Tract Capital
Principal Technical Program Manager, New Product Development
Denver, CO · Principal
Sponsorship not specified$150k-$200kDetected 5 days ago
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About the role
- Tract Capital adopts a unique approach to digital infrastructure investment.
- Leveraging experience and strategic insights honed over three decades of creating successful companies in the space, we excel in nurturing and advancing leading-edge digital infrastructure enterprises.
- Process, Automation & Industrialization Establish manufacturing methods, tooling, fixtures, test systems, production flows, and equipment strategies.
Responsibilities
- Manufacturing Strategy & Scale Define end-to-end manufacturing strategy, including make-vs-buy decisions, manufacturing footprint, partner selection, capacity planning, and regional deployment strategy.
- Evaluate tradeoffs across cost, quality, lead time, logistics, supply chain risk, automation opportunities, and customer requirements.
- Develop manufacturing roadmaps supporting new product introduction, production ramp-up, and long-term scaling.
- Partner with engineering teams to ensure products are designed for manufacturability, testability, serviceability, and production scale.
- Operations & Performance Build production systems that achieve throughput, cycle time, labor efficiency, and capacity targets.
- Lead pilot builds, process validation, production readiness, staffing plans, and volume production transitions.
- Implement KPIs and dashboards to monitor yields, schedule attainment, bottlenecks, and overall manufacturing performance.
- Lead root cause analysis and corrective actions for manufacturing, supplier, and field quality issues.
- Drive improvements in first-pass yield, defect reduction, process capability, and operational discipline.
- Workforce & Partner Leadership Develop scalable training programs, work instructions, certification requirements, and operating procedures.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, or related field.
- 10+ years of manufacturing, operations, industrialization, or advanced manufacturing experience.
- 5+ years leading manufacturing strategy, process development, or production scale-up for complex hardware products.
- Proven experience with manufacturing footprint decisions, automation strategies, contract manufacturing, OEM partnerships, and production system design.
- Track record improving quality, throughput, capacity, and on-time delivery.
- Experience launching products from prototype or pilot production into volume manufacturing.
- Experience with data center infrastructure, thermal systems, liquid cooling, HVAC, power distribution, or mission-critical equipment.
- Experience implementing robotics, automation, and advanced manufacturing technologies.
- Knowledge of global manufacturing strategies, supply chain risk management, and multi-site production scaling.
- Experience in highly regulated, safety-critical, or uptime-sensitive environments.
Nice to have
- Preferred Master's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, or Business.
Compensation
- $150k-$200k
Benefits
- Lead adoption of advanced manufacturing technologies including robotics, automation, machine vision, digital work instructions, and data-driven process controls.
Company info
- to support the growth of digital infrastructure.
- Tract Capital goes beyond simple investment by acting as a strategic partner and catalyst for innovation within the sector.
- We ensure our engagements not only generate strong financial results but also develop essential digital infrastructure to meet growing demands.
- Position Overview The Principal Technical Program Manager, New Product Development leads the most complex and business-critical product development programs supporting data center infrastructure.
- This role partners closely with Product Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Quality, Construction, Commissioning, and Operations teams to drive products from concept through design, validation, pilot, launch, and scaled production, while also shaping the operating model used across multiple programs.
- The Principal Technical Program Manager owns integrated program strategy, executive-level governance, schedules, risks, dependencies, and decision frameworks required to deliver high-quality, manufacturable products aligned with performance, cost, safety, and timeline objectives.
- This role ensures the right teams are aligned at the right time, that key technical and operational issues are surfaced early, and that execution remains disciplined across internal stakeholders and external partners.
- Quality & Continuous Improvement Define manufacturing quality strategies, in-process controls, testing requirements, and acceptance criteria.
- Cross-Functional Leadership Serve as the manufacturing leader across Product Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, Program Management, Operations, and Customer Delivery.
- Provide executive-level recommendations on manufacturing investments, risks, sourcing strategies, and scaling opportunities.
- Qualifications Required Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, or related field.
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