Program Manager, Homeland Air Defense
$146,000–$194,000 year
On-site · Irvine, California, United States
Job Summary
Program Manager for Anduril's Air Defense team responsible for developing and fielding CUAS capabilities in the United States. Lead program execution, planning and coordination across engineering, product, growth, compliance, and supply chain; develop executive-level reporting and dashboards; ensure regulatory compliance with federal, state, and local authorities; coordinate FAA/DHS regulatory engagement; manage deployment readiness, after-action reviews, and lessons learned; serve as senior program representative with customers and stakeholders; travel up to 50% and maintain security clearance; build scalable deployment processes and ensure operation concepts reflect real-world legal/regulatory constraints and operational realities.
Required Qualifications
- 6+ years of deployment operations, defense programs, aerospace systems, logistics, or technical project management
- Experience managing complex, cross-functional programs involving hardware and software systems in high-stakes or regulated environments
- Experience working with domestic government entities, critical infrastructure operators, or regulated commercial customers
- Strong operational rigor—ability to build structured plans, manage concurrent workstreams, and execute against tight timelines
- Proven ability to cut through ambiguity and drive cross-functional alignment without formal authority
- Exceptional written and verbal communication skills; comfortable briefing senior leadership and customer executives
- Willingness to travel up to 50% as program and deployment needs require
- Eligible to obtain and maintain a security clearance
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