Senior Program Manager, Air Force Technology Security & Foreign Disclosure

ABOUT THE TEAM 

The Global Defense team is responsible for Anduril’s international growth; building the company’s global sales strategy, directing international business development, overseeing its regional offices, and spearheading the company’s product exportability framework.

ABOUT THE JOB 

We are looking for a Air Force Technology Release Subject Matter Expert (SME) to join our rapidly growing team in Washington, DC. In this role, you will be the primary subject matter expert to develop export strategies consistent with U.S. Government (USG) policy and pursue modification to USG release policy when required. You will be key to expanding export markets across all Anduril products by advocating design for export architectures and integrating technical, policy, cost, and market data to optimize systems engineering solutions and prioritize engineering reviews. You will support product engineering teams with export performance and technology trades and impacts. In addition, you will also support and coordinate requests for allowable excursions to enable export of the product line. This will require a deep understanding of the DOD’s technology security and foreign disclosure (TSFD) processes and stakeholders, especially as it pertains to Air Force technologies. If you are someone who understands the people, processes and procedures that make up the Air Force TSFD enterprise, can build plans to export new new and novel technologies, and is comfortable managing matrixed teams, then this role is for you. 

WHAT YOU’LL DO 

• Collaborate with engineering and capture teams to ensure export offerings are compliant with U.S. Government and Anduril’s technology export policies.
• Work with engineering and growth teams to build and track product exportability roadmaps for Anduril’s Air Force programs.
• Support development of product marketing strategies by informing marketing strategy with deep knowledge of Anduril’s products coupled with an understanding of USG export and technology security regulations and policy.
• Coordinate with regional business development teams in development and submittal of compliant technical baselines prior to export license submittals.
• Ensure technical baselines comply with USG policy and, if necessary, supports capture team by pursuing USG policy exceptions.
• Coordinate with Division Engineering teams to develop technical strategies which result in system level requirements guidance for systems engineering and developmental teams with regard to export compliant configurations.
• Support engineering design efforts to align technology base as an enabler to current and future export campaigns.
• Support engagements with USG export review committees: LO/CLO Tri-service/EXCOM, Defense Technology Security Agency (DTSA), and service international TSFD offices.
• Participate in Anduril’s export review process, Operations reviews, Gate reviews and Program reviews to provide expert perspective on releasability.
• Support Engineering in the conduct and approval of LO/CLO CPI assessments.
• Support presentation of program protection plans to USG approval authorities.

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS 

• Deep understanding of DOD’s TSFD pipes and experience navigating product release through DOD exportability reviews.
• Experience working technology export compliance issues with the following: LO/CLO Tri-Service Committee, Exception to National Disclosure Committee, Committee on National Security Systems (CNSS) and TS/FD organizations in service Air Force international offices.
• Proven program management experience
• Bachelor’s degree in Science, Technology, Engineering, or Mathematics (STEM) and 12 years of prior relevant experience, or an advanced degree in a related field and 10 years of prior relevant experience. In absence of a degree, 16 years of relevant experience is required.
• Strong demonstrated interpersonal and communication skills
• Demonstrated ability working in matrix teams to coordinate technology security release actions across multiple functional organizations
• Excellent presentation and proposal skills
• Ability to manage multiple and competing priorities
• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret security clearance

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS 

• Program Management certification
• Currently possesses and is able to maintain an active U.S. Top Secret SCI security clearance