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Analog Devices

Designs high-performance analog and DSP ICs

Senior Manager Production - Manufacturing Operations

Manufacturing & Production OperationsConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeCamas, WA, USA

About the Job

Requirements

  • A bachelor's degree in Business, Engineering, or a related field is required; a technical or engineering degree is strongly preferred.
  • At least 8 years of leadership experience in high-volume wafer fabrication or advanced manufacturing operations.
  • Demonstrated success leading large production teams through supervisors and frontline leaders.
  • Strong communication and interpersonal skills, with proven effectiveness in a data-driven, metrics-based operating environment.
  • Working knowledge of manufacturing and business systems, including enterprise resource planning and materials requirements planning, manufacturing execution systems, dispatching, capacity planning, and Microsoft Office.
  • Ability to apply analytics, digital tools, and emerging artificial intelligence and machine-learning capabilities to improve safety, quality, productivity, and cost performance.
  • Strong problem-solving skills, operational discipline, and commitment to continuous improvement.
  • Applicants other than U.S. citizens, U.S. permanent residents, and protected individuals may be subject to an export licensing review for access to technical data.

Responsibilities

  • Translate site and enterprise manufacturing strategies into actionable operational plans for the Production organization, aligned with safety, quality, productivity, cost, talent development, and sustainability objectives.
  • Lead execution of production improvement roadmaps supporting site-level digital transformation, automation, and modernization initiatives.
  • Drive adoption of data-driven and artificial-intelligence-enabled decision-making in production operations, using analytics, automation, and machine-learning insights to improve daily execution and performance stability.
  • Support change management for new technologies, digital tools, demand shifts, and new product introductions, ensuring disciplined adoption on the production floor.
  • Share and apply best-known methods across the manufacturing network to improve production performance.
  • Maintain a safe and healthy work environment by enforcing organizational standards, applying 5S principles, and complying with company policies, legal requirements, and regulatory standards.
  • Own day-to-day production quality performance using quality methodologies including 8D, 5-Why, and statistical process control, as well as AI-assisted defect detection, yield analysis, and trend identification.
  • Lead production-plan execution to deliver short-term results and continuous improvement across safety, quality, productivity, cost, and efficiency metrics.
  • Use predictive and prescriptive analytics, where applicable, to anticipate equipment issues, process drift, capacity constraints, and safety risks.
  • Provide tactical direction through written reports, dashboards, presentations, daily operational reviews, all-hands meetings, and shift-level stand-ups, grounding decisions in accurate, timely data.
  • Lead capacity modeling, scenario analysis, and demand response within the production organization, partnering with site leadership on longer-range planning.
  • Partner with Supply Chain to optimize wafer starts, cycle time, and scheduling while balancing customer demand with fab constraints and operational risk.
  • Participate in internal and external audits to support compliance, business continuity, and continuous improvement, including responsible and ethical use of AI in manufacturing operations.
  • Support development and ramp-up of new products and non-standard fabrication requirements while maintaining safe, stable, and predictable production output.
  • Ensure cross-training programs and skills matrices are in place, using digital tools to improve workforce flexibility and readiness.
  • Lead recruiting, hiring, onboarding, and training for the Production organization, aligning staffing plans with quarterly and longer-range production needs.
  • Foster engagement, accountability, and continuous improvement through proactive communication, coaching, and visible leadership across all shifts.
  • Develop production supervisors and frontline leaders to operate in a digital, automated, and data-driven manufacturing environment.
  • Execute performance management processes to improve team continuity, leadership capability, and operational results.
  • Partner with Human Resources on competency development, technical capability building, and training plans aligned with future manufacturing needs.
  • Ensure alignment with enterprise excellence principles emphasizing safety, quality, operational rigor, and responsible innovation.

Desired Qualifications

  • A technical or engineering degree is strongly preferred.

About the Company

Analog Devices

Designs high-performance analog and DSP ICs

Analog Devices designs, manufactures, and markets high-performance analog, mixed-signal, and DSP integrated circuits used in many electronic devices. Its products include data converters, amplifiers, and power-management ICs that OEMs embed to sense, convert, and process signals, enabling reliable communication between the physical world and digital systems. ADI differentiates itself through a broad, specialized portfolio and close partnerships with OEMs across multiple industries—industrial, automotive, communications, and consumer—to solve complex engineering challenges. The company’s goal is to provide trusted signal-processing solutions that help customers design capable, reliable products by bridging the gap between the physical and digital domains.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Wilmington, MA
Founded
1965

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