Manager, Mission Operations, Middle East

Remotefull time

Remote

mid

H1B: no

Anduril Industries Manager, Mission Operations leads regional deployments and operations for Anduril’s Middle East team. They manage staffing, business operations, and program execution to support growth and operational independence.

Responsibilities

Partner with Division and Anduril leadership to build out the staffing machine for our organization, enabling efficient in-region recruiting, facility and infrastructure standup, and allocation of resources as the organization scales.
Support our corporate planning cycle by building and managing the local business operations functions such as monitoring performance against goals, financial plans, and headcount plans so we can hit our aggressive growth targets.
Work with Product Engineering and Test and Evaluation teams to find and close operations gaps and ensure seamless execution of program schedule.
Serve as liaison to Anduril US for international trade and export compliance matters.
Regularly monitor and analyze recruiting, staffing, and financial progress against plans and provide recommendations to leadership for resource planning and reallocation.
Work with Anduril’s Business Operations, Analytics, and Finance teams to build out infrastructure to enable the Division to monitor and optimize the demand vs supply of resourcing across our most critical programs.
Lead various strategic initiatives and projects as directed by leadership and the Head of Division Operations, ensuring they align with the overall business strategy and objectives.
Coordinate and prepare for executive leadership meetings with partners and customers, including setting agendas, tracking action items, and ensuring follow-through.
Develop fundamental knowledge of Anduril product solutions to support regional growth and capture activities.

Qualification

Strong ability to communicateYou love solving complexYou’re both high ownership and low egoExperience working in the Middle EastArabic Language Proficiency

Required

You have 5+ years of experience in project management, consulting, operations, or finance.
You have a strong background in executing business operations and driving outcomes.
Strong ability to communicate, both verbally and in writing, key business and program execution.
You have strong fundamentals in operational accounting and finance.
You love solving complex, ambiguous, cross-functional problems in a people-centric way.
You’re both high ownership and low ego, approaching everything with strong outcome orientation and high humility.
You get energy from being a thought partner for others and it excites you to spend time translating operational problems into data problems, and to then going and executing on them.
You’re discerning and an incredibly fast learner.
You’re tactical and don’t only sit at a 30,000 foot level.
Eligible to obtain and maintain a security clearance in the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, United States, United Kingdom, or Australia.

Preferred

Experience working at or with Aerospace & Defense companies, Robotics, Technology, or other manufacturing-heavy companies directly or in an advisory capacity.
Experience working at a startup or ability to establish processes and SOPs from scratch.
Experience working in the Middle East.
Arabic Language Proficiency.
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 Anduril's total compensation package. Additionally, Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees, including: