Manufacturing Program Manager

The role

The Manufacturing Program Manager will own a portfolio of concurrent manufacturing programs including facility expansion, new production line setup, vertical integration, and ERP transition. This senior individual contributor role involves managing scope, milestones, budgets, and risks while coordinating across multiple cross-functional teams.

What you will do

• Own a portfolio of concurrent manufacturing programs end-to-end
• Define program scope, milestones, dependencies, budgets, and risks
• Run the operating cadence including weekly program reviews and monthly steering committees
• Coordinate across manufacturing engineering, supply chain, quality, facilities, IT, and finance
• Manage risk and change through an active risk register and change control
• Lead facility build-outs and line installations from vendor selection to production ramp
• Partner with IT on requirements, data migration, and training for ERP rollout
• Plan and execute the in-housing of components and sub-assemblies
• Codify playbooks, templates, and tooling

Required qualifications

• 5-10+ years of program or project management experience in a manufacturing, hardware, or industrial environment
• Demonstrated track record leading multi-million-dollar capital programs end-to-end
• Direct experience with at least one of: ERP implementation or migration, vertical integration / in-housing initiatives, or new-product industrialization
• Working fluency in manufacturing fundamentals: BOMs, routings, MRP, capacity planning, line balancing, takt time, quality systems, and operational KPIs
• Strong command of program management craft: integrated scheduling, dependency mapping, risk management, capex tracking, and stage-gate governance
• Excellent written and verbal communication
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, operations, supply chain, or a related field; equivalent hands-on experience considered

Nice to have

• Experience scaling a contract manufacturing partner or standing up an in-house manufacturing line for a hardware or robotics product
• Lean / Six Sigma, PMP, or equivalent credentials
• Familiarity with PLM, MES, and modern ERP / planning tooling
• Prior experience at a high-growth, venture-backed hardware company

Benefits

• Employee Stock Options
• paid time off
• medical/dental/vision insurance
• life insurance
• disability insurance
• 401(k)

Before you apply

• We are unable to offer Visa sponsorship at this time.

About the company

Standard Bots is building the next generation of industrial robots -- hardware that's powerful, affordable, and designed to scale.