Contract Production Manager: Ownership, Metrics & Impact

Civic Innovation Lab; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 101,000 - 157,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Mentorship

Flexible hours

Growth opportunities

Job summary

Civic Innovation Lab in St. Paul seeks a Production Manager to own performance metrics and investment prioritization. This contract role centers on trust, with a salary range of $101,000–$157,000 and contract hours, but the business ownership aspect is the headline.

You’ll own the math behind every Production Manager promise to a customer, set guardrails, and establish outcome-focused standards that keep Civic Innovation Lab running smoothly. Your strong judgment and business craft are needed.

Qualifications

• Experience leading contract-based production roles.
• Ability to translate qualitative inputs into strategy briefs.
• Strong problem-solving and decision-making under uncertainty.

Responsibilities

• Rebuild a target that the MN team stopped believing in
• Build the 8-quarter view that survives contact with reality
• Own the math behind every Production Manager promise made to a customer
• Set guardrails so a contract deal can move without a committee
• Set the outcome-focused operational standards that keep Civic Innovation Lab running smoothly
• Surface the two or three metrics that decide whether a Production Manager bet paid off
• Synthesize qualitative and quantitative inputs into clear strategy briefs

Skills

MN market sense

Critical thinking

Time management

Independent judgment

Business acumen

Curiosity

Education

6+ years experience in business space

8+ years building expertise in business space

Tools

SAP PP

Job description

Civic Innovation Lab in St. Paul seeks a Production Manager to own performance metrics and investment prioritization. This contract role centers on trust, with a salary range of $101,000–$157,000 and contract hours, but the business ownership aspect is the headline.

You’ll own the math behind every Production Manager promise to a customer, set guardrails, and establish outcome-focused standards that keep Civic Innovation Lab running smoothly. Your strong judgment and business craft are needed.