Role Purpose

Provide end-to-end leadership for PCS mass-production programs, ensuring predictable execution from technology readiness through volume ramp, while aligning engineering, supply chain, contract manufacturing, and business objectives in a fast-scaling new business.

Key Responsibilities

1. Program Ownership & Delivery
   • Own end‑to‑end execution of PCS production program for selected customer from manufacturing readiness through volume ramp and sustained production.
   • Establish and maintain the integrated master production plan, including milestones, dependencies, and critical path.
   • Ensure on‑time, on‑volume delivery aligned with business commitments.
2. Cross‑Functional Integration
   • Integrate technology development, manufacturing readiness, supply chain capability, and ramp schedules into a single execution framework.
   • Act as the primary technical and operational interface between:
   • Supply Chain
   • Contract Manufacturers (CMs)
   • Engineering and Technology teams
   • Business and Product Management
3. Manufacturing Readiness & Ramp Governance
   • Ensure readiness across process capability, capacity, yield, quality, and supply continuity prior to volume release.
   • Drive disciplined ramp execution with clear entry/exit criteria and escalation paths.
4. Customer Interface & Program Alignment
   • Act as the primary interface to key customers for all integration and production ramp topics.
   • Translate customer requirements, demand signals, and technical expectations into aligned manufacturing and engineering execution plans.
   • Lead regular customer program reviews, ensuring transparent communication on status, risks, and mitigation plans.
   • Drive resolution of customer-facing issues related to yield, capacity, readiness, and ramp performance.
   • Build strong working relationships with customer program and technical teams to enable fast decision-making and alignment.
   • Ensure customer priorities are clearly reflected in internal plans, trade-offs, and execution focus.
5. Risk & Change Management
   • Identify, assess, and actively manage cross‑functional risks (technical, supply, capacity, yield, schedule).
   • Own mitigation plans and executive‑level visibility of risk exposure and trade‑offs.
   • Coordinate and manage Engineering Change Notices (ECN/ECO) and their impact on production, cost, schedule, and inventory.
6. Execution Transparency & Stakeholder Alignment
   • Lead regular cross‑functional execution reviews, providing clear status, risks, and recovery actions.
   • Ensure alignment across functions through structured communication, decision clarity, and data‑driven reporting.
   • Escalate issues appropriately and drive timely resolution.
7. Operations Strategy Enablement
   • Support definition of the PCS operations strategy for the selected customer, including make/buy, capacity scaling, and manufacturing footprint considerations.
   • Ensure strategy is translated into executable plans and consistently implemented.

Experiences/Education - Required

• Bachelor of Science (Engineering or applied science)
• Statistical training through Design of Experiments (DOE)
• Lean Fundamentals
• Lead teams with clear and significant, demonstrable financial impact
• Demonstrated ability to permanently solve difficult manufacturing issues (crises or chronic)
• Lead new process/ product/ innovation project(s)
• Knowledge sharing across division - e.g. core technologist
• Basic understanding of manufacturing cost accounting and drivers
• Submits and is granted IP
• Experience working with mentor(s) with technical expertise in different technical areas

Experiences/Education - Desired

• Advanced degree in Engineering or applied science
• Black Belt certification
• Plant experience
• Experience across multiple divisions, functions
• Global experience