VP, Supplier Development

Dexcom • San Diego, CA

1d • Remote

About The Position

The Company Dexcom Corporation (NASDAQ DXCM) is a pioneer and global leader in continuous glucose monitoring (CGM). Dexcom began as a small company with a big dream: To forever change how diabetes is managed. To unlock information and insights that drive better health outcomes. Here we are 25 years later, having pioneered an industry. And we're just getting started. We are broadening our vision beyond diabetes to empower people to take control of health. That means personalized, actionable insights aimed at solving important health challenges. To continue what we've started: Improving human health. We are driven by thousands of ambitious, passionate people worldwide who are willing to fight like warriors to earn the trust of our customers by listening, serving with integrity, thinking big, and being dependable. We've already changed millions of lives and we're ready to change millions more. Our future ambition is to become a leading consumer health technology company while continuing to develop solutions for serious health conditions. We'll get there by constantly reinventing unique biosensing-technology experiences. Though we've come a long way from our small company days, our dreams are bigger than ever. The opportunity to improve health on a global scale stands before us. Meet the team: As part of Dexcom’s Operations and Supply Chain leadership organization, the Supplier Development team plays a critical role in enabling the scalability, reliability, and performance of our global supply base. This team partners cross-functionally with R&D, Quality, Operations, Strategic Sourcing, Regulatory, and Clinical to ensure our suppliers are technically capable, manufacturing-ready, and compliant as Dexcom continues to grow and innovate. Together, we are accountable for protecting patient safety, ensuring uninterrupted product availability, and supporting the successful launch and ramp of life-changing CGM technology worldwide.

Requirements

• Proven executive leadership experience in global supplier development, manufacturing engineering, or supplier quality within regulated, high-volume environments.
• Deep expertise in supplier industrialization, automation, capacity scaling, and yield optimization across complex supply chains.
• Demonstrated success enabling predictable product launches, rapid manufacturing ramps, and sustained high-volume performance.
• Strong ability to influence and align cross-functional executive stakeholders and strategic supplier partners.
• Experience building, developing, and leading high-performing global organizations through periods of rapid growth and complexity.
• Disciplined, data-driven approach to risk management, problem solving, and continuous improvement.
• Executive judgment and accountability, with a clear understanding of how decisions impact patients, product quality, regulatory compliance, and Dexcom’s long-term success.
• Typically requires a Bachelor’s degree with 20+ years of industry experience
• 15+ years of successful leadership experience in relevant industry

Responsibilities

• Provide executive leadership for Dexcom’s global supplier development, supplier engineering, and supplier quality strategy across the entire supply base.
• Own end-to-end supplier technical and manufacturing readiness, from early design engagement and industrialization through qualification, on-market support, and end-of-life management.
• Establish a differentiated supplier development model that strengthens quality, yield, automation maturity, capacity scalability, and cost performance.
• Drive early supplier engagement to ensure design for manufacturability, process robustness, automation readiness, and right-first-time outcomes.
• Lead the development, validation, and deployment of supplier tooling, molds, and automation equipment to support new product introductions and global capacity expansion.
• Implement a structured on-market supplier support and continuous improvement framework to optimize yield, reliability, and patient safety.
• Partner closely with Operations, Supply Chain, Strategic Sourcing, Quality, R&D, Regulatory, and Clinical teams to optimize total cost of ownership and mitigate technical and supply risk.
• Serve as executive owner of supplier risk management and resiliency, including dual sourcing, technology transfers, localization, and continuity planning.

Benefits

• A front row seat to life changing CGM technology. Learn about our brave #dexcomwarriors community.
• A full and comprehensive benefits program.
• Growth opportunities on a global scale.
• Access to career development through in-house learning programs and/or qualified tuition reimbursement.
• An exciting and innovative, industry-leading organization committed to our employees, customers, and the communities we serve.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Executive
• Number of Employees: 5,001-10,000 employees