Strategic Real Estate, Growth Strategy Associate

About the Role

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company. The Growth Strategy Associate will join the Strategic Real Estate planning team, reporting to the Director of Strategic Real Estate and working closely with the Portfolio Planning & Strategy Lead. The role involves forecasting space needs and building data tools for the team.

Key Responsibilities

• Build and maintain models for quarterly portfolio forecasts, incorporating headcount and program plans from Finance, Corporate Operations, and business divisions.
• Reconcile conflicting data and produce 5–10 year outlooks by division, workforce type, and region.
• Track plan vs. actuals from forecast versions and explain changes.
• Forecast office, R&D, and production space demand against current and committed supply, and identify gaps by market and year.
• Model scenarios such as program wins and losses, M&A, and relocations.
• Build and maintain utilization metrics (SF per head, seat ratios, cost per seat, production space relative to output) and analyze underperforming sites.
• Collaborate with Talent and People teams on hiring velocity, workforce mix, and in-office patterns to inform location strategy and site timing.
• Extend planning data pipelines in Palantir Foundry using Python and SQL, with version-controlled datasets and automated validation.
• Build LLM-based tools and agents to automate data extraction, reconciliation, analysis, and slide production, and assist team members in their usage.
• Prepare slides and memos for leadership reviews and present work to division leaders.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Bachelor's degree in a quantitative field such as Data Science, Computer Science, Statistics, Economics, Engineering, or Finance.
• A Bachelor's degree in a non-quantitative field is acceptable, provided technical ability can be demonstrated.
• 2–4 years of experience in data science, analytics, consulting, FP&A, capacity planning, or real estate.
• Regular use of LLMs in work, including building with an API, agent framework, or automated workflow.
• Interest in data science shown through work or personal projects.
• Clear written and verbal communication with non-technical stakeholders.
• Ability to travel up to 10%.
• U.S. citizenship required; eligibility for security clearance preferred.

Preferred Skills

• Experience with Palantir Foundry, Databricks, Snowflake, or dbt.
• Background in forecasting methods (time series, Monte Carlo, sensitivity analysis).
• Exposure to real estate, workforce planning, or manufacturing operations.
• Comfort building financial models in Excel.
• Familiarity with Git and code review.

Salary and Benefits

• US Salary Range: $120,000—$175,000 USD.
• Salary range is an estimate for base salary only. Actual offer may vary based on experience, education, skills, and business considerations.
• Highly competitive equity grants are included as part of Anduril's total compensation package.
• Top-tier benefits for full-time employees, available at little to no cost.