Program Manager, Open Architecture
Job Location:
Columbia, IN - USA
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Job Summary
We are seeking a highly motivated Program Manager to own a portion of a growing portfolio of government reference architecture this role youll be the single point of ownership for the programs assigned to you partnering with engineering contracts and government stakeholders to keep technical cost and schedule baselines aligned and commitments met. Youll bring both architectural fluency and execution discipline: blending the technical depth to hold your own in an open systems trade discussion with the rigor to drive milestone and risk burndown and the credibility to represent your programs directly to the customer. This is a high-impact role for someone who is energized by breadth comfortable making decisions with incomplete information and ready to take on additional scope as the portfolio grows.
What Youll Do
- End-to-End Program Ownership
- Program Financial Management
- Architecture Fluency
- CDRL & Contract Deliverable Management
- Customer Relationship Ownership
- Cross-Functional Collaboration
- Risk Issue & Change Management
Required Qualifications
- 5 years of progressive experience in program management on government or defense programs including direct ownership of cost schedule and technical performance
- Active US Secret clearance
- Experience with systems engineering and/or software engineering
- Experience with government reference architectures
- Contract deliverable ownership: hands-on experience planning driving and delivering CDRLs managing submission schedules internal authoring and review cycles and compliance with data item descriptions
- Demonstrated experience leading cross-functional teams and managing stakeholder relationships across engineering contracts finance and security in dynamic high-pressure environments
- Proven track record as the primary interface to a government program office running program reviews and technical interchange meetings and representing program status directly to the customer
- Experience managing budgets schedules and resources to achieve program objectives including tracking burn against funding and producing defensible EAC/ETC forecasts
- Highly organized: able to manage concurrent programs and competing priorities in a fast-moving environment
Desired Qualifications
- Ability to obtain and hold a US Top Secret clearance
- Experience with MOSA or open systems standards work including participation in a standards consortium
- Prior experience executing under an IDIQ OTA or similar multi-program contract vehicle with an understanding of how task orders are scoped bid and executed
- Broad DoD experience or defense/military service background including familiarity with Department of Defense acquisition processes
- Demonstrated ability to grow scope over time taking on additional programs or complexity as a portfolio matures
- Bachelors degree in Engineering Systems Engineering or a related technical field; advanced technical degree a plus
US Salary Range
$166000 - $220000 USD
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 Andurils total compensation package. Additionally Anduril offers top-tier benefits for full-time employees including:
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