Remote Principal TPM – Hardware NPD & Manufacturing

Ladders; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% employer-covered medical, dental,

401K program with employer matching

Standard holidays and unlimited PTO

Job summary

The Ladders is seeking a Principal Technical Program Manager, New Product Development to join its Enterprise Technology team.

You will define end-to-end manufacturing strategy for new product introductions and scale complex hardware from prototype to high-volume production, partnering with engineering, operations, and external manufacturing partners to balance cost, quality, lead time, and customer requirements.

Qualifications

• 10+ years in manufacturing, operations, or industrialization.
• 5+ years leading manufacturing strategy for complex hardware.
• Experience with contract manufacturing and OEM partnerships.
• Proven track record improving quality, throughput, and on-time delivery.
• Experience launching products from prototype to volume production.

Responsibilities

• Define end-to-end manufacturing strategy, including key financial decisions and partner selection.
• Evaluate tradeoffs across cost, quality, lead time, and customer requirements.
• Develop manufacturing roadmaps for new product introduction and production scaling.
• Establish manufacturing methods, production flows, and equipment strategies.
• Lead adoption of advanced manufacturing technologies and ensure products are designed for manufacturability.
• Build production systems to achieve efficiency targets and lead validation processes.
• Define manufacturing quality strategies and drive improvements in production quality.

Skills

Manufacturing strategy

Production scale-up

Cross-functional leadership

Quality improvement

Automation strategies

OEM partnerships

Education

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Manufacturing, Operations, or related field

Job description

The Ladders is seeking a Principal Technical Program Manager, New Product Development to join its Enterprise Technology team.

You will define end-to-end manufacturing strategy for new product introductions and scale complex hardware from prototype to high-volume production, partnering with engineering, operations, and external manufacturing partners to balance cost, quality, lead time, and customer requirements.