Business Operations Associate, Production

About the Role

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company focused on transforming military capabilities with advanced technology. As a Business Operations Associate in our Production organization, you will join a rapidly growing team responsible for the end-to-end processes of procuring, manufacturing, and delivering hardware. The Production BizOps team focuses on tackling high-priority problems to ensure hardware is delivered on time, with quality, and at cost.

About The Job

You will be embedded within the business operations, working across Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Planning, and other departments such as Finance, Growth, and HR. This role involves a range of strategic projects with leadership exposure and operational improvements within complex production processes.

What You'll Do

• Own operational projects from definition to implementation, addressing ambiguous and complex problems.
• Work on operational problems at the intersection of hardware and software systems, including inventory management, asset tracking, and manufacturing data capture.
• Provide structure to ambiguity for strategic problems, guiding cross-functional stakeholders through decision-making processes using first principles thinking and research.
• Work deeply with business systems (ERP, MRP, HRIS, etc.), leveraging data for insights and analytics using tools like Excel and Palantir Foundry.
• Execute rapid analyses on short timelines and develop scalable solutions for long-term success.
• Project manage across multiple stakeholders, leading meetings and coordinating efforts.
• Collaborate across functions including Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Finance, Engineering, HR, Recruiting, and Growth.

Requirements & Tech Stack

• Experience with Excel.
• Experience with Palantir Foundry is a plus.
• Familiarity with ERP, MRP, and HRIS systems.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of experience in management consulting, investment banking, internal operations, or a business analyst role.
• Self-driven and proactive with a strong ability to figure out how to get things done.
• Ability to proactively identify and solve problems without explicit direction.
• Aptitude for building clear frameworks to structure problems.
• Openness to feedback and commitment to growth.
• Enjoys being a thought partner and translating operational problems into data problems.
• Strong analytical aptitude, thinking intuitively about problems in terms of numbers and data models.
• Comfortable communicating broadly and presenting work to large groups and senior leadership.
• Must be a U.S. Person due to required access to U.S. export controlled information or facilities.