Business Operations, International

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. ABOUT THE JOB International Business Operations are forward-deployed operators who travel frequently and/or relocate flexibly to solve high-priority ambiguous problems across the globe, including standing up new facilities, localizing production, and supporting acquisition diligence or acquisition implementation. This role demands exceptional judgement to operate with a high degree of agency and trust, paired with the communication skills and relationships-building to keep distant stakeholders aligned and decisions moving. You will work directly with Global Defense, Strategic Real Estate, Corporate Development and Division leadership to deliver ambitious outcomes against unreasonable timelines. WHAT YOU'LL DO In International Business Operations, you are the tip of the spear for Anduril’s expansions outside the United States. You will be dropped into unfamiliar countries, cultures, and regulatory environments and be expected to frame the problem, build local trust, and deliver. While you will often work on a specific country or project, you will constantly translate between on-the-ground realities abroad and the functional teams at HQ who need to support you. You will do this while managing competing priorities across multiple time-zones. Own international operational projects end-to-end , from definition, to solution-design, to implementation, to exit with clean transition of ownership. You will be handed ambiguous problems (stand up a facility in Asia; diligence a target in Europe, localize a product for tender with NATO) with little prescription on how to solve them, and you will be expected to define what “success” looks like and execute against it. Forward-deploy to new geographies to stand up facilities, establish local presence, and build relationships with customers, partners, contractors, government stakeholders, and prospective hires. You will be Anduril’s face on the ground before there is a local team to hand off to. Partner closely with Strategic Real Estate, Global Defense, and Corporate Development on site selection, lease execution, facility buildout, tenders and proposals, localization and industrial participation planning, M&A diligence and post-acquisition operational integration. Work on strategic problems , providing structure to ambiguity and shepherding cross-functional groups of stakeholders, often spread across 12+ time zones, towards informed decisions. The role will need you to couple first principles thinking with creative and iterative analysis to fully detail the impacts of potential decisions in unfamiliar global contexts, often jet-lagged. Build and leverage a high-quality network across Anduril : Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Finance, Legal, Compliance, People, Security, NetEng, and more, to unblock yourself from abroad and pull the right expertise in at the right time. Project manage across large, distributed groups of stakeholders , including C-suite executives, leading meetings across time zones, creating and managing large Slack channels, and wrangling a 15-person group spanning HQ, London, and Tokyo toward a solution. This role requires the ability to work across Anduril functions and across cultures, languages, and counterparties. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS Willing and able to trave