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Director, Transition to Production
Intellisense Systems IncUnited Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 22 May 2025
About the role
Intellisense Systems, Inc., is a fast-growing Southern California technology innovator that solves tough mission-critical challenges for our customers in advanced military defense and homeland security markets by designing, developing, manufacturing, and distributing novel technology solutions for airborne, ground, and maritime applications.
We are seeking an experienced and visionary Director of Transition to Production to lead the transition to production and production program management efforts for advanced military electronics, sensor systems, and rugged displays. This senior role requires a high-caliber leader capable of driving the successful transition of developed products from our product development departments into full rate production and sustainment for our customers, significantly contributing to the successful expansion of Intellisense’s product portfolio for years to come.
The ideal candidate will possess a strong technical foundation, exceptional leadership qualities, and a proven track record in managing the full lifecycle of complex defense programs from conception, through qualification, and on to production and sustainment. This role will be instrumental in improving and optimizing Intellisense’s transition to production processes, working hand-in-hand with the Chief Engineer, Product Directors, and Production Management to streamline Intellisense’s production release process. This role requires strategic thinking, financial acumen, and the ability to lead large multi-disciplinary teams across the corporation to ensure a successful production transition for diverse products.
Key Leadership Responsibilities:
We are seeking an experienced and visionary Director of Transition to Production to lead the transition to production and production program management efforts for advanced military electronics, sensor systems, and rugged displays. This senior role requires a high-caliber leader capable of driving the successful transition of developed products from our product development departments into full rate production and sustainment for our customers, significantly contributing to the successful expansion of Intellisense’s product portfolio for years to come.
The ideal candidate will possess a strong technical foundation, exceptional leadership qualities, and a proven track record in managing the full lifecycle of complex defense programs from conception, through qualification, and on to production and sustainment. This role will be instrumental in improving and optimizing Intellisense’s transition to production processes, working hand-in-hand with the Chief Engineer, Product Directors, and Production Management to streamline Intellisense’s production release process. This role requires strategic thinking, financial acumen, and the ability to lead large multi-disciplinary teams across the corporation to ensure a successful production transition for diverse products.
Key Leadership Responsibilities:
- Production Program Management: Establish, lead, and mentor a Production Program Management team to effectively manage the handoff of new products from Engineering into Operations and provide program management to production contracts.
- Manufacturing Engineering Management: Establish, lead, and mentor a Manufacturing Engineering team to support DFX initiatives in support of product development and address manufacturability challenges and process improvements during production.
- Customer Care Management: Lead the launch of Intellisense’s new customer care organization to oversee customer support for all released products. This includes establishing the support framework and processes to efficiently manage customer inquiries, technical issues, and follow-up in order to meet and exceed customer expectations during the sustainment phase of the product lifecycle.
- Operational Excellence: Identify, monitor, and report out on key performance metrics with respect to product transition and production program execution monthly. Identify opportunities and solutions for improvement in these areas to foster a culture of accountability and continuous improvement.
- Strategic Process Leadership: Develop and execute strategic production program management frameworks. Establish process consistency and standards for new product release to ensure seamless transition of new products to production.
- Customer and Stakeholder Engagement: Represent production program management for key government and military customers, ensuring strong relationships and alignment with program objectives.
- Product Sustainment Champion: Identify and partner on improvements to product design, manufacturing, and/or quality improvements based on analysis of quality data, product and customer issue trends, and customer feedback. Proactively manage part obsolescence for new and on-going production programs to stay ahead of potential production program impacts.
- Production Scaling Initiatives: Champion initiatives that improve the production operations readiness for future growth in product lines and production volume. Apply Lean principles to eliminate waste and increase efficiency. Prepare production infrastructure, processes, tools now before production ramp-up occurs.
- Production Business Capture: Lead production proposal efforts including preparing pricing with BOEs and writing portions of the technical and management volumes and completing associated compliance matrices.
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