Senior Director of Advanced Manufacturing

Job Details

The Senior Director of Advanced Manufacturing is responsible for leading and scaling manufacturing operations across multiple sites, ensuring alignment to enterprise strategy, operational excellence, and long-term growth. This role provides strategic and operational leadership across core manufacturing functions and is accountable for delivering high-performance, cost-effective, and reliable manufacturing outcomes. This leader operates at both altitude and ground level, driving multi-site performance, building a scalable operating model, and strengthening leadership capability, while partnering closely with Quality, Supply Chain, and Engineering to ensure aligned, end-to-end execution across complex, high-mix PCB fabrication environments.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and execute a multi-site manufacturing strategy aligned to growth, capacity, and customer demand.
• Establish and drive performance against operational KPIs, including OEE, throughput, yield, scrap, cycle time, and on-time delivery, to support data-driven decision making and continuous improvement.
• Establish and enforce a standard operating model across sites to ensure consistency and scalability.
• Oversee production planning, scheduling, and capacity management to meet short- and long-term demand.
• Drive strong cross-functional alignment between Manufacturing Operations, Engineering, and Quality to execute as one integrated system.
• Lead and develop leadership across multi-site manufacturing operations, building depth and succession capability.
• Champion and embed operational excellence and continuous improvement methodologies into daily operations.
• Own operational financial performance, including labor, materials, overhead, and capital planning.
• Partner on supply chain strategy, including sourcing, inventory optimization, and supplier performance.
• Ensure compliance with AS9100, ISO 9001, and customer/regulatory requirements.
• Identify and resolve complex, cross-functional operational challenges with high business impact.
• Drive capacity expansion, new program readiness, and operational scaling initiatives.

Knowledge, Skills & Abilities

• Deep expertise in manufacturing operations, preferably in high-mix, regulated environments.
• Strong command of multi-site operations and capacity planning.
• Advanced knowledge of Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and process optimization.
• Proven ability to lead leaders and build high-performing teams.
• Strong financial acumen, including cost control, budgeting, and ROI analysis.
• Expertise in ERP/MRP systems, production planning, and data-driven decision making.
• Able to navigate complex, ambiguous problems and drive structured solutions.
• Strong executive communication and influencing skills across internal and external stakeholders.
• Working knowledge of quality systems and regulatory standards (AS9100, ISO 9001).
• Experience integrating continuous improvement into daily operations.
• Strong change management and transformation leadership capability.
• Able to connect operational decisions to business outcomes, customer impact, and strategy.

Qualifications & Experience Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations Management, Business, or related field (MBA preferred).
• 10+ years of manufacturing experience, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role.
• Proven experience in complex manufacturing environments (microelectronics, aerospace/defense, or similar high-mix/regulated industries preferred).
• Demonstrated success building and scaling multi-site operations and leadership teams.
• Deep experience with Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, and operational transformation.
• Six Sigma certification (Green Belt or Black Belt) preferred.
• Strong working knowledge of ERP/MRP systems, capacity planning (experience with Epicor a plus).