Project Kuiper is Amazon’s low Earth orbit satellite broadband network. Its mission is to deliver fast, reliable internet to customers and communities around the world, and we’ve designed the system with the capacity, flexibility, and performance to serve a wide range of customers, from individual households to schools, hospitals, businesses, government agencies, and other organizations operating in locations without reliable connectivity.
Export Control Requirement: Due to applicable export control laws and regulations, candidates must be a U.S. citizen or national, U.S. permanent resident (i.e., current Green Card holder), or lawfully admitted into the U.S. as a refugee or granted asylum.
The Kuiper Electronic Supply Chain team is seeking a Senior Manager to lead our Operations Technical Program Management (OPM) team. This team is responsible for technical manufacturing and procurement operations across the supply base for Printed Circuit Board Assemblies (PCBA) destined for our satellites. The successful candidate will solve for the long-term needs of the supply base while remaining deeply engaged in the management of daily product delivery.
Key job responsibilities
- Lead, coach, and develop a team of Operations Program Managers
- Ensure hardware is delivered to support production schedules identifying, tracking, and resolving risks to delivery with cross functional teams as necessary
- Protect future deliveries through detailed and proactive evaluation of supplier production lines for capacity and manufacturing quality
- Report status to senior leadership in a clear and succinct manner
- Develop and implement best practices within the team while ingesting and replicating best practices from other teams
- Lead team to execute annual improvement plans
