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Manufacturing Program Manager

Standard Bots· Manufacturing Operations
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Glen Cove, NY$100k - $130kFull-timePosted 5mo ago

About the role

Senior individual contributor responsible for orchestrating multiple cross-functional manufacturing programs (facility expansion, new production line setup, vertical integration, ERP transition) in a fast-paced hardware manufacturing environment.

Responsibilities

  • Own a portfolio of concurrent manufacturing programs end-to-end -- facility expansion, new line bring-up, vertical integration, and ERP implementation
  • Define program scope, milestones, dependencies, budgets, and risks -- maintaining integrated schedules and surfacing trade-offs early to leadership
  • Run the operating cadence: weekly program reviews, monthly steering committees, and executive readouts that translate program status into clear narratives
  • Coordinate across manufacturing engineering, supply chain, quality, facilities, IT, and finance -- hold owners accountable and remove blockers fast
  • Manage risk and change: maintain an active risk register, drive change control on scope, schedule, and budget, and escalate decisively with options and recommendations
  • Lead facility build-outs and line installations end-to-end: vendor selection, capex tracking, equipment procurement, install/qualify/validate, and ramp to production
  • Partner with IT and functional leads on requirements, data migration, change management, training, cutover, and hypercare for an enterprise ERP rollout
  • Plan and execute the in-housing of components and sub-assemblies -- make-vs-buy analysis, tooling, process design, supplier transitions, and PPAP
  • Codify playbooks, templates, and tooling so each subsequent program runs faster and more predictably than the last

Qualifications

  • 5-10+ years of program or project management experience in a manufacturing, hardware, or industrial environment
  • Demonstrated track record leading multi-million-dollar capital programs end-to-end -- facility expansion, new production line installation, factory relocation, or equivalent
  • Direct experience with at least one of: ERP implementation or migration (NetSuite, SAP, Oracle, Dynamics, Plex, etc.), vertical integration / in-housing initiatives, or new-product industrialization
  • Working fluency in manufacturing fundamentals: BOMs, routings, MRP, capacity planning, line balancing, takt time, quality systems, and operational KPIs
  • Strong command of program management craft: integrated scheduling, dependency mapping, risk management, capex tracking, and stage-gate governance
  • Excellent written and verbal communication -- you can write a one-page status update an executive will actually read, and run a room with engineers, vendors, and finance in it
  • Bias for action -- comfortable on the production floor, in vendor negotiations, and in front of executives in the same day
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering, operations, supply chain, or a related field; equivalent hands-on experience considered

Skills

Required:Program managementERP implementation/migrationCapital project managementManufacturing fundamentals

Benefits

  • paid time off
  • medical/dental/vision insurance
  • life insurance
  • disability insurance
  • 401(k) to regular full-time employees
  • Employee Stock Options
Last updated Aug 26, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

About Standard Bots

The all-in-one, most intuitive, most affordable industrial cobots.

Standard Bots is a company that designs and manufactures industrial collaborative robots (cobots), providing affordable, intuitive, AI-native robotic solutions for automation across various industries.

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