Associate Director, Army Mission Operations

About the Role

This strategic role owns senior leader engagement with Corps and Division Commanders for the Army’s Next Generation Command & Control (NGC2) program. You will drive the rapid fielding of NGC2 by influencing key stakeholders to ensure organizational readiness and proactively pressure the acquisition community. Success requires a high-integrity individual capable of objectively translating complex technical principles into compelling operational outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Drive NGC2 engagement from the top-down
• Prepare the battlespace for Army formations receiving NGC2
• Validate or redefine Anduril delivery assumptions and ensure customer org structures support NGC2 as a priority
• Cultivate senior leader advocacy and institutional adoption of NGC2 across Army formations
• Create and operationalize a repeatable technology adoption model across Army formations
• Evangelize lessons learned from previous customers with new customers early
• Develop mid-term (6-month) NGC2 product roadmaps based on operational leadership priorities
• Identify priority applications, features, and integrations and populate product roadmap ahead of fielding or equipping
• Identify efficiencies and opportunities in NGC2 product integration across software, transport, and compute layers based on identified Warfighting needs
• Identify and facilitate first party Anduril product adoption within Army formations
• Cultivate customer champions for NGC2
• Step in as senior Anduril leader for escalation or deescalation when executive leadership engagement is required

Qualifications

• 12-15+ years of experience working with or within the DoD and Intelligence Community
• Bachelor's degree or higher
• A bias towards rapid delivery and iteration, extreme ownership, and strong opinions with low ego
• Experience translating and decomposing highly technical concepts into operational requirements and performance specifications
• Strong aptitude for problem solving in unstructured situations at the interface of hardware, software, and networking
• Ability to drive challenging and vague technical problems to clarity and resolution
• Strong executive communication and relationship-building skills across government and industry stakeholders
• Ability to work independently in austere environments with minimal direct supervision
• Must be willing to travel 50%+
• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret clearance

Preferred Qualifications

• Graduate of Command and Staff or War College
• Degree in Engineering, Computer Science, or related STEM field
• Prior military command experience at Battalion or Brigade level
• Experience as a technical program manager or delivery focused solutions architect

Pay

The salary range for this role is $191,000—$239,000 USD. Actual salary offer may vary based on 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.

Benefits

Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including a comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees, ensuring you’re supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next.