Director NPI Service Manufacturing Operations

Director NPI Service Manufacturing Operations

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Primary Function of Position:

The Director of NPI Service Manufacturing Operations is responsible for establishing, scaling, and leading the end‑to‑end Service Manufacturing and MRO (Maintenance Repair & Overhaul) readiness operations that enable successful introduction, validation, and global transfer of new Field Replaceable Units (FRUs), failure analysis, repair processes, and service capabilities. This leader ensures that all new service products—across all Business Units—Endoluminal, Multiport, Single Port, and emerging platforms—are fully operationalized and ready for deployment into the global service repair network.

Reporting to the Director NPI Manufacturing, this role oversees service build readiness, repair process development, technician capability, capacity planning, production execution, and quality compliance at the NPI site. The Director partners cross‑functionally with R&D, Process Engineering, Product Operations, Demand/Supply Planning, Global MRO, Quality Engineering, Supply Chain, Training, Finance, and Field Service to ensure service manufacturing solutions meet cost, throughput, turnaround time, and reliability requirements prior to global ramp.

The ideal candidate is a decisive, systems‑level operations leader who excels in complex cross‑functional environments, can influence without authority, and demonstrates consistent execution, organizational maturity, and alignment with Intuitive’s leadership expectations.

• NPI Service Manufacturing & MRO Readiness Leadership
  • Lead all NPI service manufacturing activities, ensuring repair readiness, process validation, and operational maturity for new FRUs and service products.
  • Own the transition from engineering builds to stable, repeatable repair processes capable of meeting volume, quality, and turnaround time requirements.
  • Define repair strategy, workflows, staffing plans, and the operational architecture required to support global repair deployment.
• Cross‑Functional Program Leadership
  • Serve as the primary service operations voice in cross‑functional product teams for new platforms and FRUs.
  • Drive alignment with Engineering, R&D, Quality, and Supply Chain on repairability requirements, design‑for‑serviceability inputs, BOM accuracy, routings, tooling, and technician instructions.
  • Ensure readiness gates are met with high quality and predictable outcomes.
• Workforce Development & Training Readiness
  • Develop organizational capability through hiring, coaching, and performance management of managers, supervisors, IE resources, training specialists, planners, and technicians.
  • Partner with Training to define certification plans, training capacity, and skill‑mix requirements for new product support.
  • Build a culture of technical excellence, continuous improvement, and operational discipline.
• Production Execution & Operational Performance
  • Oversee daily service manufacturing operations for NPI products, ensuring output meets build plans, quality standards, and cost targets.
  • Implement core operations systems including SIOP (Sales, Inventory & Operations Planning), capacity modeling, labor planning, takt modeling, earned hours vs. paid hours, and throughput optimization.
  • Ensure robust material availability, reverse logistics coordination, and service BOM accuracy.
• Quality, Regulatory, and Compliance Ownership
  • Maintain compliance with regulatory standards, QMS requirements, documentation control, and service‑related manufacturing processes.
  • Partner with Quality Engineering to ensure test methods, FA processes, and service metrics such as Gross Efficiency, First Pass Yield, and RMA aging meet expectations.
  • Drive CAPA (Corrective and Preventive Action) effectiveness and ensure rapid containment of issues identified during early builds.
• Global Transfer & Scaling
  • Lead the transfer of mature repair processes from the NPI site to global MRO locations (e.g., Sunnyvale, Peachtree Corners, Mexicali, Freiburg, APAC sites).
  • Ensure receiving sites have validated processes, adequate technician capability, stable…