Senior Manager, Global Supplier Industrialization

About You and The Role

   Zipline is scaling drone production and flight operations by more than 20× over the next three years while maintaining best-in-class safety and reliability. You will own the entire supplier industrialization and supplier development engineering functions — building the team, processes, tools, and culture that make Zipline’s massive scale-up possible without compromising quality, delivery, or cost.  This role reports to the VP of Supply Chain, and will have 10-15 direct reports. What You'll Do   Full accountability for supplier readiness: every new program and every major ramp must pass through your organization’s technical gates before volume commitments are made. Build and lead a world-class team of Supplier Quality Engineers (SQEs), Industrialization Engineers, and NPI/Development Engineers Design and enforce Zipline’s global Supplier Industrialization Framework from first principles: Advanced Product Quality Plan...