Senior Materials Program Manager
Job Description
<div class="content-intro"><p>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.</p></div><p><strong>ABOUT THE JOB</strong></p> <p>In Materials Management, you will be joining the new home for Special Projects in one of Anduril’s largest, most critical functions. As a Senior Materials Program Manager, you will tackle high-priority initiatives to scale our physical footprint, streamline material flow, and safeguard high-value inventory. We are looking for a heavy-hitter with deep supply chain knowledge who can operate autonomously, lead cross-functional projects, and ensure our materials infrastructure enables production to deliver hardware On-time, with Quality, and at Cost.<br><br><strong>WHAT YOU'LL DO</strong><br>You will lead some of the most consequential strategic work at the company — building the analytical foundation and forward-looking strategy that de-risks our Supply Chain as we scale production across a growing portfolio of products. You will partner directly with executives across Supply Chain to translate ambiguous, high-stakes problems into structured analyses and executable strategies.</p> <ul> <li><strong>Drive Material Management Strategy:</strong> Develop a deep, first-principles understanding of material management and flow, sub-tier suppliers, and geopolitical dynamics that drive risk in our supply chain. Build analytics to size exposure, monitor leading indicators, and inform investment decisions on inventory, material flow, ERP/WMS integration, and federal compliance.</li> <li><strong>Build the Strategy, Then Drive It:</strong> Synthesize analyses into a coherent material management strategy and bring it to life through executive recommendations. Own work end-to-end — from problem definition, to quantitative modeling, to exec-ready synthesis, to cross-functional implementation.</li> <li><strong>Collaborate with Executives:</strong> Structure and lead working sessions with senior leaders to frame decisions and drive alignment on trade-offs that materially shape the cost, schedule, and resilience of our production base. Translate complex findings into crisp narratives enabling rapid decision-making.</li> <li><strong>Go Deep in Data and Systems:</strong> Master our ERP, MRP, and supply chain data. Build scrappy analyses on short timelines and develop tooling / dashboards that let functional teams continuously measure and act on critical metrics.</li> </ul> <p><br><strong>REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS</strong></p> <ul> <li>You have 5+ years of experience in manufacturing or supply chain operations, management consulting - or some other experience where you just had to figure out how to get stuff done.</li> <li>Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities.</li> </ul> <p><br><strong>PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS</strong></p> <ul> <li>You are self-driven and relentlessly proactive. You don’t need someone to tell you to “move”. You just move. We’d rather have to tell you to slow down than to speed up.<