Manufacturing & Quality Leader - Scale MedTech Operations

LightForce; Wilmington (MA); On-site; USD 320,000 - 520,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Unlimited PTO

Paid holidays

Premium health coverage

401(k) plan

Parental leave

Snacks and coffee on site

Job summary

LightForce, a leading digital orthodontics innovator, is scaling its fully digital, 3D-printed manufacturing platform. This operations leadership role will own strategy, throughput, yield, and cost across multi-shift production while driving automation initiatives.

You will build a Lean, high-performing organization, recruit and develop senior leaders, and partner with Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and Finance to deliver a world-class medtech operation capable of supporting demand beyond

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading manufacturing in FDA-regulated medical-device environments.
• Proven track record scaling manufacturing operations to high-volume levels.
• Strong understanding of quality systems, process validation and design transfer.

Responsibilities

• Set the multi-year manufacturing strategy aligning capacity, technology and capital plans.
• Own production performance including throughput, yield, on-time delivery, and cost.
• Build and lead a Lean, high-performing operations organization with strong frontline leadership.
• Lead NPI and design transfer to ensure manufacturability and scale from day one.
• Partner with Quality, Supply Chain, and Finance on budgets and business cases.

Skills

Manufacturing leadership

FDA compliance

Lean manufacturing

Automation

Process engineering

Education

Bachelor's degree

Technical degree preferred

Job description

LightForce, a leading digital orthodontics innovator, is scaling its fully digital, 3D-printed manufacturing platform. This operations leadership role will own strategy, throughput, yield, and cost across multi-shift production while driving automation initiatives.

You will build a Lean, high-performing organization, recruit and develop senior leaders, and partner with Engineering, Quality, Supply Chain, and Finance to deliver a world-class medtech operation capable of supporting demand beyond