Senior Director, Head of Global Facilities

Job description

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 We are a rapidly scaling defense technology company transforming how critical capabilities are designed, built, and delivered across maritime, air, ground, space, electronics, imaging, software/hardware systems, and AI domains. Today we support ~11,000 employees across a 5.5 million square foot portfolio of 80+ sites (90% U.S.). By the end of 2027 we will grow to ~18,000 employees and more than 10 million square feet; longer-term we are on a trajectory toward 50,000+ employees and over 20 million square feet. The Real Estate & Facilities (RE&F) organization is a central corporate function that plans, delivers, and operates the physical workplace and infrastructure that enables every business division and G&A function. RE&F is currently organized functionally with teams for Strategic Real Estate, Design and Construction, Space Allocation and Planning) and  Facilities Operations.  We are seeking an exceptional Senior Director, Head of Global Facilities to lead the team responsible for facilities maintenance, operations, asset lifecycle management, and workplace services across the entire portfolio—production facilities, R&D/labs, and offices. This role will report directly to the Vice President of Global RE&F and will be a part of the global RE&F leadership team. This is a high-impact leadership role for a proven operator who has scaled facilities organizations in complex, multi-site environments that include both production and R&D. You will build and evolve a high-performing team (the broader RE&F organization is expected to roughly double in the next year) during a period of hyper-growth, ensuring our infrastructure remains reliable, safe, compliant, and ready to support the company’s mission at increasing scale and velocity. ABOUT THE JOB You will own the strategy, operating model, standards, performance, and continuous improvement of global facilities operations. You will partner closely with peer organizations in Strategic Real Estate, Design & Construction, Enterprise Space Solutions (Space Planning), Security, EH&S, IT, and the business division leaders whose production and product-development sites you support. Given that speed of delivery is a competitive advantage for Anduril, you will need to scale your organization to be able to open new sites with operational readiness and reliability while also balancing needs at existing sites  improving and enhancing operational excellence while driving organizational capability and capacity needed to support rapid portfolio expansion. WHAT YOU’LL DO • Strategic Leadership & Operating Model
Define and execute the global facilities strategy and scalable operating model (capabilities, structures, supplier models and more) that supports hyper-growth across office, industrial/production, and R&D environments. Establish and instantiate enterprise standards for maintenance, reliability, asset lifecycle, service delivery, and performance management. • Portfolio Operations Excellence
Lead day-to-day and long-term facilities operations, preventive/predictive maintenance, corrective maintenance, building systems reliability (MEP, HVAC, utilities, specialized production systems), and workplace services across the global portfolio. Drive up-time, compliance, and cost efficiency. • Team Leadership & Organizational Scaling
Build, lead, develop, and scale a high-performing multi-site facilities organization. Recruit, coach, and retain talent; create clear career paths; foster a culture of accountability, continuous improvement, organizational maturity and operational excellence. Evolve the team structure and capabilities as the company and portfolio grow. • Asset Lifecycle & Capital Planning Partnership
Own asset condition assessments, assessments of system and operational alignment with business requirements, li