Senior Manager, Manufacturing Operations

NVIDIA

Senior Manufacturing Operations Site Lead for NVIDIA managing manufacturing partner success in Houston, Texas. Collaborating with teams to ensure build commitments and operational excellence.

Posted 6/4/2026full-timeHouston • Texas • 🇺🇸 United StatesSenior💰 $184,000 - $299,000 per yearWebsite

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Establish the site’s operating model, mission, and performance rhythm to align with NVIDIA’s broader manufacturing and supply objectives.
Partner to lead day-to-day site operations, coordinating people, resources, and factory interfaces to ensure build plans are accomplished, and supply commitments are protected.
Serve as the primary NVIDIA contact for Houston-area manufacturing partners, addressing operational and business issues in a structured and timely manner.
Provide leadership during factory disruptions, emergency response situations, and recovery efforts, ensuring clear communication, addressing critical issues, and restoring stable operations.
Build and develop the Texas operations team, including workforce planning, hiring, mentoring, and performance management.
Foster a culture grounded in accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
Partner with internal functions across planning, engineering, quality, materials, IT and logistics to align working models, tools, important metrics, and resource plans.
Act as a senior point of contact when cross-functional alignment is required.
Coordinate continuity of supply assurance processes, including forecast acceptance alignment and execution through delivery of finished goods into NVIDIA-managed distribution and customer-owned hubs.
Manage site-level budgets and resources responsibly, ensuring operational investments support performance, resiliency, and long-term scalability.
Provide regular, clear reporting on operational performance, risks, and recovery actions to senior leadership.

Requirements

What you’ll need

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Engineering, Operations, Business, or equivalent practical experience.
12+ overall years of experience in manufacturing partner environments, production planning, or manufacturing operations, including at least 5 years of direct people leadership.
Strong understanding of board, system, and network product manufacturing flows, with demonstrated capability leading complex operational programs.
Proven experience establishing operating structures, performance cadences, and cross-functional alignment mechanisms in manufacturing environments.
Experience working within global manufacturing networks and distributed supply bases.
Structured analytical and problem-solving capability, with sound operational judgment.
Clear and effective communication skills, both written and verbal, with the ability to align technical and business collaborators.
Experience managing performance through key performance indicators and establishing a culture of continual improvement, while operating effectively in a fast-paced, high-visibility environment.

Benefits

Comp & perks

NVIDIA offers competitive compensation and comprehensive benefits.
Equity and benefits eligibility.

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Hard Skills & Tools

manufacturing operationsproduction planningoperational performance managementperformance metricsforecast acceptancebudget managementsupply chain managementcontinuous improvementanalytical problem-solvingcross-functional alignment

Soft Skills

leadershipcommunicationcollaborationaccountabilitymentoringresource coordinationstructured thinkingoperational judgmentteam buildingperformance management

Certifications

Bachelor’s degreeMaster’s degree