Head of Manufacturing & Supply Chain Strategy

Investigo is partnering with a high-growth U.S. advanced hardware and autonomous systems company to hire a Head of Supply Chain & Manufacturing Strategy. The company is making a significant long-term investment in expanding U.S. manufacturing and developing secure, resilient domestic and allied supply chains. As regulatory requirements around component origin, supplier eligibility, market access, tariffs, and domestic content continue to evolve, these considerations are becoming fundamental inputs into product design and manufacturing strategy.

This leader will determine which capabilities to onshore, which suppliers to develop, and which technologies or manufacturing processes should be vertically integrated versus externally sourced. You will work across Hardware Engineering, Manufacturing, Supply Chain, Regulatory, Trade Compliance, and Finance to translate regulatory and supply-chain constraints into actionable business decisions. This is a highly visible role with the opportunity to influence major sourcing, manufacturing, supplier-development, and capital-allocation decisions.

• Supply Chain & Manufacturing Strategy
  Develop the strategic roadmap for creating secure, scalable, and compliant supply chains. Determine which technologies and capabilities should be onshored, vertically integrated, developed with strategic suppliers, or maintained externally.
• Onshoring & Supplier Development
  Set priorities for securing critical commodities and expanding domestic and allied-country supply. Where a suitable supply base does not currently exist, determine whether to develop a supplier, bring the capability in-house, or work with engineering to design around the constraint.
• Make-vs-Buy & Vertical Integration
  Build and defend business cases for bringing manufacturing capabilities in-house. Recommendations will incorporate capital requirements, ramp assumptions, capacity, tooling, yield, supply-chain resilience, regulatory exposure, and long-term economics.
• Regulatory & Product Risk
  Partner closely with regulatory and trade‑compliance teams to understand changing requirements and translate them into sourcing and manufacturing decisions. Maintain an evidence‑based view of product and supply‑chain exposure and communicate risks in terms of schedule, revenue, cost, and market access. Relevant frameworks may include NDAA restrictions, the American Security Drone Act, country‑of‑origin requirements, FCC requirements, tariffs, and federal supply‑chain restrictions.
• NPI & Supplier‑of‑Record Decisions
  Work alongside Global Supply Managers and hardware engineering during new product introduction to influence supplier‑of‑record and approved‑vendor decisions. Bring regulatory, origin, resiliency, and compliance considerations into design reviews early enough for engineering teams to act on them.
• Multi‑Tier Supply Chain Traceability
  Build greater visibility beyond Tier 1 suppliers, establishing multi‑tier bill‑of‑materials traceability, country‑of‑origin information, and chain‑of‑custody visibility across purchased and internally manufactured components.
• Cost & Compliance Optimization
  Identify sourcing moves that simultaneously advance compliance, tariff, domestic‑content, resiliency, and cost objectives. Help develop domestic sourcing strategies that can become economically competitive with traditional global supply chains.

• 10+ years of experience across supply chain, manufacturing operations, commodity management, or operations strategy, including at least three years in a regulated hardware environment where sourcing decisions carried meaningful legal or contractual implications.
• Experience influencing component and supplier selection during product design, including NPI, design…