Remote Defence Manufacturing Partnerships Architect

WLG; Warszawa; Remote; PLN 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

WLG is seeking a seasoned professional to advance a pilot connecting manufacturers with scale-ups and SMEs for industrialising products, especially in additive manufacturing and manufacturing as a service. The role is remote with Europe-wide travel.

You will analyse capacity, readiness for scale, design criteria and KRAs, engage suitable scale-ups, and run expert workshops across diverse stakeholders in a heavily regulated defence context.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in manufacturing innovation, with recent work helping scale-up companies industrialise their products.
• Experience facilitating partnerships between corporates and scale-ups in production or manufacturing.
• Experience designing repeatable procedures or frameworks that work across many organisations.
• Comfort in heavily regulated industries such as aerospace and defence, with ideas for civilian factory capacity use for defence needs.
• Experience in complex multi-stakeholder settings – defence, government or international organisations.
• Excellent written and spoken English.

Responsibilities

• Analysing capacity offered by manufacturers and needs of scale-ups/SMEs.
• Assessing readiness of participants to manufacture at scale.
• Defining matching criteria and objectives and tracking introductions.
• Finding and engaging suitable scale-ups and facilitating introductions with manufacturers.
• Designing and running expert workshops and sprints with manufacturers, scale-ups and teams.
• Identifying blocks to partnerships and delivering a final report with actionable recommendations.

Skills

Manufacturing innovation

Partnership facilitation

Workshop design

English proficiency

Job description

WLG is seeking a seasoned professional to advance a pilot connecting manufacturers with scale-ups and SMEs for industrialising products, especially in additive manufacturing and manufacturing as a service. The role is remote with Europe-wide travel.

You will analyse capacity, readiness for scale, design criteria and KRAs, engage suitable scale-ups, and run expert workshops across diverse stakeholders in a heavily regulated defence context.