Senior Program Manager, Contract Manufacturing Operations

Location: San Jose, California, United States; 25%–50% global travel during the 6–12 month rotational assignment.

Salary: $156,351–$198,044 annually, plus a bonus opportunity.

Company

hirify.global designs, develops, manufactures, and services complex machines used by technology companies to create devices for semiconductor fabrication, advanced packaging, wireless communication, computing, and related applications.

What you will do

• Own the end-to-end transfer of Advanced Packaging Lithography and Laser Annealing products to contract manufacturers in Asia, delivering production readiness against schedule, quality, cost, and capacity objectives.
• Build and maintain integrated program plans, critical paths, decision logs, risk registers, and mitigation actions.
• Lead cross-functional execution across Supply Chain, Manufacturing, Product Engineering, Product Management, Quality, and supplier teams.
• Direct supplier training, early learning builds, and production-readiness reviews at supplier and hirify.global locations worldwide.
• Provide executive reporting on schedule, technical status, cost, resources, risks, decisions, and recovery actions.
• Deliver operational-excellence and cost-reduction initiatives while establishing governance, metrics, and escalation paths for sustained volume production.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, operations, supply chain, business, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
• At least 8 years of related experience leading engineering, manufacturing, or product-transfer programs for semiconductor equipment, vacuum systems, or similarly complex capital equipment.
• Experience leading multiple concurrent programs involving cross-functional teams, external suppliers, and executive stakeholders.
• Experience managing new product introduction or product-transfer work through manufacturing readiness and production ramp.
• Ability to travel globally 25%–50% during the 6–12 month rotational assignment.
• Working knowledge of Advanced Packaging Lithography and/or Laser Annealing equipment, or comparable electro-mechanical and automated capital equipment.
• Expertise in integrated scheduling, critical-path management, risk management, budget control, resource planning, and executive reporting.
• Ability to diagnose system-level manufacturing issues and align engineering, operations, quality, and supplier teams on corrective actions.
• Knowledge of new product introduction, new product development, product lifecycle management, configuration control, and manufacturing-readiness practices.
• Ability to communicate complex technical, schedule, and cost information as clear decisions and concise updates for executives and non-technical stakeholders.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office, Microsoft Project, Power BI, Smartsheet, enterprise resource planning and material requirements planning systems, and product lifecycle management tools.

Nice to have

• Experience with SAP.
• Experience reading engineering drawings and working with computer-aided design tools such as SolidWorks or AutoCAD.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time role with significant international engagement and a 6–12 month rotational assignment.
• Expected transition after the assignment into a broader Operations role supporting Manufacturing or Supply Chain based on business needs.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage.
• 401(k) with company match, flexible spending accounts, commuter benefits, and paid holiday, vacation, and sick time.
• Life and accident insurance, disability insurance, tuition reimbursement, employee assistance, identity theft remediation, and emergency travel assistance.