Head of Program Management, EW
Costa Mesa · Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00) · 10+ years experience · Full-time · Hybrid · Posted Oct 7, 2026
At a glance
- Experience
- 10+ years experience
- Employment
- Full-time
- Workplace
- Hybrid
- Location
- Costa Mesa · Costa Mesa, CA (OC-00)
About the role
- The Head of Program Management owns the cost, schedule, and contractual performance of every active program in the Electromagnetic Warfare (EW) portfolio.
- Your team of PMs sits at the nexus of the customer, the contract, and the delivery to ensure Anduril EW delivers what is on contract, and at the highest possible standard.
- You centralize and standardize the tools, processes, and operating rhythms that allow PMs to do their jobs and allow leadership to have clear insights across program.
Responsibilities
- Build, scale, and lead a team of Program Managers responsible for cost, schedule, and contractual performance across the EW portfolio
- Centralize and standardize the tools, processes, and operating rhythms that allow PMs to execute across their programs
- Ensure milestone delivery, CDRLs, reviews, and status reporting meet or exceed customer, and Anduril, expectations across all active programs
- Establish standards and teach, coach, mentor a team of PMs what "good" looks like.
- Orchestrate risks, dependencies, governance, and delivery planning across concurrent initiatives
- Collaborate with growth and cross-functional leadership to drive program outcomes and expand program scope
- Provide business line leadership with clear and concise portfolio-level observations and insights
Requirements
- 10+ years in program management, mission operations, or related leadership roles in defense or aerospace, with at least 5 leading a multi-program PM organization
- Exceptional verbal and written communication skills, with a proven ability to distill cost, schedule, and contractual performance into clear, actionable insights for both internal leadership and external customers
- Experience building and scaling PM organizations: hiring, structuring, and developing teams of program professionals
- Demonstrated ability to build and enforce programmatic standards across a portfolio
- Proven ability to operate as a trusted peer to technical and growth leadership
- Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance
Preferred qualifications
- Experience in electronic warfare, RF systems, or sensor/effector programs
- Experience with defense contracting and program management, to include contracts (FFP, CPFF), CDRLs, earned value management, milestone-based delivery, and the mechanics of how government programs run
- Experience standing up or maturing a PM function: defining standards, building tooling, and establishing the discipline's credibility with engineering and leadership
- Familiarity with working alongside growth teams to shape capture strategy and expand production programs
- Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance
Benefits
- Competitive equity grants included in the majority of full time offers
- Top-tier benefits for full-time employees, supported in health, recovery, and whatever comes next
Skills
- Earned Value Management
