Senior Technical Program Manager, Manufacturing

Oura; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 198.000 - 233.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Competitive salary and equity packages

Health, dental, vision insurance and

Ōura Ring for you and discounts

20 days PTO + 13 holidays + 8 wellness

Paid sick and parental leave

Zusammenfassung

Ōura seeks a Senior Technical Program Manager for Manufacturing to bridge Product Development and Global Manufacturing Operations. You will own the manufacturing plan for PD programs, ensuring equipment, tooling, and test assets meet aggressive launch milestones.

You will lead cross-functional teams, drive RFQ to FAT/SAT for equipment, and ensure scheduling, risk mitigation, and change management are in place. This is a US Hybrid role in San Francisco.

Qualifikationen

• 7+ years of technical project management experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment (Consumer Electronics preferred).
• Strong understanding of Mechanical/Electrical engineering principles and the NPI process.
• Ability to translate complex technical constraints into actionable project plans for non-technical stakeholders.
• Experience managing global equipment vendors and contract manufacturers (CMs).
• B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related technical field.
• Willingness to travel up to 25% of the time.

Aufgaben

• Act as the SPOC for Manufacturing Engineering in all PD program forums.
• Coordinate with Operations and Engineering PMs to align equipment schedules with the master product schedule.
• Develop the Plan of Record (POR) with qualification plans, checklists, and specs for production release.
• Drive end-to-end manufacturing equipment development from RFQ to FAT/SAT.
• Identify and mitigate technical bottlenecks early in design; manage dependencies between hardware changes and capability.
• Manage changes impacting manufacturing and deployment.
• Oversee installation and bring-up of manufacturing lines at global sites, meeting yield, cycle time, and reliability targets.
• Manage CAPEX/OPEX budgets for manufacturing development and allocate resources.

Kenntnisse

Project management

Manufacturing

Mechanical engineering

Electrical engineering

NPI process

Communication

Vendor management

Cross-functional

Ausbildung

B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or related technical field

Tools

MES systems

Production dashboards

Smart manufacturing tools

Jobbeschreibung

Our mission at the company is to empower every person to own their inner potential. Our award-winning products help our global community gain a deeper knowledge of their readiness, activity, and sleep quality by using their the company Ring and its connected app. We've helped millions of people understand and improve their health by providing daily insights and practical steps to inspire healthy lifestyles.

Empowering the world starts with living our values and empowering our team. As a quickly growing company focused on helping people live healthier and happier lives, we ensure that our team members have what they need to do their best work — both in and out of the office.

As the Senior Technical Program Manager (TPM) for Manufacturing, you will be the primary bridge between Product Development (PD) and Global Manufacturing Operations. You are the single point of contact for all manufacturing process development and deployment within the PD program. Your mission is to ensure that every piece of custom automation, tooling, and test equipment is designed, validated, and deployed on time to meet aggressive product launch milestones.This is a US Hybrid (3 days per week) role based in our San Francisco, California office.

What You Will Do:

• Program Single Point of Contact (SPOC): Act as the lead representative for Manufacturing Engineering in all PD program forums.

• Cross-Functional Orchestration: Work in lockstep with Operations Program Managers (OPMs) and Engineering Program Managers (EPMs) to align equipment schedules with the master product schedule. Bring diverse teams together to tackle complex problems and work towards closure.

• Understand and collaborate in developing the Plan of Record (POR), ensuring qualification plans, checklists and specifications are in place to support production release.

• Equipment Lifecycle Management: Drive the end-to-end development of manufacturing equipment, from initial requirements gathering and vendor selection (RFQs) to Final Acceptance Testing (FAT) and Site Acceptance Testing (SAT).

• Risk Mitigation: Identify technical bottlenecks in the manufacturing process early in the design phase. Proactively manage dependencies between hardware design changes and equipment capability.

• Change Management: Manage changes impacting Manufacturing area to understand change impact and deployment planning.

• Deployment & Scaling: Oversee the installation and bring-up of manufacturing lines at global sites, ensuring equipment meets yield, cycle time, and reliability targets.

• Budget & Resource Tracking: Manage CAPEX/OPEX budgets for manufacturing development and ensure resources are allocated to the highest-priority program workstreams.

• What good looks like in 6 months:

• You are the recognized manufacturing voice in PD program forums for at least one active NPI program, and program leads come to you first for manufacturing readiness status.

• You have built an integrated equipment and process schedule (automation, tooling, and test) tied to the master product schedule, with clear owners, dependencies, and critical path.

• You have established a regular reporting cadence with KPIs (schedule, FAT/SAT status, yield and cycle-time readiness, CAPEX spend) that leadership relies on.

• Key equipment vendors and CM teams know you as their point of escalation, and you have driven at least one major technical risk to closure ahead of a build milestone.

• A change-management process for design changes that impact manufacturing is in place and used by Engineering and Operations.

This is a hybrid role out of our San Francisco office.

What you'll bring

• Experience: 7+ years of technical project management experience in a high-volume manufacturing environment (Consumer Electronics, preferred).

• Technical knowledge: Strong understanding of Mechanical/Electrical engineering principles and the New Product Introduction (NPI) process.

• Communication: Proven ability to translate complex technical constraints into actionable project plans for non-technical stakeholders. Experience of how to report on the whole and divide the whole into easily understandable sub-entities and KPIs.

• Vendor Management: Experience managing global equipment vendors and Contract Manufacturers (CMs).

• Education: B.S. in Mechanical Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related technical field.

• Possibility and willingness to travel up to 25% of the time

Nice to have:

• Experience with wearable, miniaturized, or high-precision consumer electronics manufacturing.

• Experience running programs for custom automation, fixtures, and test equipment from concept through FAT/SAT and production ramp.

• Familiarity with MES systems, production data dashboards, or smart manufacturing tools.

• PMP, PgMP, or equivalent program management certification.

Benefits

At Ōura, we care about you and your well-being. Everyone here at Ōura has a ring of their own and we are continually looking to improve employee health.

What we offer:

• Competitive salary and equity packages

• Health, dental, vision insurance, and mental health resources

• An Ōura Ring of your own plus employee discounts for friends & family

• 20 days of paid time off plus 13 paid holidays plus 8 days of flexible wellness time off

• Paid sick leave and parental leave

Ōura takes a market-based approach to pay, which may vary depending on your location. US locations are categorized into tiers based on a cost of labor index for that geographic area. While most offers will be closer to the starting range, successful candidates' pay will be determined based on job-related skills, experience, qualifications, work location, internal peer equity, and market conditions. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Region 1 $198,050- $233,000

the company is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. Individuals seeking employment at the company are considered without regard to age, ancestry, color, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), gender identity or expression, genetic information, marital status, medical condition, mental or physical disability, national origin, protected family care or medical leave status, race, religion (including beliefs and practices or the absence thereof), sexual orientation, military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local laws. We will not tolerate discrimination or harassment based on any of these characteristics.

We will work to ensure individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.