Quiet Professionals LLC

Sr. Manufacturing Program Manager, Vertical Integration

Glen Cove, NY · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$180k-$210kDetected 2 days ago

RESTFinancial ModelingM&ASupply ChainRoboticsLeadershipCommunication

About the role

It is a high-ownership, high-ambiguity role with direct CEO visibility, sitting at the intersection of manufacturing, corporate strategy, and program execution.

Establish programs. Transform an ambiguous strategic mandate into organized work-streams, assign owners, set milestones, and create a budget. Designing the operating system that supports the entire effort.
Build the plan. Convert strategy into decision-grade plans: requirements definition, options analysis, cost models, and a costed, sequenced recommendation.
Own execution. Drive work-streams to completion, hold the schedule and budget, manage dependencies, and clear blockers before they stall the program.
Manage stakeholders and partners. Coordinate internal functions (engineering, supply chain, finance) and external partners and consultants
Quantify the decision. Build and own the financial models, make-vs-buy, CapEx, breakeven, unit economics that leadership decisions rest on.
Drive to a decision. Synthesize the work into executive-grade readouts and move leadership to a clear, timely call.
Transform an ambiguous strategic mandate into organized work-streams, assign owners, set milestones, and create a budget.
Designing the operating system that supports the entire effort.
Manage stakeholders and partners. Coordinate internal functions (engineering, supply chain, finance) and external partners and consultants; scope engagements and hold them to budget and deadline.
breakeven, CapEx, unit economics, and enough M&A literacy (EBITDA multiples) to own and pressure-test a make-vs-buy model.

7+ years leading cross-functional programs to executive decisions in manufacturing/operations, corporate strategy or BizOps at a hardware company, or management consulting with genuine industrial exposure.
Comfort operating without a playbook, at startup pace, with direct executive exposure.

Prior make-vs-buy, re-shoring, capacity-expansion, or M&A-evaluation experience.
Working literacy across manufacturing processes (machining, sheet metal, finishing, casting).
Experience standing up a shop, plant, or lab from scratch.
Robotics or precision-hardware background.
PMP or equivalent
Experience working with Long Island/NY-metro manufacturing organizations.

About Standard Bots
Standard Bots is developing the next generation of industrial robots-hardware that is powerful, affordable, and built for scalability.
As we move rapidly from prototype to high-volume production, we require program management infrastructure that can keep pace.
This role is integral to achieving that goal.
We are vertically integrating our core manufacturing processes, including CNC machining, sheet metal fabrication, finishing, and casting.
This strategy is essential for maintaining the speed, resilience, and cost-efficiency of our robot production as we scale.

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