Manufacturing Launch Sr Manager

Fluidstack

$120K — $150K *
Manufacturing & Automotive
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in manufacturing line or plant launches
  • Proven track record of meeting production ramp-up targets
  • Ability to manage cross-functional teams without direct authority
  • Strong decision-making skills in ambiguous situations
  • Experience in salvaging troubled launches
  • Ability to develop and document operational playbooks
  • Bonus: Experience with Greenfield launches and APQP frameworks.

Responsibilities

  • Oversee the complete launch process from installation to production ramp-up.
  • Manage a cross-functional launch war room to ensure readiness in equipment, personnel, and quality.
  • Facilitate weekly calls to assess project status, including current risks and resolutions.
  • Create and implement a playbook for faster subsequent factory launches.
  • Monitor daily progress to ensure all aspects of the launch are on track.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to work in a dynamic and impactful environment
  • Exposure to complex manufacturing processes and systems
  • Chances for rapid career growth in a fast-paced industry
  • Collaborative team culture that values exceptional talent
  • Commitment to pay equity and transparency.
Full Job Description
Role Scope
  • Own the launch: take the factory from installation through first units to rate production against a dated ramp.
  • Run the launch war room: readiness across equipment, people, parts, and quality tracked daily to green.
  • Force the cross-functional calls: what ships, what slips, and what gets fixed this week.
  • Build the launch playbook so the second factory launches faster than the first.
What We're Looking For
  • The below is a starting point. We always make space for exceptional people, so if you don't fit this role exactly, tell us where you would.
  • You've launched manufacturing lines or plants to rate, and hit the curve.
  • You've run launch readiness across every function without owning any of them.
  • You make the call in the gray zone and stand behind it.
  • You've recovered a launch that was going sideways.
  • You document the playbook while running the play.
  • Bonus: Greenfield launches. Heavy or modular products. APQP frameworks. Multi-plant rollouts.


We are committed to pay equity and transparency.

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