Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) for Manufacturing

Job Description

Senior Technical Program Manager, Manufacturing | Confidential Employer

The Tone:
This is a full-time hybrid role at Confidential Employer, based in San Francisco, California. The company empowers individuals to improve their health through award-winning products like the Oura Ring. This role is crucial for bridging product development with global manufacturing operations, ensuring every piece of custom automation, tooling, and test equipment is designed, validated, and deployed on time to meet aggressive product launch milestones.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Hybrid – San Francisco, California
• Pay: $198050–$233000 yearly
• Team: Primary bridge between Product Development and Global Manufacturing Operations, collaborating with Operations Program Managers and Engineering Program Managers.
• Mission: To ensure all custom automation, tooling, and test equipment is designed, validated, and deployed on time to meet aggressive product launch milestones.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Program Single Point of Contact: Act as the lead representative for Manufacturing Engineering in all Product Development program forums.
• Cross-Functional Orchestration: Work closely with Operations and Engineering Program Managers to align equipment schedules with the master product schedule, bringing teams together to solve complex problems.
• Equipment Lifecycle Management: Drive the end-to-end development of manufacturing equipment, from initial requirements gathering and vendor selection through Final Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT).
• Deployment & Scaling: Oversee the installation and bring-up of manufacturing lines at global sites, ensuring equipment meets specified yield, cycle time, and reliability targets.
• Risk and Change Management: Identify technical bottlenecks early in the design phase, proactively manage dependencies between hardware design changes and equipment capability, and manage changes impacting the Manufacturing area.

The Must-Haves
• Background: Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field, with a focus on high-volume manufacturing environments.
• Experience: 7+ years of technical project management experience, preferably in Consumer Electronics, including managing global equipment vendors and Contract Manufacturers.
• Skills: Strong understanding of Mechanical/Electrical engineering principles and the New Product Introduction (NPI) process; proven ability to translate complex technical constraints into actionable project plans for non-technical stakeholders.
• Bonus: Experience with wearable, miniaturized, or high-precision consumer electronics manufacturing; experience running programs for custom automation, fixtures, and test equipment from concept through production ramp; familiarity with MES systems, production data dashboards, or smart manufacturing tools; PMP, PgMP, or equivalent program management certification.