Senior Director, Operations Management (Site Leader) - Kalispell, MT, United States

Originally posted 23 September 2026 by the employer.

About the role

This role entails providing leadership and direction for two co-located manufacturing operations, Montana Production Operations (MPO) and Montana Manufacturing Solutions (MMS), totaling approximately 300 personnel, and is accountable for their performance and results.

What you'll do

• Lead the combined Montana site as the senior manufacturing leader, accountable for integrated site performance, resource allocation, and strategic direction.
• Provide executive leadership in the strategic planning, preparation, execution, and continuous improvement of all manufacturing operations across MPO (semiconductor equipment product build) and MMS (quick-turn machining, assembly, and test).
• Serve as the critical interface with business unit executives to ensure the site meets strategic roadmaps and achieves operational performance metrics, including delivery of customer orders, attainment of financial targets (Material Cost of Sales, Period/Burden/Variance costs), and predictable shipped product quality.
• Drive improvements in cost, cash, responsiveness/agility, and consistency across MPO and MMS in support of a growing, cyclical semiconductor equipment business.
• Build organizational capability across MPO and MMS to execute in a distributed manufacturing / contract manufacturing environment, leveraging MMS's quick-turn capability to support MPO's build schedules and broader supply chain responsiveness.
• Develop and lead a continuous improvement culture through systemic tools and methodologies across both operations to improve quality and EH&S, enhance lead time responsiveness, strengthen cash management (inventory), and drive agility initiatives.

What you'll need

• Bachelor's Degree.
• 15+ Years of experience.
• Broad and comprehensive understanding of different manufacturing systems, theories, and practices spanning both discrete product build (MPO) and precision machining/assembly/test (MMS).
• In-depth knowledge of semiconductor equipment manufacturing and quick-turn machining/test operations.
• Ability to lead a ~300-person, two-operation site through managers of diverse activities (production, machining, assembly, test, quality, supply chain).
• Capability to evaluate key business and operational challenges spanning two distinct manufacturing disciplines and direct development of new or innovative solutions.

Nice to have

• Experience managing the interdependency between MPO and MMS – capacity planning, workforce flexibility, and shared services/infrastructure.

Skills: manufacturing operations, semiconductor equipment, site leader, continuous improvement, NPI