Director of Planning Systems & Analytics

Anduril Industries is a defense technology company with a mission to transform U.S. and allied military capabilities with advanced technology. By bringing the expertise, technology, and business model of the 21st century’s most innovative companies to the defense industry, Anduril is changing how military systems are designed, built and sold. Anduril’s family of systems is powered by Lattice OS, an AI-powered operating system that turns thousands of data streams into a realtime, 3D command and control center. As the world enters an era of strategic competition, Anduril is committed to bringing cutting-edge autonomy, AI, computer vision, sensor fusion, and networking technology to the military in months, not years. The Supply Chain Planning team is seeking a Sr. Director of Planning Systems & Processes responsible for designing, implementing, and optimizing the systems, data, and analytics that drive Anduril’s global planning operations. In this position, you will develop and refine scalable planning frameworks that ensure the efficient, secure, and compliant planning and execution of demand and supply, materials and production planning. This role is critical in enabling seamless coordination across engineering, supply chain, manufacturing, finance, and deployments, ensuring that Anduril systems are delivered on time and operate flawlessly in mission-critical environments. This role is ideal for a process and systems driven leader who thrives in high-growth, high-stakes environments and is passionate about optimizing planning processes to support mission and organizational success. You will directly impact Anduril’s ability to rapidly and effectively deliver critical defense solutions worldwide. An individual with a strategic mindset, driven by the challenge of scaling and refining systems, and who flourishes in a high-stakes, mission-oriented setting will excel in this role. WHAT YOU’LL DO Develop & Optimize Planning Processes Systems Design and implement scalable, standardized digital capabilities to ensure efficiency, quality, and repeatability across planning. Establish tools, processes, and data that lights up end-to-end planning visibility, ensuring seamless coordination between supply chain, manufacturing, engineering, finance, and deployments. Identify elegant solutions to complex processes and dissect all components in order to identify changes and improvements required, ensuring alignment with planning processes. Support the expansion the of planning analytics team, systems, and tools to enable real-time decisioning and risk mitigation as we hyperscale across the enterprise. Systems & Technology Integration Lead the adoption and integration of ERP, Planning systems, and other analytics platforms to enhance operational effectiveness for planning. Ensure that ongoing company and production wide system integrations have Planning input and are rolled out smoothly, certifying that the capabilities needed to scale operations are accurate, understood, and implemented. Partner with software engineering teams to build and improve custom tools for all aspects of planning operations. Spearhead the development of a centralized knowledge repository for systems and processes, enabling standardized access to best practices, guidelines, and training materials across the organization. Cross-Functional Coordination & Stakeholder Engagement Build a team to serve as the primary interface between engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, finance, and deployments to align planning strategies, planning tools, and process inputs/outputs with business and customer needs. Develop and maintain planning playbooks and SOPs, ensuring consistency and adherence to best practices. Work with internal and external partners to implement scalable, effective, and cost-efficient planning solutions. Team Leadership & Development Build and lead a high-performing planning systems and analytics team, fostering a culture of excellence, innovation, speed, accura