Data Platform Lead, Product Lifecycle Operations

About the role

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 TEAM

The Product Lifecycle Operations team acts as the connective tissue between business priorities and product delivery, aligning the outputs of Finance, Growth, Supply Chain, Engineering, Manufacturing, Deployments, and Sustainment to paint a comprehensive picture of product maturity across the company.

We own and drive the strategy to pull production readiness into upstream business decisions, partnering with senior leaders to execute, iterate, and improve as we cross-pollinate to all functions and divisions. We work closely with both technical and non-technical stakeholders to define what good looks like throughout the entire product lifecycle and target measurable outcomes that reflect true delivery readiness.

This team is for those who view ambiguity as a gift, are not afraid to tackle complex problems, have a strong bias toward action, and are able to quickly filter through the noise to identify and execute against the signal. We move fast and deliver thoughtfully, building and iterating as we go.

ABOUT THE JOB

We are looking for a Data Platform Lead to architect, build, and deploy critical operational tooling across our diverse portfolio.

In this role, you will function as the bridge between the CEO Office and the divisional product teams designing, building, and deploying both hardware and software across the business. You will develop tailored analytics solutions for each product team that also provide a consolidated view of their disparate datasets for centralized executive reporting. You will not just visualize existing data - you will weaponize it to diagnose critical blind spots, identify opportunities for connection, and drive systematic data integrity. You will translate operational questions into metrics, dashboards, and analyses that inform executive decision-making.

The ideal candidate will have a mix of both business and technical acumen, with a strong focus on thoughtful system design in high visibility, heavily cross-functional environments. Prioritization of scrappy, easily adoptable solutions with an actionable roadmap for improvement over flawless, fully baked system architecture is a critical success factor.

WHAT YOU’LL DO

- Own the technical roadmap from conception through delivery to sustainment. Architect and drive the completion of the roadmap that connects core enterprise systems (ERP, PLM, MES, etc.) with tactical collaboration tools (Jira, Airtable, etc.) to provide a cohesive single source of truth. From ideation through adoption, incorporate feedback from end users and evolving requirements. Serve as a key thought partner to other leads across the team on data unlocks and systematic improvements that would future-proof and scale current processes.