Director, Mission Insights, Maritime
Washington · Washington, DC (DC-01) · USD 191,000-253,000 · Full-time · Posted Oct 15, 2026
At a glance
- Employment
- Full-time
- Location
- Washington · Washington, DC (DC-01)
- Salary
- USD 191,000-253,000 · Base salary
About the role
- The Director, Mission Insights, Maritime sits within Global Defense Mission Operations and brings deep maritime operational expertise to Anduril's international pursuits.
- You will be the operator voice in the room with partner navies, with an initial focus on supporting Anduril's maritime pursuit in Japan, translating mission needs into credible concepts of operation and product requirements.
Responsibilities
- Define Allied Maritime CONEMPs: Develop authoritative reference missions, operational vignettes, tactics, techniques, and procedures, and concepts of employment tailored to partner-nation maritime forces (e.g., long range strike in the Indo-Pacific, Baltic grey-zone incursions, Strait of Hormuz chokepoint security).
- Feed Realities into Engineering & Business Lines: Act as the direct conduit between allied maritime operators and Anduril’s engineering and product teams.
- Support Operational Analysis & Objective "Red Teaming": Provide threat-informed and rigorous analysis on concepts of employment to support Anduril’s operational analysis teams.
- Enable Global Growth & Capture: Arm regional Business Development leads with high-impact sales enablement tools, including localized wargaming outcomes, cost-exchange analyses, and mission architectures that clearly articulate mission viability to foreign defense leaders.
- Bridge Interoperability Architectures: Define the mission frameworks necessary for allied sovereign maritime systems to seamlessly interoperate with US JADC2 networks, FVEY, and NATO tactical standards.
- Seed Net-New Capabilities: Identify genuine capability gaps in allied naval forces to pitch, shape, and seed requirements for international co-development projects or net-new Anduril US production lines.
- Translate Strategy to Execution: Act as a polished, credible operational lead in front of international military leaders, ministries of defense, and cross-functional internal stakeholders during capture shaping and proposal stages.
Requirements
- Former U.S. Navy Surface Warfare Officer (SWO) with operational experience at sea.
- Designation as a Weapons and Tactics Instructor (WTI) via the Surface and Mine Warfighting Development Center (SMWDC) or equivalent high-end tactical instructor tour.
- Deep expertise in maritime warfighting scenarios, multi-domain integration, surface warfare, integrated air and missile defense (IAMD), or mine countermeasures (MCM).
- Demonstrated ability to translate complex tactical and technical problems into concise, compelling operational concepts for senior military and civilian executives.
- Exceptional public speaking, briefing, and technical writing skills; comfortable engaging directly with foreign flag-level officers and government defense officials.
- Ability to travel up to 25% of the time, both domestically and internationally.
- Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
Preferred qualifications
- Previous operational planning experience (N3/N5 or J3/J5) at USPACFLT, USINDOPACOM, or a Forward Deployed Naval Forces staff.
- Familiarity with allied naval concepts of operations and interoperability dynamics across the Indo-Pacific.
- Background in operations research, operational analysis, wargaming, or modeling and simulation tools.
- Familiarity with autonomous maritime systems (USVs, UUVs), uncrewed distributed sensors, edge-compute networks, and command-and-control (C2) software.
- Bachelor’s degree in a technical, engineering, or national security field; advanced degree preferred.
- Eligible to obtain and maintain an active U.S. Top Secret SCI security clearance
Benefits
- Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees
- Highly competitive equity grants
Skills
- Lattice OS
