appropriate resourcing, balancing innovation with practical execution to drive product success. You will be expected to use your technical knowledge in conjunction with your program management skills to lead cross-functional efforts and deliver the best outcome for Anduril and the customer. Deploying our Sentry capabilities requires thorough understanding of mission requirements, thoughtful orchestration between Anduril teams and external stakeholders, and meticulous planning in the face of ambiguity. Your ability to collaborate and coordinate across multiple departments will be key to driving our projects to completion on time and within budget.

What you’ll do:

• Help to define the roadmap for our autonomous, situational awareness surveillance capabilities while partnering with engineering leads to ensure that the organization’s technical roadmap is well understood and that development efforts and staffing are aligned with our product roadmaps.
• Partner deeply with cross-functional leaders to drive successful development execution and team velocity across groups of hardware and software engineering teams and more broadly across departments. Be an effective proxy in product, program and organizational matters to help engineering, supply chain, manufacturing and deployment leads scale.
• Demonstrate high ownership on all pieces of work; become a trusted partner across Business leadership and functions
• Manage, unblock, and accelerate cross-team projects spanning multiple functional teams and cross-functional initiatives. Instill an efficient project management mindset and workflow across the teams.
• Identify and resolve systemic execution issues across the team or group that require broader initiatives to resolve.
• Partner with product leads to scope, staff, and deliver capabilities to achieve company milestones.
• Identify, resolve, escalate key cross team dependencies.
• Support leads with quarterly and ongoing staffing plans across the organization, particularly where difficult prioritization conflicts exist.
• Track and communicate the progress of the team or group’s key product efforts. Define efficient processes for communicating group product status more broadly.
• Remove obstacles to drive clarity and progress, identify gaps in communication or schedule, manage issue escalations and provide support to teams balancing competing priorities, and drive results proactively.
• Understand technical implementation at the architectural level and propose technical alternatives when necessary; ask questions that clarify priorities.

Key Responsibilities:

• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define, develop, and execute product development strategies.
• Develop and maintain detailed project schedules, including major development milestones.
• Ensure alignment of project objectives with business goals and strategies.
• Facilitate communication and collaboration among engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, deployments and other functional teams.
• Monitor project progress, identify risks, and implement mitigation strategies.
• Provide regular updates to stakeholders on project status, including progress, risks, and issues.
• Lead and coordinate efforts to resolve project-related challenges and roadblocks.
• Ensure that all project deliverables meet quality standards and regulatory requirements.

Qualifications:

• Minimum of 5+ years experience as a Technical Program Manager, Technical Product Manager, Engineering Manager, or Engineer in a software and or hardware development environment.
• Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field; advanced degree preferred.
• Proven experience in the defense and or autonomous systems industry.
• Excellent project management skills, including experience with Agile methodologies.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Strong problem-solving abilities and a proactive approach to identifying and resolving issues.
• Ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously and prioritize tasks effectively.
• Solid technical aptitude and an ability to understand technical designs, software/hardware development lifecycle, challenges and risks; ability to work closely and effectively with engineering and manufacturing teams.
• Strong process and organization skills
• Highly developed analytical skills