Lead Project Manager, Factory Development

About the role

Architect and lead execution of next-generation manufacturing facility buildouts that bring new production capability online at scale. This role serves as the operational “offensive coordinator” for factory deployment initiatives, owning integrated execution across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and manufacturing readiness activities.

Responsibilities

• Own integrated execution planning and drive alignment across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and manufacturing readiness activities required to bring new manufacturing capability online.
• Maintain visibility into critical path activities, deployment milestones, execution constraints, production readiness objectives, and operational dependencies across factory deployment initiatives.
• Identify execution gaps, deployment risks, and schedule impacts early while driving issue resolution, escalation management, recovery planning, and corrective actions required to maintain deployment momentum and operational readiness targets.
• Lead factory deployment execution activities across engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, and manufacturing readiness workstreams.
• Drive stakeholder accountability, execution follow-through, deployment alignment, and issue resolution across internal teams, contractors, OEM vendors, and external partners.
• Ensure deployment priorities, execution decisions, scope changes, and critical risks are rapidly communicated, escalated, and resolved to maintain factory deployment objectives, production milestones, and operational readiness goals.
• Proactively identify, communicate, escalate, and drive mitigation of execution risks associated with factory development, infrastructure deployment, construction execution, manufacturing readiness, and operational integration activities.
• Lead cross-functional issue resolution, recovery planning, and mitigation efforts required to resolve deployment blockers, reduce execution risk, and maintain alignment across fast-paced factory deployment initiatives.
• Lead cross-functional execution alignment across engineering, operations, facilities, procurement, finance, contractors, OEM vendors, and external partners to maintain deployment momentum, production readiness, and operational execution across factory deployment initiatives.
• Influence stakeholders, drive accountability, resolve competing priorities, and accelerate issue resolution while maintaining alignment on deployment objectives, production milestones, manufacturing readiness goals, and operational timelines.
• Define and drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on improving deployment execution velocity, manufacturing readiness, operational scalability, and cross-functional execution effectiveness across factory deployment initiatives.

Requirements

Ability to lawfully access information and technology that is subject to US export controls

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Operations, or related technical discipline

10+ years of experience leading manufacturing operations, factory deployment, industrial project execution, production scale-up, operational readiness, facility development, capital projects, or complex industrial programs

Demonstrated experience driving execution across integrated manufacturing, industrial, construction, or factory deployment programs involving multiple stakeholders, parallel workstreams, and production readiness activities

Demonstrated ability to independently prioritize execution activities, resolve deployment challenges, escalate critical risks, and drive execution outcomes under evolving priorities and ambiguous conditions within fast-paced manufacturing or industrial environments

Strong execution leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills with demonstrated ability to drive accountability, maintain execution momentum, enable rapid decision-making, and align cross-functional teams across fast-paced manufacturing or industrial deployment initiatives

Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional execution across engineering, operations, facilities, procurement, contractors, OEM vendors, manufacturing stakeholders, and external partners

Strong understanding of industrial facility infrastructure systems, manufacturing environments, and factory deployment activities including power distribution, compressed air, HVAC, facility utilities, equipment installation, commissioning, operational readiness, and manufacturing startup activities

Experience defining and owning integrated execution planning, budget and schedule alignment, deployment forecasting, issue resolution, risk management, and execution visibility across complex industrial or manufacturing programs involving multiple stakeholders and parallel workstreams

Proficiency with project management, scheduling, budgeting, forecasting, and execution management tools such as Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, Excel, Oracle, Datarails, Smartsheet, or similar platforms

Qualifications

Ability to lawfully access information and technology that is subject to US export controls

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Manufacturing Engineering, Industrial Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, Operations, or related technical discipline

10+ years of experience leading manufacturing operations, factory deployment, industrial project execution, production scale-up, operational readiness, facility development, capital projects, or complex industrial programs

Demonstrated experience driving execution across integrated manufacturing, industrial, construction, or factory deployment programs involving multiple stakeholders, parallel workstreams, and production readiness activities

Demonstrated ability to independently prioritize execution activities, resolve deployment challenges, escalate critical risks, and drive execution outcomes under evolving priorities and ambiguous conditions within fast-paced manufacturing or industrial environments

Strong execution leadership, communication, and stakeholder management skills with demonstrated ability to drive accountability, maintain execution momentum, enable rapid decision-making, and align cross-functional teams across fast-paced manufacturing or industrial deployment initiatives

Demonstrated ability to lead cross-functional execution across engineering, operations, facilities, procurement, contractors, OEM vendors, manufacturing stakeholders, and external partners

Strong understanding of industrial facility infrastructure systems, manufacturing environments, and factory deployment activities including power distribution, compressed air, HVAC, facility utilities, equipment installation, commissioning, operational readiness, and manufacturing startup activities

Experience defining and owning integrated execution planning, budget and schedule alignment, deployment forecasting, issue resolution, risk management, and execution visibility across complex industrial or manufacturing programs involving multiple stakeholders and parallel workstreams

Proficiency with project management, scheduling, budgeting, forecasting, and execution management tools such as Microsoft Project, Primavera P6, Excel, Oracle, Datarails, Smartsheet, or similar platforms