Director, Advanced Manufacturing

LeMaitre

$180K — $190K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
11 - 15 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university.
  • 12 years of experience in R&D, including 6 years in leadership roles.
  • Proficient in statistical analysis and familiar with Statistical Software.
  • Skilled in CAD and Microsoft Office tools.
  • Willingness to travel 15% of the time.

Responsibilities

  • Leads engineering teams on Advanced Manufacturing, Remediation, and New Product Development.
  • Aligns project scopes and deliverables with the company's strategic priorities.
  • Supports the management of project portfolios including scope, schedule, resources, and budget.
  • Identifies and resolves project roadblocks in collaboration with teams and leadership.
  • Establishes productive relationships with cross-functional teams, remote sites, and vendors.
  • Works with leadership and development teams to improve design, process, and automation for future products.
  • Creates transformational roadmaps for process, technology, and automation.

Benefits

  • Career growth support including training and coaching.
  • Collaborative work environment fostering cross-functional teamwork.
  • Opportunity to influence and drive organizational transformation.
  • Flexible problem-solving and decision-making responsibilities.
  • Employee recognition and performance feedback mechanisms.
Full Job Description
Overview

The Director, Advanced Manufacturing leads research, development, and advanced manufacturing initiatives that support organizational products and services. This role aligns technical strategy, project execution, and cross-functional collaboration to advance product development, process improvement, and operational effectiveness.

Responsibilities
  • Leads engineering teams, responsible for Advanced Manufacturing, Remediation, and New Product Development projects.
  • Brings alignment between the company’s strategic priorities and project scopes and deliverables.
  • Supports the execution and evolution of portfolio management, prioritization, and alignment of core processes for group work and KPI tracking progress.
  • Oversees project portfolio: scope, schedule, resources and budget.
  • Proactively identifies project roadblocks and work with teams and leadership to address them.
  • Develops critical relationships and establish ways of working with cross functional team members, remote sites, and vendors.
  • Works directly with leadership and development team to identify and prioritize improvement in design, process, and equipment automation for next generation products.
  • Develops transformational process/technology/ automation roadmaps.
  • Partners and influences business leaders, operations and supply chain leaders, and cross functional engineering teams to drive transformation and ensure strategic operational business results are achieved.
  • Adheres to company policies, procedures, and documentation requirements.
  • Treats others with courtesy, sensitivity, and respect at all times.
  • Other duties as assigned.

Management Responsibilities:

  • Setting goals and providing clear direction.
  • Providing training, coaching, feedback, and recognition.
  • Responding to employees needs and questions as needed.
  • Supporting employee’s career goals and development.
  • Communicating updates to your employees in timely manner.
  • Addressing employee concerns immediately.
  • Addressing performance and behavior issues appropriately.
  • Serving as role model to employees across the organization.

Pay range $180,000-$190,000 per year

 

The range provided is based on what we believe is a reasonable estimate for the base pay range for this job at the time of posting.   Actual base salary pay will be based on a number of factors, including , relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, and other job-related factors permitted by law.

Qualifications

Bachelors’ degree from accredited four year College or University.

12 year experience in R&D. 6 years’ experience leading R&D teams and projects.

Understands statistical analysis and Statistical Software.

Statistical Software, CAD, Microsoft Office.

Travel 15%

 

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