Head of Operations

US Input; Pittsburgh (Allegheny County); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 80,000; Part time

Job summary

US Input is seeking a Head of Operations to manage the production process of a cutting-edge USB peripheral device. This role combines sourcing, vendor management, and optimizing costs while ensuring reliable delivery of the product from design to customer doorstep.

The ideal candidate will be resourceful and comfortable managing multiple stakeholders, treating costs as if they were their own. This is a performance-based contract role, with potential for part-time work transitioning to full-time based on efficiency and scale.

Responsibilities

• Own production from design to delivery.
• Sourcing and managing vendors for product development.
• Optimize costs across various categories.
• Coordinate with design and packaging teams.
• Build a scalable kitting and fulfillment process.
• Manage multiple vendor relationships efficiently.

Skills

Experience bringing a physical product from design to delivery

Sourcing and vendor management

Cost optimization instinct

Experience coordinating design and packaging

Experience with kitting and fulfillment

Self-directed

Data literacy

Consumer hardware experience

Experience with 3PLs

Job description

Remote or Pittsburgh, PA USA Contract Posted 2026-06-13

We're creating a high-end USB peripheral device, roughly the size of a USB thumb drive. We need someone to own everything between "we have a design" and "it's on a customer's doorstep" — and to do it cheaply, reliably, and without hand-holding.

You'll orchestrate the entire production pipeline. That means sourcing and outsourcing the right partners, coordinating design and packaging, managing those relationships directly, relentlessly optimizing cost, and owning kitting and fulfillment end to end. If something has to get made, assembled, or shipped, it's yours.

This is a conductor role. You won't do every task yourself — you'll find the right people and shops, negotiate good deals, hold them to deadlines and quality, and keep the whole thing moving. You're the single point of accountability for the product getting built and delivered at the right cost.

We're looking for someone resourceful and frugal by instinct. Someone who treats every dollar of cost like it's their own, who knows when to outsource versus do it in-house, and who can build a kitting and fulfillment process that scales without breaking. Reports directly to the CEO.

This role is built around the value you create. The more cost you take out and the more reliably you ship, the more you earn — your upside is tied directly to the efficiency of the operation you run. If you make us lean, we scale together.

What we're looking for

• Experience bringing a physical product from design to delivery
• Sourcing and vendor management — finding partners, negotiating, holding them accountable
• A real instinct for cost optimization (COGS, freight, packaging, labor)
• Experience coordinating design and packaging with external partners
• Experience with kitting, assembly, and fulfillment — or the resourcefulness to build it from scratch
• Comfortable managing multiple vendor relationships at once without dropping balls
• Self-directed. This isn't a managed role with daily check-ins.
• Data-literate — you can track cost, lead times, and quality and make decisions from them
• Bonus: consumer hardware or electronics manufacturing experience
• Bonus: experience with 3PLs, warehousing, or e-commerce fulfillment
• Bonus: domestic (USA) manufacturing and supply chain relationships

Details

• Remote or Pittsburgh, PA USA
• Contract, part-time to start
• Compensation is performance-based and scales with the efficiency you deliver

Interested?

Email [e-mail] with the subject "Head of Operations" and tell us a bit about your background.