Director of Industrial Management

• Strategic & Transverse Leadership • Act as the “chief integrator” across OPS (AIT, QA, Facilities, Supply Chain, Manufacturing Eng, Test Eng), ensuring alignment between daily execution and long-term strategic objectives. • Translate high-level company milestones into OPS strategies, execution roadmaps, and capacity models. • Anticipate operational bottlenecks, risks, and resource needs before they materialize, designing mitigation strategies proactively. • Serve as a trusted deputy to the VP of OPS, able to step in as acting lead when needed. • Execution & Program Management • Lead and coordinate operations programs, ensuring all functions deliver to cost, schedule, and quality targets. • Manage the flow of material, tooling, and workforce capacity to support a high-mix, mid-volume production environment. • Ensure digital manufacturing and data-driven tools are implemented and adopted effectively across the org. • Drive “OPS readiness reviews” to ensure facilities, people, materials, and processes are prepared ahead of program needs. • People & Organizational Development • Directly manage and grow a small cross-functional OPS program team (planner, project engineer, industrial engineer). • Coach functional leaders in execution discipline, planning rigor, and continuous improvement. • Build a culture of accountability, autonomy, and systems thinking across the organization. • Influence without authority across senior engineering, manufacturing, and corporate teams. • Continuous Improvement & Scalability • Deploy lean and digital manufacturing initiatives to reduce cycle time and improve quality. • Standardize OPS processes and governance mechanisms to enable scale-up of production. • Champion lessons-learned and post-mortem reviews to drive organizational learning.

• 12–15+ years in Operations/Manufacturing leadership roles in space, aerospace, avionics, or adjacent high-reliability industries. • Proven experience in mid-volume, high-mix production environments (satellites, avionics systems, or complex electromechanical hardware). • Strong background in operational management and planning, and crossfunctional operational leadership. • Demonstrated success influencing and aligning across multiple technical functions without direct authority. • Track record of building teams and processes capable of scaling from startup mode to industrialized operations.