Operations Program Manager

1 hour, 30 minutes ago
Full-time
Senior
Project and Program Management
Redwood Materials

Redwood Materials

Redwood Materials focuses on creating a sustainable and closed-loop domestic supply chain by recycling and refining lithium-ion batteries, as well as remanufacturing their core components, anode and cathode, to address the growing demand for these mate...

Industrial Conglomerates
251-1K
Founded 2017
$3800M raised

Description

  • Drive cross-functional execution from new product introduction through mass production across Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Finance, and external partners.
  • Define ramp success criteria, build plans, and phase-gate reviews for progression from prototype to pilot, mass production, and scale.
  • Manage program schedules, risks, and dependencies while maintaining dashboards and escalating critical issues with data-driven recommendations.
  • Own factory and supplier readiness for PCBA and box builds, including technical reviews, capacity planning, process qualification, line bring-up, and on-site build support.
  • Improve yield and resolve production issues by partnering with internal teams and manufacturing sites on process validation, test coverage, and quality systems.
  • Lead root cause analysis, containment actions, corrective actions, and long-term process improvements.
  • Establish run-at-rate requirements and validate capacity at suppliers and internal sites.
  • Identify manufacturing bottlenecks and implement solutions to reduce cycle time and increase throughput.
  • Serve as the primary interface between internal product teams and external manufacturing partners to ensure aligned execution and accountability.
  • Support go-to-market operational readiness by ensuring supply availability, logistics, and sustaining plans are in place for launch and scale.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of experience in program management, contract manufacturing operations, manufacturing or process engineering, supplier industrialization, or technical operations in high-volume hardware.
  • Demonstrated success improving yield, throughput, cycle time, and OEE in production environments.
  • Hands-on experience with PPAP, APQP, DOE, SPC, PFMEA, GR&R, and control plans.
  • Strong data analysis skills using Excel or Sheets; SQL, JMP, Minitab, or Python is beneficial.
  • Ability to read mechanical and electrical drawings.
  • Experience in automotive or power electronics manufacturing.
  • Experience scaling hardware production from lab or pilot stages to volume manufacturing.

Benefits

  • California salary range of $122,000 to $162,000 USD.
  • Full-time position.
  • Compensation commensurate with experience.

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