A operationally focused manufacturing leader building a process of excellence.

WHO WE ARE

Biofire Technologies is on a mission to give gun owners better tools for reducing preventable gun injuries and deaths, especially among children. We believe our technology, combined with a best-in-class customer experience, will define the future of firearms safety for the next generation. Our mission-driven approach has earned support from the firearm community, the tech world, and the media.

Biofire employees are world-class engineers who have designed and tested firearms, medical devices, robots, cars, satellites, rockets, and supersonic jets. What unites our team is our commitment to safety and reliability that we bring to our work every day.

OUR CULTURE

Reducing accidental firearm injuries and deaths requires original thinking and authentic collaboration, so we're deeply invested in building a team and culture that can achieve our mission together. Team members enjoy autonomy and flexibility from day one, so expect to be immediately tasked with solving challenging problems and building new systems that work. We'll hold you accountable for executing on audacious goals, giving and receiving honest feedback, and helping your teammates succeed. You'll receive respect, kindness, and support from every direction while you figure out how to get it all done.

ABOUT THE ROLE

As Biofire's VP of Manufacturing, you will be responsible for delivering high-quality execution at scale, owning and building new core strategic operational initiatives and organizations from the ground up that enable the company to achieve its mission. You will build teams, systems, and sustainable processes that deliver excellent execution and value across all disciplines to assure customers' quality and delivery expectations are exceeded while products are manufactured at a competitive cost. You will build and lead a team of operators that sets and achieves ambitious objectives, allowing Biofire to rapidly scale with its customers. To succeed you will have built a manufacturing organization from zero to one, possess a love for setting and achieving audacious goals, built and lead excellent teams, and have a passion for quality operational execution in everything you do. .

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Day to day responsibilities of the role will include:

• Defining ambitious objectives and leading teams to achieve them;
• Develop and execute a rapidly scalable manufacturing strategy across multiple product lines that incorporate both single-piece flow and just-in-time inventory management philosophies;
• Develop processes to regularly review, maintain, control, and report on the financial impact of the scale-up strategy and gauge performance against profit plan objectives;
• Provide expert knowledge in both lean concepts and quality management systems to the manufacturing team;
• Developing clear performance metrics across all tiers of the enterprise and creating visual systems to continuously track and improve against them;
• Creating a culture of operational excellence based on the Toyota Production System(TPS), both within manufacturing teams and throughout the company, that brings rigor and focus on relentlessly driving waste out of the enterprise while focusing on the needs of the customer;
• Partner with core functional leaders to exceed year-over-year financial targets through the execution of material and non-material cost-out projects;
• Budgeting and resource planning to ensure the company is prepared to meet new operational challenges and capable of rapidly responding to new opportunities.

COMPENSATION, BENEFITS & PERKS

We'll need you to bring your very best, so we give you what you need to do a great job. You'll enjoy flexible hours, teammates you will like, respect, and be inspired by, and all the technical resources you might need at our Broomfield office.

In addition to our competitive pay and stock options, Biofire offers fully covered medical, dental, and vision benefits, a funded Health Spending Account, unlimited PTO (that team members actually use - we promise), a 401(k) with employer matching, and a 14 week parental leave policy. We deliver perks including noise-canceling headphones, the premium music streaming service of your choice, and anything else you'd need to succeed in your role (within reason).

This is a full-time, salaried role with a flexible work-from-home policy. The compensation range for this role is $150,000-$225,000.

QUALIFICATIONS

If you think you will succeed in this role, and love the work you'll do, we encourage you to apply regardless of your background. We evaluate candidates based on their unique talents and fit for our needs, not a rigid list of qualifications.

LOCATION AND HOURS

Our dog-friendly, state-of-the-art headquarters is located in beautiful Broomfield, Colorado, between Boulder and Denver. Most roles require team members to frequently collaborate in person, but you will enjoy the flexibility to work from home when you need to. We trust you to communicate with your team to make things work.

DIVERSITY & INCLUSION

We're bringing innovation to a technological problem that has persisted for decades, so we depend on diverse, inclusive, and collaborative teams to break new ground and do great work. We welcome people from all qualified backgrounds, and we don't discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, political affiliation, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.

ELIGIBILITY

This role handles information subject to US Export Control Regulations. Applicants must be (a) a citizen of the United States; (b) a lawful permanent resident of the United States ("Green Card" holder); or (c) a person admitted into the United States as an asylee or refugee to be considered for the position.