Senior Manager, Workplace

Anduril's Workplace Operations team is seeking a Senior Workplace Manager to join us. As part of the Real Estate & Facilities division, we are responsible for overseeing and maintaining the operational aspects of a work environment to ensure efficiency, productivity, and a positive work experience. As a Senior Workplace Manager, you are the dependable backbone supporting the development and management or workplace execution across our Southern California footprint. You will support a diverse, high-performance environment that includes corporate offices, R&D labs, and production/manufacturing spaces, ensuring that our spaces are safe, highly functional, and inspiring.

Responsibilities

Direct daily operations across the Southern California footprint, ensuring high-uptime, functional, and safe environments across corporate offices, sensitive R&D labs, and active production/manufacturing facilities; Design, implement, and continuously refine scalable operational standards and workplace playbooks that keep pace with rapid campus growth; Serve as the strategic operational partner to business units, collaborating with EHS, Manufacturing, Engineering, IT, and HR to forecast space needs, remove friction, and support operational velocity; Utilize quantitative data and workplace analytics to track OPEX/CAPEX budgets, forecast expenditures, evaluate vendor performance, and optimize space utilization across diverse facility types; Plan and execute facility upgrades in coordination with internal project teams and external contractors; Lead clear, rapid, and transparent operational communication, using platforms like Slack to triage campus issues, coordinate incident response, and keep cross-functional stakeholders aligned; Coach, mentor, and build a high-performing workplace team, setting the standard for humility, accountability, and a customer-first approach to service delivery

Requirements

7+ years of multi-site operational experience with a proven track record in facilities, workplace, or campus management across a distributed footprint, with direct experience supporting mixed-use environments; Analytical & financial rigor with a highly quantitative approach to operations; proven capability to manage and forecast complex OPEX and CAPEX budgets, conduct cost-benefit analyses, and use workplace utilization data to drive decisions; Tech fluency and exceptional comfort with fast-paced, real-time collaboration platforms (e.g., Slack); Experience hiring, coaching, and scaling high-performing workplace teams, establishing a culture of high standards, agility, and accountability; Track record of sourcing, negotiating, and holding external vendors, service providers, and general contractors accountable to strict SLAs and performance metrics; Demonstrated ability to build trust and influence cross-functionally with diverse partners, ranging from corporate executives to research scientists, hardware engineers, and manufacturing technicians; Relentless bias for action and ability to navigate ambiguity, solve complex campus challenges independently, and lead through service and humility

Nice to have

Bachelor's Degree in a relevant field is preferred, along with 5 years of work experience, or an equivalent combination of experience in Workplace, Design, Construction, or Project Management; Adept at swiftly adapting to changes in a dynamic and fast-paced environment

Benefits

Highly competitive equity grants included in the majority of full-time offers; Comprehensive, competitive benefits package available at little to no cost to employees, supporting health, recovery, and well-being