Head of Technical Program Management, EW

ABOUT THE JOB

The Head of Technical Program Management (TPM) owns the planning and execution of every complex development effort across the EW portfolio. Your team of TPMs manages new technology development initiatives within the EW business lines Internal Research and Development (IRAD) and customer facing program portfolio. You centralize and standardize the tools processes and operating rhythms that allow TPMs to do their jobs and allow leadership to have clear insights across program. You own the TPM skillset within EW and are expected to build train and lead the TPM organization into a high performing technical leadership team here at Anduril.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

• Build scale and lead a team of Technical Program Managers embedded across Andurils EW portfolio
• Technical schedule management. Ensure internal and external development projects and programs are planned with realistic timelines informed by engineering complexity.
• Centralize and standardize the tools processes and operating rhythms that allow TPMs to execute across their programs.
• Establish standards and teach coach mentor a team of TPMs what good looks like.
• Orchestrate risks dependencies governance and delivery planning across concurrent initiatives.
• Partner with engineering leadership to translate technical roadmaps into executable program plans with clear dependencies schedules and deliverables.
• You are an excellent executive communicator and provide business line leadership with clear and concise portfolio-level observations and insights.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 10 years in technical program management or related technical leadership at least 5 leading a multi-team organization
• Experience managing complex hardware/software development programs with interdependent engineering workstreams.
• Exceptional verbal and written communication skills with a proven ability to distill complex technical concepts risks and status into clear actionable insights for both deeply technical and executive audiences.
• Experience building and scaling TPM organizations: hiring structuring and developing teams of program professionals.
• Demonstrated ability to build and enforce programmatic standards across a portfolio: scheduling frameworks risk management practices artifact requirements.
• Proven ability to operate as a trusted peer to engineering leadership.
• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Background in EW RF radar or electronic systems programs specifically
• Familiarity with DoD acquisition pathways traditional (FAR/DFARS) middle tier and non-traditional (OTA DIU)
• Understanding of MOSA DevSecOps and agile hardware development approaches
• Experience with DoD/IC acquisition processes and earned value management
• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance.

US Salary Range

$220000 - $292000 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 Andurils total compensation package. Additionally Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees including:

Benefits

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