Staff Operations Program Manager (AI Hardware)

Location: Mountain View, California, United States; flexible hybrid workplace model

Salary: $149,000–$220,000 USD annually, plus equity and other rewards.

Company

hirify.global develops AI data center infrastructure and photonic engines for extreme-scale AI and HPC workloads.

What you will do

• Own operational execution for Passage and/or Guide electro-optical programs from NPI through high-volume manufacturing.
• Align demand and master build plans across silicon foundries, OSATs, contract manufacturers, and multi-tier suppliers.
• Build and maintain Clear-To-Build matrices, track material availability and lead times, and coordinate consigned material staging.
• Govern supplier Statements of Work, conduct operational reviews, enforce milestones, and track vendor execution.
• Resolve critical-path dependencies involving design freezes, ECO cut-ins, test scripts, and production readiness.
• Maintain risk logs, readiness trackers, dashboards, BOMs, and PLM workflows while reporting mitigation plans to executive leadership.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain, Business Management, Engineering, or a related field, with relevant operational experience.
• 8+ years of progressive experience in Operations Program Management or Partner Operations within high-tech hardware, semiconductors, optical networking, or silicon photonics.
• Direct experience managing external manufacturing partners, contract manufacturers, silicon foundries, or OSATs through complex NPI-to-HVM build cycles.
• Advanced expertise in multi-tier master schedules, material availability tracking, and line-item Clear-To-Build matrices across multi-stage assembly flows.
• Executive presence, influence, and assertiveness to drive internal engineering teams and external partner program managers to milestone dates.
• Hands-on experience with BOM management, ECO routing, and revision control in PLM systems, plus ERP/MRP environments.

Nice to have

• Master’s degree in Supply Chain Management, Industrial Engineering, or a technical discipline.
• Experience managing suppliers in electro-optical packaging, silicon photonics, high-speed optical transceivers, or AI compute hardware.
• Deep understanding of semiconductor transitions from wafer sort through advanced packaging to final module assembly.
• Experience with PLM software such as Arena, Agile, Teamcenter, or similar.

Culture & Benefits

• Flexible hybrid workplace model.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage; life insurance; short- and long-term disability coverage.
• Retirement savings matching, paid vacation, sick leave, public holidays, and paid family leave.
• Training and development, commuter benefits, and equity grants for full-time employees.
• Benefits eligibility may vary by employment status and location.
• Ability to comply with federally mandated U.S. export control requirements.