Vice President Operations in Burlington

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The Vice President, Operations is a dynamic, complex role that is new to the organization, and will be responsible for the innovative thinking, advanced operational strategies, executable plans and leadership that will enable our precision optics and integrated mechatronics organization to scale to meet significant new demand.

Reporting directly to the President & CEO, you will combine your functional and strategic leadership, engineering expertise and innovative operational thinking to challenge conventional thinking to create an entirely new way of approaching operational excellence in the precision engineering/manufacturing sector.

This instrumental position requires a forward-thinking leader with a track record of sustaining a culture of continuous innovation, cross-functional collaboration and a focus on output-driven outcomes.

As the Vice President, you will play a pivotal role in shaping the future of our company by rethinking end-to-end production processes, taking advantage of existing operational efficiencies to scale further, and implementing methodologies that make sense for all stakeholders and customers. Your responsibilities will span several key milestone accomplishments, including:

• The selection and operationalization of a new site.
• Developing the framework for end-to-end manufacturing engineering operations.
• Ensuring seamless collaboration between engineering, production, procurement & supply chain, and quality assurance teams.

By developing and executing efficient and scalable strategies, you will enable meeting forecasted production demands and commitments, positioning the organization for continued agility and competitiveness in the rapidly evolving landscape of precision optics and integrated mechatronics.

This role presents a unique opportunity to make a lasting impact on PV Labs' continued success and reinforce our reputation as true innovators in the industry.

The dimensionality of the role of the Vice President Operations will be punctuated throughout three distinct phases of PV Labs strategy to scale over the next several years:

• The initial emphasis will focus on obtaining and fully operationalizing a new site for the organization's engineering, test, and production capability requirements to prepare for delivery to customers internationally.
• The focus of the second stage will be on fully operationalizing the production capability locally as well as supporting our network of localization partners.
• The final iteration of scaling our operations capability will be the successful evolution to full production capability of between 50-75 systems per year.

About the Ideal Candidate:

• Mastery of Engineering, Optics, Production & Operations management in a precision engineering/mechatronics and component production/assembly environment.
• Experience with scaling an organization while concurrently scaling productivity gains.
• Proven knowledge and experience in MRP/ERP, and/or Kanban, inventory control and supply chain methodologies through applied knowledge of Lean manufacturing and Supply Chain principles.
• Experience successfully supporting an ERP system implementation.
• A strong command of required production performance KPIs and outcome-driven success measures.
• Experience with regulatory compliance (particularly with ITAR-controlled technology).
• Advanced-level academic achievement in technical and/or business education (BSc/MSc or MBA).
• Strong knowledge of quality, compliance matters, and manufacturing engineering excellence.
• Thorough knowledge of EHS requirements as well as successful demonstrated safety achievements.

What's In It For You:

Our engineering philosophy is firmly rooted in modularity and component-based design. We want you to be vocal and involved in building and improving our company, its efficiency, agility and ingenuity.

Our work-life philosophy is also unique; we've fully embraced a 4-day work week, all year long and wrapped up in a hybrid model that allows you to work from where it makes the most sense.

About PV Labs:

For over 20 years, we've been dedicated to the design, development, and delivery of bespoke gyro-stabilized imaging systems across diverse sectors. PV Labs can be where your Engineering and Operations Leadership career meets limitless innovation and unparalleled impact.