Hiring: VP of Operations Company: LightForce Location: Wilmington, MA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-12 11:19:52 Target Skills & Keywords : Digital Transformation, Lean Manufacturing About the job Experience: •12+ years of progressive manufacturing and operations leadership, including significant experience in an FDA-regulated medical-device environment. Required Skills: •LightForce is scaling fast, and we need an operations leader who can turn that growth into a world-class manufacturing organization. This is a builder's role: you'll take a fully digital, 3D-printed MedTech manufacturing operation from early-scale to a disciplined production system capable of supporting a business well beyond $250M in revenue. •You'll have real ownership — of strategy, of the P&L levers that matter (throughput, yield, capacity, cost), and of a growing team. You'll report directly to the President and work shoulder-to-shoulder with the executive team and board on some of the most consequential decisions in the company's next chapter. •Build the multi-year manufacturing roadmap that turns commercial demand into capacity, technology, and capital plans — staying ahead of growth without overbuilding. •Partner with Engineering, Supply Chain, Quality, Finance, and Commercial on long-range plans, and give the executive team and board a clear, honest read on performance and risk. •Bring a Quality First mindset to production, and understand that Quality is the underpinning of success, gross margin, productivity, yield, and customer satisfaction. Patients are at the center of everything we do. •Take day-to-day accountability for throughput, cycle time, yield, on-time delivery, and cost across a multi-shift production environment. •Build a frontline leadership structure that stays close to the work and solves problems at the root cause — fast. •Build Technical Operations & Drive Automation Qualifications: •A track record of scaling a manufacturing organization through a major step-change in volume and complexity — you've done this before. •Deep knowledge of FDA Quality System requirements, ISO 13485, process validation, design transfer, and manufacturing controls. •Applied hands-on capability in Lean manufacturing, automation, and process engineering — and the financial fluency to manage significant CapEx/OpEx budgets. •Bachelor's degree required; technical degree preferred. Compensation: •Unlimited PTO for exempt employees (accrued PTO for non-exempt employees, up to 15 days) Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!