Security Investigations Manager

The Counterintelligence (CI) and Security Investigations Team’s safeguards Anduril’s workforce and supply chain by proactively identifying risk, mitigating threats and delivering actionable investigative insights. The team helps ensure our security environment remains vigilant and resilient so that our strategic interests are preserved. We are committed to anticipating and mitigating risks and threats enabling Anduril to innovate and operate confidently in a dynamic global environment.

Anduril is seeking a skilled professional who is interested in a unique opportunity to help strategize, socialize and implement a Security Investigations capability. The role plays a critical part in ensuring Anduril conducts thorough security investigations, ensuring the safety and integrity of our products, facilities and personnel. This role requires significant critical thinking, creativity, complex problem solving and interpersonal skills, as well as the ability to work across a rapidly growing, global, dynamic organization to identify and mitigate threats. The Security Investigations Manager is responsible for developing and leading Anduril’s security investigations capability, overseeing investigations, developing strategic approaches, and coordinating with internal and external stakeholders. The Security Investigations Manager will lead complex investigations into internal and external threats, ensuring close collaboration with internal and external stakeholders. The Security Investigations Manager must be a self-starter that can operate independently and be responsive to fast paced and dynamic operational and threat environments.

• Support the development and execution of a Security Investigations capability tailored to Anduril’s unique requirements.
• Manage the investigation process, with a focus on gathering evidence for a wide variety of security investigations and developing investigative approaches, scope, and risk mitigation recommendations.
• Collect and analyze evidence related to investigations, including documents, digital data, and witness statements as well as compile evidence in a logical fashion to identify POI and perform root cause analysis.
• Develop and implement investigative strategies and protocols as well internal standard operating procedures for Security investigations.
• Conduct complex investigations into internal and external threats, ensuring thorough data collection and evidence preservation.
• Establish and leverage collaborative partnerships across internal stakeholders to identify data necessary to support thorough security investigations.
• Prepare detailed reports summarizing investigation findings and recommendations. Organize and maintain accurate and auditable investigation files.
• Build and maintain strong liaison and working relationships with federal, state and local law enforcement and regulatory agencies.
• Gather evidence, interview witnesses and subjects, document in case management systems, work with law enforcement for the prosecution of investigations, comply with regulatory requirements, and identifying control and procedural issues.
• Maintain confidentiality and professionalism throughout all investigative processes. Safeguard employee information as well as highly sensitive and confidential information.
• Partner closely with Legal, HR, Compliance, Security, and business leaders to coordinate investigative efforts and ensure alignment.
• Ensure adherence to global investigative protocols and alignment with legal and regulatory standards.
• Maintain an enterprise view of investigative trends and root causes; contribute to risk mitigation strategies and policy enhancements.
• Support the continuous improvement of investigation frameworks, tools, and technologies.

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Security or Intelligence Studies, Criminal Justice or a related field.
• 8 years of relevant work experience conducting security investigations, including leadership roles.
• Strong analytical abilities, with a detail-oriented and methodical approach to investigations.
• Excellent critical thinking, communication and collaboration skills.
• Experience leading complex security investigations in a fast paced, rapidly evolving threat environment.
• Demonstrated ability leveraging multiple data sets and tools to support complex investigations.
• Familiarity with digital forensic tools, investigative case management systems, investigative technologies and interview techniques.
• Familiarity with insider threat or counterintelligence-related investigations.
• Proven ability to effectively analyze and communicate complex risks.
• Training in interview techniques.
• Must be able to obtain and maintain security clearance at an appropriate level (Top Secret/SCI may be required).

• Experience developing and standing up a Security Investigations or Corporate Investigations capability.
• Experience conducting CI and Insider Threat investigations.
• Advanced training in interview techniques.
• Familiarity with relevant laws, regulations, and standards governing defense industry security.
• Program Management experience.
• Experience developing and implementing CI, Insider Threat and other complex security initiatives in private industry.