Associate Director, Business Development, Air Defense Security Clearance

Position: Associate Director, Business Development, Air Defense with Security Clearance
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. ABOUT THE TEAM We build robots that find other robots and knock them out of the sky. At a time when air superiority can no longer be taken for granted, the Air Defense team provides mission critical capabilities to warfighters.

From detection to tracking, identification, deterrence, and defeat, our family of networked sensors and effectors enables our customers to rapidly close the kill chain against a broad range of UAS threats. Working across product, engineering, sales, logistics, operations, and mission success, the Air Defense team develops, tests, deploys, and sustains the Anduril Air Defense Family of Systems (FoS) in challenging operational environments worldwide.

ABOUT THE JOB As our team continues to grow, we are looking for motivated candidates that are inspired to work within an extremely energetic, driven, and innovative team that is passionate about delivering relevant capabilities to the Department of War (DOW) and our international partners and allies. We work in a highly dynamic environment where problem solving, collaboration, and the relentless pursuit of success are a way of life.

WHAT YOU'LL DO
* Develop and maintain a deep understanding of existing and prospective markets, current or planned programmatic and technical roadmaps, the DoW and/or international defense budget, and the competitive landscape.
* Leveraging the above, build and execute data-driven strategies to shape, capture, and close strategic growth opportunities in new or existing markets aimed at growing existing business and generating new business targeting large programs of record or similar transitioned programs at scale.
* Develop and maintain effective working relationships with key stakeholders to understand DoW, other US Federal Government, and partner nation military markets, programs, budgets, and competitors. Leverage these relationships and information to identify new business opportunities, proactively communicate and resolve program issues, and provide strategic direction across the business line.
* Collaborate closely with Business Line Operations and Engineering leads to develop and execute coordinated campaigns to capture new business opportunities. Inform product development through ongoing engagement with clients and translation of client challenges into material solutions.
* Communicate Anduril's value to customers, partners, competitors, and the interested public. Project the company's ethos, conveying insights that illustrate our approach to building next-generation defense technology and our competitive edges in doing so.
* Foster a culture of trust, open communications, customer focus, innovation, and continuous improvement.
* Deliver on financial performance commitments and strategic market growth initiatives. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS
* Minimum of 7 years of relevant operations, acquisition, program management, business development, and/or capture experience in the government and/or private sector engaged in supporting U.S. and/or International military, defense, and security requirements.
* High ownership and initiative. Comfortable with ambiguity and capable of succeeding in a fast-paced, dynamic, and creative environment. A good teammate who works well with others.
* Extensive knowledge of and experience working with the Program Acquisition Executive Offices, Service and/or Joint Programs of Record, requirement owners, operating forces, industry partners, and/or other stakeholders to develop and field new war fighting capabilities to U.S. and/or International forces.
* Demonstrated success leading acquisition, management, development, and/or capture of defense programs of record.
* Experience in the technical, programmatic, and operational challenges of developing, deploying, and sustaining complex technologies, software, and integrated weapons systems.
* Ability to establish key relationships with stakeholders within the DoW, broader U.S. government, and International partners.
* Understanding of and experience navigating the Defense Acquisition Process.
* Demonstrated performance leading cross-functional teams and managing organizational resources.
* Excellent written and verbal communication skills with experience presenting to senior executives and customers.
* Willingness to…