Andurilindustries
VP Production, Frontier Systems
Costa Mesa, California, United States. Posted 2 months ago
The role
The Vice President, Production provides strategic leadership and operational oversight for all production activities within the Frontier Systems organization. This role manages production planning, supply chain, manufacturing engineering, and manufacturing operations across multiple sites.
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 and own the production P&L
- 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
- Experience managing simultaneous product ramps across multiple facilities
- Experience scaling international manufacturing operations
- Experience across production planning, supply chain, manufacturing engineering, operations, and quality
- Ability to set and scale an operational excellence framework
- Experience managing large budgets in the hundreds of millions of dollars and capital programs
- Direct P&L ownership in a production environment
- Executive presence and sophisticated communication skills
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.