Staff Operations Program Manager

Biofire•Broomfield, CO

6d•$180,000 - $225,000•Hybrid

About The Position

As an Operations Program Manager at Biofire, you will serve as the connective tissue between Supply Chain and Production — owning the operational execution pipeline that keeps both organizations synchronized and ensures handoffs never create gaps. We are looking for a disciplined, cross-functional operator with deep manufacturing program management expertise to build the coordination infrastructure that governs how product changes move from concept to the production floor. To succeed you will need to design and operate upstream coordination forums, author a Product Development Process that governs all active programs of record, enforce readiness gates before programs reach affected teams, and drive measurable improvement in program intent achievement across scope, schedule, and quality. You will need to be a systems thinker and structured executor who is eager to build the programmatic discipline a fast-moving hardware company needs to scale reliably. If you're excited about building the operational backbone of a mission-critical manufacturing organization from the ground up, we encourage you to apply.

Requirements

7+ years of program or project management experience in a hardware manufacturing environment, with direct exposure to contract manufacturing, supply chain, and production operations;
Demonstrated experience building cross-functional coordination processes from scratch — not inheriting and running an existing system, but designing the structure, cadence, and governance;
Proven ability to manage 2–3 concurrent complex programs simultaneously, with externalized systems (WBS, trackers, review cadences) that maintain context and keep all programs moving;
Track record of identifying and escalating programmatic risks using leading indicators — before they materialize into misses — with a structured approach to classifying severity and reversibility;
Experience operating as a staff-level individual contributor who peers with Director-level leaders and drives cross-functional execution without direct line authority;

Responsibilities

Owning the operational execution pipeline across Supply Chain and Production — ensuring cross-functional readiness before changes reach the Change Review Board, and that no handoff creates a coordination gap;
Designing, launching, and running upstream coordination forums with defined cadence, attendees, agenda structure, and action tracking across Supply Chain, Production, Engineering, and Software;
Authoring and publishing a Product Development Process (PDP) with clear stage gates, entry/exit criteria, and lines of responsibility — including modular plug-in points for future Engineering and Technical Program Manager counterparts;
Enforcing readiness gates for every program of record — ensuring each program is PDP-approved, scoped with a full WBS with named owners and target dates, and scheduled with a realistic walk-back timeline before broadcast to affected teams;
Managing 2–3 concurrent programs of record simultaneously, proactively identifying risks both upstream (inputs from other organizations that threaten the portfolio) and downstream (manufacturing omissions that put successors at risk);
Building and operating a measurement system that tracks program intent achievement across scope, schedule, and quality dimensions — and using it to drive continuous improvement across successive programs;
Peering with Director-level leaders across Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Engineering, and Software to build influence without positional authority and earn credibility through demonstrated understanding of the cross-functional landscape.