Director, CEO Office

Costa Mesa · Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00) · USD 220,000-292,000 · 8+ years experience · Full-time · Posted Oct 8, 2026

At a glance

Anduril Industries is seeking a Director, CEO Office to lead day-to-day execution across the CEO's highest-priority work.
This senior operating leadership role requires taking ambiguous, high-stakes priorities and driving them from inception through execution with limited direction.
The role involves building and leading a high-performing team while owning the systems, preparation, coordination, and follow-through that allow the CEO and Chief of Staff to operate at maximum leverage.

Run the operating rhythm by owning cadences, processes, forward planning, prioritization, and information flows.
Build and lead a high-performing team, establishing clear ownership, priorities, and timelines while developing people.
Turn loosely defined CEO priorities or emerging issues into executable work by determining what needs to happen and driving it to a conclusion.
Lead high-priority special initiatives by taking ownership of ambiguous problems or opportunities that do not sit cleanly within one organization.
Drive senior stakeholders by coordinating leaders across the company without relying on positional authority and resolving gaps between teams.
Own executive preparation to ensure important meetings, reviews, and engagements have clear objectives, strong materials, and sufficient preparation time.
Own significant CEO travel and external engagements end-to-end, coordinating objectives, stakeholders, scheduling, and logistics.
Run executive reviews, offsites, and special cadences to maintain quality and version control, capture decisions, and ensure actions are closed.
Serve as a trusted filter and quality bar, exercising judgment over what requires senior leadership attention.
Maintain organizational follow-through to ensure commitments made in CEO and senior leadership forums translate into clear owners, actions, and outcomes.

Typically 8+ years of progressively increasing responsibility in roles requiring exceptional ownership, judgment, and execution.
Demonstrated success taking ambiguous, high-stakes problems from a loosely defined starting point through successful execution with limited oversight.
Exceptional executive judgment and a strong instinct for quality to raise the quality of work before it reaches senior leadership.
Demonstrated ability to rapidly understand unfamiliar business problems, identify the core issue, and develop a practical path forward.
Strong executive presence and credibility with senior leaders to challenge, influence, and drive executives while maintaining trust.
Demonstrated ability to lead through influence rather than authority across complex cross-functional organizations.
Strong written and verbal communication skills, including the ability to synthesize complex information into concise executive-level materials.
Direct people-management experience, including hiring, developing, and holding high-performing teams accountable.
A record of building systems and operating mechanisms that allow a function to scale rather than relying on heroic individual effort.
Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Experience as a Chief of Staff, Deputy Chief of Staff, senior business operator, or leader within an executive office.
Experience operating alongside the Executive Branch, senior government or military leadership, a CEO, or another senior principal in a high-stakes environment.
Experience in a fast-growing technology, defense, aerospace, national security, or similarly complex organization.
Experience in business operations, strategy and operations, corporate planning, finance, growth operations, product operations, or another cross-functional operating role.
Experience driving complex domestic or international efforts involving senior government, commercial, or strategic stakeholders.
A track record of repeatedly earning broader scope and responsibility based on performance.

Competitive equity grants included in the majority of full-time offers
Comprehensive, competitive benefits package supported at little to no cost to employees
Support in health, recovery, and whatever comes next

Ability and willingness to operate at a very high tempo and travel frequently when required.