Staff People Program Manager, Production

The role

You will define and lead strategic people programs to enable production excellence. You will partner with leadership to build scalable solutions for production employees across manufacturing sites.

What you will do

• Define and lead the strategic approach to production-focused people programs.
• Own end-to-end execution of complex programs including workforce planning, onboarding, and training readiness.
• Serve as the primary People Team interface to Production, Facilities, Operations, and Supply Chain leadership.
• Identify and address systemic risks across production people programs.
• Build and maintain program schedules, risk registers, and stakeholder communication plans.
• Partner with Talent Acquisition, Benefits, and Compensation to design workforce strategies.
• Implement innovative program methodologies to streamline production people processes.
• Craft executive-level communications and strategic recommendations for senior leadership.

Required qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in program management, operations, management consulting, or a related field.
• Significant experience in production, manufacturing, or industrial environments.
• Ability to lead strategic program execution across multiple complex workstreams.
• Expertise in workforce planning, labor strategy, or production operations.
• Track record of serving as a trusted advisor to senior leadership.
• Ability to mentor and develop program managers.
• Exceptional written and verbal communication skills.
• Motivation by the mission to solve defense problems.
• High ownership and low ego with strong outcome orientation.
• Proactive problem solving.
• Comfort with high-visibility work and communicating to large groups.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting production ramp-ups, facility launches, or site expansions in a manufacturing or defense environment.
• Familiarity with production workforce compliance requirements (e.g., labor law, shift scheduling, safety training).
• Experience with change management methodologies and large-scale organizational transitions.
• PMP or equivalent program management certification.

Benefits

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

Before you apply

• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities.
• 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.