Supply Chain Program Manager

Aurora Innovation•Pittsburgh, PA

About The Position

Aurora is seeking a Supply Chain Program Manager to join their Global Purchasing & Supply Chain (GPSC) team. The primary responsibility of this role is to ensure supply chain readiness throughout all development stages of next-generation hardware products. This involves leading supply chain readiness by planning and executing purchasing, supply chain, and supplier quality strategies for assigned programs. The role requires owning the supply chain timeline development and execution, considering program constraints and dependencies. A key aspect is driving supply chain resilience through detailed mapping from prototype to production, analyzing the complete supply chain by defining and measuring performance criteria, and developing metrics and dashboards to report readiness and resilience. The Supply Chain Program Manager will also establish meeting cadences, prepare executive summaries, represent GPSC in program meetings, and proactively address obstacles with cross-functional partners. Continuous improvement in data integrity and system automation is also a focus.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Supply Chain Management or a related technical field.
7+ years of experience in supply chain roles managing hardware development programs breaking down complex projects into manageable milestones, with the ability to manage timelines, dependencies, and risks.
5+ years of experience managing supply chain setup for hardware development from prototype to high volume manufacturing with products in mass production in large and/or fast growing companies.
Strong ability to communicate (verbal and written) effectively to various audiences at all levels; proven ability to communicate complex concepts in a succinct manner to senior executive audiences.
Proficiency with task management tools equivalent to Jira, and schedule management tools equivalent to Smartsheet/MS Project.
Advanced analytical skills with the ability to transform data into insight using Googlesheets/Excel.

Nice To Haves

Master's degree in supply chain management, business management, or a related field is preferred.
Experience in hardware industry (aerospace/defense, automotive, AV, medical devices, etc) with a focus on safety-critical components and high-volume manufacturing.
Impeccable attention to detail and organization, ability to influence, motivate, and generate goodwill with teammates while juggling multiple projects at once.
Ability to pivot seamlessly between granular details and big picture strategic topics, identifying connections between the two.

Responsibilities

Lead supply chain readiness through the planning and execution of purchasing, supply chain and supplier quality strategies for the assigned programs.
Own supply chain timeline development and execution considering top-down program constraints and bottoms-up dependencies with key milestones.
Drive supply chain resilience by conducting detailed supply chain mapping from prototype to production.
Analyze the complete supply chain by defining and measuring performance criteria to support strategic decision-making.
Develop metrics and build dashboards to report supply chain readiness and resilience for the assigned programs.
Establish appropriate cadence to run programmatic meetings with appropriate level of details for the respective audience.
Prepare and present succinct, crisp executive summaries to leadership.
Represent GPSC in program meetings, providing status updates, highlighting risks, and outlining proposed solutions and mitigating steps.
Proactively drive discussions with cross-functional partners to address obstacles.
Drive continuous improvement activities in data integrity and system automation with cross-functional teams to enhance the quality, efficiency and scalability of tools and processes.