VP Production, Mission Systems

The role

The Vice President, Production, Mission Systems provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for production activities within the Mission Systems organization. This role manages production planning, supply chain, manufacturing engineering, and manufacturing operations across multiple facilities.

What you will do

• Provide strategic and operational leadership across multiple production facilities
• Lead and build production capabilities for a portfolio of products
• Partner with R&D, sales, and engineering for new product introduction
• Drive division-level production strategy including facility footprint and capital deployment
• Establish an operational excellence framework using lean manufacturing or Six Sigma
• Establish and monitor KPIs across safety, quality, delivery, schedule, and cost
• Build and develop a high-performing production organization
• Support capital planning, budgeting, and resource allocation
• Ensure compliance with regulatory, environmental, health, and safety requirements
• Lead capacity planning and footprint strategy

Required qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Operations Management, or a related field
• 15+ years of progressive manufacturing leadership experience
• 7-10 years in a senior or executive role overseeing organizations of 500+ employees
• Experience in a high- or hyper-growth environment
• Proven track record of leading large, complex manufacturing operations across multiple sites or locations
• Experience managing simultaneous product ramps across multiple facilities and scaling international manufacturing operations
• Experience across all 5 pillars of production: production planning, supply chain, manufacturing engineering, operations, and quality
• Ability to set and scale an operational excellence framework across a division
• Prior experience managing large budgets in the hundreds of millions of dollars and capital programs
• Excellent leadership, communication, and cross-functional collaboration skills
• Direct P&L ownership in a production environment

Nice to have

• MBA or advanced degree
• Experience in regulated industries (e.g., defense, automotive, aerospace, medical devices)

Benefits

• Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees

Before you apply

• By submitting your application, you consent to Anduril Industries using a third-party service provider to conduct pre-employment risk, integrity, and due diligence screening

About the company

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. The company's family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system.