Director, Localization Programs

Anduril
Washington
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Executive & General ManagementEducation: bachelorsSkills: ["Cross-functional collaboration","Negotiation","Partnership development","Strategic thinking","Program management"]

Lead and operationalize Anduril’s global localization initiatives across multiple regions, translating customer demand into product and production strategies while building in-country partnerships and a scalable framework to manage industrial participation. Drive strategic engagements, navigate export controls, and ensure compliant, credible localization programs that accelerate revenue growth and win complex government opportunities.

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Anduril
Anduril
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Director, Localization Programs

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Job Summary

Lead and operationalize Anduril’s global localization initiatives across multiple regions, translating customer demand into product and production strategies while building in-country partnerships and a scalable framework to manage industrial participation. Drive strategic engagements, navigate export controls, and ensure compliant, credible localization programs that accelerate revenue growth and win complex government opportunities.
Location: Washington
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Executive & General Management
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Architect & run Anduril's global localization playbook: design and drive localization, offset, and industrial participation programs and strategies that unlock market access and accelerate expansion across priority countries and regions.
  • •Turn requirements into programs: build the in-country partnerships, supply chain commitments, and industrial participation programs that win deals and satisfy government obligations, working hand-in-hand with country/regional teams and business lines.
  • •Fuel the pipeline: partner with country teams, business lines, and Corporate Development to identify, shape, and convert large-scale capture opportunities.
  • •Quarterback complex captures: bring localization expertise to major pursuits, aligning offers, partners, and commitments to maximize win probability.
  • •Build the partner ecosystem: in partnership with Anduril’s Supply Chain and Production organizations, source and establish relationships with local primes, suppliers, and industrial partners that make Anduril a credible, durable in-country player.
Travel: High travel

Key Requirements

  • •Demonstrated experience negotiating and executing in-country partnerships, teaming arrangements, JVs, or supply chain commitments with foreign governments and industry.
  • •A proven track record of successfully structuring and delivering offset and/or industrial participation programs.
  • •Robust knowledge of and experience navigating localization frameworks, offset regimes, and industrial cooperation for defense and technology projects internationally.
  • •Deep working knowledge of offset regimes, local content requirements, and industrial participation obligations across multiple regions (e.g., Europe, Indo-Pacific, Middle East).
  • •Strong commercial and financial acumen; you can model the cost, value, and risk of offset/industrial participation commitments over a program lifecycle.
Experience:DefenseInternational business
Education:Bachelor's
Skills:Cross-functional collaborationNegotiationPartnership developmentStrategic thinkingProgram management
Languages:English

Eligibility

Security Clearance:Secret

Company Brief

Anduril
Designs and builds advanced defense systems combining autonomous aircraft, sensors, and AI-driven software for military and national security applications, focused on modernizing battlefield capabilities and distributed sensing.
Industry: Defense Technology
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Growth: Scaleup
Valuation: Unicorn (USD 1B+)
Funding: Series E+
Headquarters: Costa Mesa, United States
Founded: 2017
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