Staff Operations Program Manager

Lunar Energy•Mountain View, CA

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About The Position

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Staff Operations Program Manager to take the lead in managing production and supply chain execution with our key Contract Manufacturers (CMs). This strategic role is responsible for driving operational excellence, managing CM relationships, overseeing production readiness (NPI to Mass Production), and ensuring strict adherence to product specifications and manufacturing schedules. You will own the end-to-end management of production programs, ensuring on-time delivery, quality, and cost-effectiveness of our products. Lunar Energy was founded to transition homes to 100% clean energy-making our electricity greener, our air cleaner and our energy more safe, secure and reliable for all. We're a fast-growing, global company building the world's best clean energy products to electrify all homes and connect communities to form clean, resilient virtual power plants.

Requirements

BA or BS or higher in Business, Engineering, Supply Chain/Operations or equivalent practical experience
Minimum of 5 years leading programs in both NPI and sustaining production environments
Experience working with CMs in startup/NPI environment with knowledge of manufacturing principles
MES, MRP, ERP, PLM
Demonstrated understanding of operations first principles and lean manufacturing
Proficiency in Excel/Sheets, PowerPoint/Slides, Smartsheet/Timeline tools, Atlassian suite (Jira, Confluence)
Proficient in data analysis and communicating findings through appropriate data visualizations

Nice To Haves

Experience at a CM or supplier a plus

Responsibilities

Drive operations and manufacturing consensus in cross-functional program meetings, ensuring decisions align with production readiness, cost, and capacity requirements.
Create and present program updates and timelines to the company, including members of the executive team
Lead production readiness reviews and ensuring processes and equipment are in place when needed, whether that is a brand new NPI program or for implementing changes on existing products
Attend and lead external meetings with our CMs and suppliers to regularly monitor and review their production metrics and drive continuous improvement
Work with our CMs to ensure any production impacting issues are addressed and production is uninterrupted, including but not limited to items related to manufacturing process or quality, test, supply chain, and logistics.
Work closely with Lunar's planning team to understand annual forecasts and drive any actions needed for meeting production demands

Benefits

Medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents
Flexible Paid Time Off plus 10 paid holidays
Tax deferred 401(k) plan
Paid parental leave for all full time employees including 12 weeks paid parental leave for the birthing mother and 6 weeks paid parental leave for the non-birthing parent
Subsidized EV charging and pre-tax commuter benefits

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