Senior Director, Manufacturing Operations North America
ResMedAbout the role
Are you excited by the opportunity to shape, scale, and lead a multi-site manufacturing network during a period of significant growth? Resmed is expanding its North America manufacturing footprint, and we are looking for an inclusive, strategic, people-focused operations leader to guide this next chapter.
As the Senior Director, Manufacturing Operations - North America, you will lead our sites in Los Angeles, Atlanta, and a future third North America site. You will play a central role in capability development, network expansion, and operational excellence across the region.
If you thrive in fast-paced environments, love building great teams, and bring proven multi-site leadership experience, this is an exceptional opportunity to shape the future of a global organisation while making a meaningful impact on millions of lives.
What you’ll do:
Lead the North America Manufacturing Network
- Provide strategic and operational leadership across the LA, Atlanta, and future North America sites.
- Partner with cross-functional teams and external bodies, including government agencies, to enhance capability, capacity, and compliance.
- Shape the long-term manufacturing strategy and play a central role in selecting and standing up our next North America manufacturing site.
Build High-Performing, Inclusive Teams
- Lead and develop leaders across multiple states and sites - building a culture that is safe, innovative, inclusive, and empowering.
- Foster strong communication, collaboration, and accountability across the network.
- Attract, grow, and retain exceptional talent to support both current operations and future expansion.
Drive Operational Excellence & Transformation
- Champion Lean, continuous improvement, and advanced/digital manufacturing initiatives across all sites.
- Ensure reliable, efficient flow of materials and seamless production execution across the network.
- Implement and maintain robust quality management systems and regulatory compliance.
- Lead productivity, cost, and sustainability improvements to support business growth.
Ensure Reliable Delivery & Customer Satisfaction
- Oversee capacity planning, production performance, and delivery reliability across all three sites.
- Partner closely with supply chain and logistics teams to secure material continuity and minimise operational risks.
What you bring:
To be successful in this role, you will bring strong, relevant experience that aligns closely with the requirements below. We are looking for a proven manufacturing leader who can confidently operate across multiple sites and guide teams through growth and transformation.
Leadership and People Capability
- Significant multi-site leadership experience in a manufacturing or operations environment.
- Proven success building and leading high-performing teams and leaders.
- Excellent communication, stakeholder management, and influencing skills, with the ability to thrive in a global, cross-functional organisation.
Operational and Technical Expertise
- Demonstrated success improving operational efficiency, reliability, quality, and cost.
- Strong knowledge of regulatory standards, quality systems, and Lean or continuous improvement methodologies.
- Experience leading site start-ups, expansions, or major transformation programs.
Global or Multi-Region Experience (Advantageous)
- Experience operating across multiple countries or within globally distributed manufacturing networks is advantageous.
Why join us?
- Impact at scale: Lead a major transformation in Resmed’s manufacturing footprint across North America.
- Growth & investment: Be part of a company with a strong innovation agenda and significant multi-site expansion underway.
- Inclusive culture: Join a global team that values diverse leadership perspectives, psychological safety, collaboration, and continuous learning.
- Purpose-driven work: Help deliver life-changing technology to millions of people worldwide.
If you’re motivated by leading people, influencing strategy, and building future-ready manufacturing capability - we’d love to hear from you.
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