Staff Operations Program Manager
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Lightmatter is a photonic-computing company developing optical interconnects and light engines for AI-scale data centers.
Mountain View, United States
Funding history
About Lightmatter
Founded in 2017 by MIT researchers, Lightmatter develops photonic infrastructure for AI, including its Passage interconnect platform and Guide light engine.
Skills
Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will own operational execution for hardware programs from NPI through high-volume manufacturing. You will coordinate suppliers and internal stakeholders, create master build plans, track material readiness and critical dependencies, govern statements of work, report risks, and manage BOM, ECO, and PLM workflows.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Business Management, Engineering, or a related field
- 8 or more years of Operations Program Management or Partner Operations experience
- Experience in high-tech hardware, semiconductors, optical networking, or silicon photonics
- Experience managing external manufacturing partners, contract manufacturers, silicon foundries, or OSATs through NPI-to-HVM cycles
- Expertise in master scheduling, material availability tracking, and Clear-To-Build matrices
- Experience with BOM management, ECO routing, revision control, PLM systems, and ERP/MRP environments
- Capacity to comply with U.S. export control laws
Responsibilities
- Own the material development lifecycle from NPI through high-volume manufacturing
- Align demand into master build plans across foundries, OSATs, and contract manufacturers
- Build and maintain Clear-To-Build matrices across multi-tier suppliers
- Track lead times and stage consigned materials for build execution
- Draft, enforce, and track vendor statements of work
- Conduct operational progress reviews and enforce supplier milestones
- Resolve critical-path dependencies affecting external manufacturing
- Maintain risk logs, material-readiness trackers, and build-progress dashboards
- Manage bills of materials, engineering change orders, and PLM approval workflows
Benefits
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage
- Retirement savings matching program
- Basic, voluntary, and AD&D life insurance
- Vacation, sick time, and public holidays
- Paid family leave
- Short-term and long-term disability coverage
- Commuter benefits
- Flexible hybrid workplace model
- Equity grants for eligible full-time employees