Head of Mission Operations, Intelligence Systems

The role

You will build and lead a Mission Operations team to manage the end-to-end operational success of deployments. You will establish processes, standards, and playbooks for system deployment, integration, and training across Intelligence Community programs.

What you will do

• Recruit, develop, and manage a team of Mission Operations Engineers.
• Establish scalable frameworks for system deployment, integration, operator training, and field support.
• Oversee technical configuration, deployment, and integration of systems.
• Design and standardize training curricula for military, security, and tactical operators.
• Aggregate operational feedback and user requirements to influence product roadmap.
• Develop and maintain relationships with senior military officers and IC stakeholders.
• Partner with Program Management, Engineering, Legal, and Business Development.
• Define and track KPIs for deployment success, operator readiness, and system uptime.

Required qualifications

• Experience building, scaling, and managing technical operations or field engineering teams in a defense, intelligence, or national security environment.
• Hands-on experience in system deployments, software configuration, troubleshooting, IP networking, APIs, and data integration.
• Willing to travel up to 30%.
• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.

Nice to have

• Prior military service (tactical ops, signals, intelligence, or C2) with leadership experience.
• Track record of standing up or significantly scaling a field operations, mission support, or deployment function.
• Experience designing and institutionalizing operator training programs at scale.
• Degree in Computer Science, Systems Engineering, Information Technology, or a related technical discipline.

Benefits

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

Before you apply

• Must be willing to travel up to 30%.
• Must currently possess and be able to maintain an active U.S. Secret security clearance.
• Consent to 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. Their family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system.