Description:

- Lead the end-to-end development of complex physical productsfrom problem definition and design trade-offs to validation, scaling, and lifecycle management.

- Define clear product principles, decision frameworks, and stage-gates to balance performance, cost, reliability, and scalability.

- Collaborate closely with engineering, R&D, and operations teams to translate business needs into robust product and system designs.

- Establish and refine testing and validation protocols to ensure reliability and scalability before network-wide deployment.

- Stay ahead of relevant technology and market trends to inform product and system evolution.

(Products may include energy storage systems, charging infrastructure, and network hardware.)

Logistics & Supply Chain:

- Design and scale supply chain and logistics systems that work reliably under uncertainty, rapid growth, and operational complexity.

- Optimize cost, lead times, asset availability, and network reliability through thoughtful system designnot just execution.

- Partner with operations teams to ensure supply chain processes are grounded in real-world constraints and execution realities.

- Build forecasting, demand planning, and tracking mechanisms that improve decision-making and visibility across the network.

- Define clear metrics, dashboards, and operating rhythms to manage performance at scale.

Procurement & Vendor Development:

- Build and manage strategic partnerships with critical suppliers across components, manufacturing, and technologyboth domestic and international.

- Develop procurement strategies that balance cost efficiency, quality, resilience, and long-term scalability.

- Lead contract negotiation, contract management, and warranty frameworks with key partners.

- Proactively identify and mitigate supply risks, including geopolitical, environmental, and operational factors.

- Drive BOM benchmarking and optimization for high-value products and systems.

- Work closely with finance to align procurement strategies with budgets, cost targets, and cash-flow discipline.

Quality & Reliability:

- Establish quality as a system, embedded across product design, supplier selection, operations, and feedback loops.

- Define and track clear KPIs for quality, performance, and defect resolution in collaboration with internal teams and partners.

- Lead root-cause analysis and corrective actions for quality or reliability issues.

- Maintain strong audit, documentation, and governance processes to ensure safety, performance, and compliance.

What You Will Need:

- 8+ years of experience building and scaling complex products, supply chains, or operations, with at least 5 years in a senior leadership role.

- Proven ability to design and run systems in environments with high operational and execution complexity.

- Strong first-principle thinker who can break down ambiguous problems and design practical, scalable solutions.

- Demonstrated leadership and team-building capability across cross-functional and external stakeholders.

- High learning agilitycomfortable stepping into new technical domains and building conviction quickly.

- Strong analytical and decision-making skills, with a bias toward data-driven problem solving