Senior Product Manager

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years.

ABOUT THE TEAM

Anduril’s Air Defense team builds autonomous robots that find other robots and knock them out of the sky. This team is the nexus of premier Anduril-built products such as Roadrunner, Sentry, Anvil, Pulsar, and Wisp integrated into a software-enabled Air Defense family of systems tailored to the modern battlespace. At a time when air superiority can no longer be taken for granted, we provide critical force protection capabilities to support the warfighter. Our autonomous family of networked sensors and effectors enables our users to rapidly close the kill chain against a broad range of UAS threats that continue to evolve at a rapid pace.

ABOUT THE JOB

We are looking for a Senior Product Manager to join our rapidly growing Air Defense team based in Irvine, CA. In this role, you will own the strategy, roadmap, and requirements for our Sentry family of products, working across engineering, program, growth, and operations teams to turn evolving threat sets into fielded capability. You will be responsible for the technical roadmap of the product, developing sustainable manufacturing and supply-chain plans, and interfacing with customers to identify requirements and needs for the future of the product.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

• Define and execute a long-term product strategy and roadmap aligned with business objectives and customer needs, and translate it into product requirements, feature specifications, and Product Requirements Documents that serve as the guide for business and technical teams
• Conduct business case and ROI analyses to guide investment decisions, and identify and integrate emerging technologies that enhance Anduril’s counter-UAS capabilities and market position
• Establish clear product goals and key success metrics, and define and track the performance metrics that determine whether a product is succeeding
• Partner closely with Engineering Leads and Technical Program Managers to ensure product designs meet customer and business requirements while being scalable and manufacturable
• Serve as a product evangelist, effectively communicating strategy and goals to internal and external stakeholders to drive alignment and support
• Work closely with Finance and Business Leadership to set and achieve product financial targets, and lead margin optimization efforts through efforts including design improvements, make vs buy decisions, and new technology introductions
• Partner with business development and field operations teams to gather customer insights, validate product needs, and conduct market and competitive analysis to ensure Anduril remains at the forefront of counter-UAS technology

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Bachelor’s in Engineering, Computer Science, Business, or a related technical field, and 5+ years of experience in Product Management, Program Management, or Systems Engineering with a focus on rugged, mission-critical hardware-software systems
• Proven ability to lead end-to-end product development, from strategy and design to execution and commercialization
• Strong technical understanding of hardware-software systems, including sensors, effectors, autonomy, networking, and embedded systems
• Experience working with government, defense, or aerospace customers, with familiarity in DoD procurement and acquisition processes
• Must be authorized to work in the United States
• Must be able to obtain and maintain a Secret clearance.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• MBA or equivalent graduate business education
• Background in military operations, air defense, or force protection
• Experience with supply chain, manufacturing, and scaling production for high-tech hardware
• Experience with counter-UAS systems, effectors, or networked sensor architectures
• Experience delivering products that integrate into a command and control layer such as Lattice