Senior Operations Manufacturing Site Leader - Colorado Springs (Senior Director)

Job Title

Senior Operations Manufacturing Site Leader - Colorado Springs (Senior Director)

Job Description

Image Guided Therapy (IGT) Business Segment

In Image Guided Therapy, we treat patients better by innovating minimally invasive procedures so they can go back to living the lives they love.
We enable clinicians to treat patients better by innovating image-guided therapy procedures, bringing together the most sophisticated imaging systems, smart therapeutic and diagnostic devices, disease-specific software, and services in integrated solutions.

Image Guided Therapy Devices (IGT-D) Business Unit

Image Guided Therapy Devices, or IGT-D, is part of the Image Guided Therapy (IGT) business at Philips. It consists of three primary segments:

• Coronary

• Peripheral Vascular

• Cardiac Solutions

IGT-D offers advanced tools and technologies designed to innovate minimally invasive, interventional procedures across these clinical domains, supporting the cluster’s goal of improving 2.5 billion lives per year by 2030.
Intravascular Ultrasound (IVUS) creates images from inside blood vessels throughout the body, both arteries and veins, that enable clinicians to decide on the best therapy option, guide pre-procedure planning, and confirm and optimize treatment results.

About the role

The Senior Operations Manufacturing Site Leader - Colorado Springs in the medical devices industry is directly responsible for the service, cost, quality, and safety performance of the manufacturing site(s) under their leadership, the successful production launch of products in the NPI (new product introduction) pipeline, site culture development, and the execution of strategic initiatives in line with the performance and future growth of the site.

More specifically, the Senior Operations Manufacturing Site Leader - Colorado Springs is responsible for:

• Operational Leadership: Ensure successful end-to-end site operations, best practices implementation, digitalization, and strategic engineering programs to achieve growth, scale, and cost objectives in line with the commercial strategy; Ensure quality and regulatory compliance, oversee the operational excellence and engineering roadmap for the site, lead and coordinate all cross-functional teams to deliver high-quality products efficiently and safely.
• Lead cross-functional teams and partnerships including but not limited to third party sterilization, quality, procurement, supplier quality, facilities, R&D, human resources, IT, Distribution, demand and supply planning, finance, and others in order to ensure the successful operational performance of the site.  
• Strategic Planning: Develop and implement strategic operational plans, applying advanced KPIs and best practices to improve productivity, reduce costs, optimize efficiency, and scale manufacturing capabilities.
• Quality & Regulatory Compliance: Ensure full compliance with regulatory and quality standards such as FDA QSR, ISO 13485, and EU MDR. Maintain oversight of the site quality organization, cost of quality, defect resolution, and process performance metrics.
• Operational Excellence: Develop and guide the strategy for Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, continuous improvement, and other operational excellence initiatives. Guide and direct the roadmap for the Operational Excellence team, including process optimization, equipment modernization, and automation implementation.
• Resiliency Roadmap: Develop and implement, in partnership with Engineering, Sterilization, R&D, Supply Chain, and Quality teams, a roadmap to support long-range capacity planning, new product introductions, production scaling, and supply chain resilience.
• Team Development: Mentor, coach, and develop high-performing production, engineering, and leadership teams. Foster a culture of continuous improvement, accountability, and engagement.
• Financial Management: Develop and manage manufacturing budgets, oversee cost control, resource allocation, and capital project investments.
• External Representation: Represent the company at industry events and within partnerships or supplier networks, enhancing brand reputation and operational collaboration.

Key jobs to be done:

• Optimize the end-to-end performance of two key value streams for lasers and catheters, integrating raw materials management, material handling, production scheduling, manufacturing, and third-party sterilization to improve the predictability and throughput of the value chain.
• Lead the cultural transformation of a shared site, driving to a “one team” mentality across Advanced Manufacturing Engineering (AME), R&D, Quality, Planning, and Production at the facility.
• Design the long-term strategic roadmap for the site, including space utilization, capital investment, value stream systems digitalization, and automation technology.
• Develop and build critical skills across the end-to-end value stream team, including Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, Kaizen, First-Time-Right quality, financial acumen, and value stream model implementation.  

You're the right fit if you have:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or a related technical discipline; Advanced degree preferred.
• Minimum 20 years of relevant experience in complex manufacturing and engineering environments with demonstrated leadership in operational and technical team management.
• Experience with new product introduction (NPI), production scaling, process optimization, and facility upgrades.
• Lean Manufacturing, Six Sigma, or equivalent certification.  
• Demonstrated experience leading, coaching, and developing teams to deliver operational efficiency improvements, scaling operations, change management, with strong culture and engagement results.
• This role is critical in bridging leadership, technical expertise, and regulatory compliance, directly impacting patient outcomes, operational excellence, and the commercial success of medical device products.
• You must be able to successfully perform the following minimum Physical, Cognitive and Environmental job requirements with or without accommodation for this position. 

Superpowers and Critical Capabilities:

• Leadership & Team Management: Proven ability to lead large teams, influence without direct authority, and manage cross-functional, geographically diverse teams.
• Technical Expertise: Deep understanding of manufacturing processes, Lean methodology, automation technologies, and quality improvement tools such as SPC, DOE, PFMEA.
• Analytical Skills: Strong problem-solving, decision-making, and data-driven operational analysis capabilities.
• Regulatory Knowledge: Experience in regulated environments, including FDA, ISO, compliance audits, and risk management.
• Communication & Collaboration: Excellent executive presence, interpersonal, negotiation, and presentation skills to interface with internal teams, executives, suppliers, and external partners.
• Adaptability: Ability to manage multiple priorities, dynamic production environments, and rapidly evolving projects and technologies.

How we work together

We believe that we are better together than apart. This role is an office-based role, which means working in person at least three days per week.

About Philips
We are a health technology company. We built our entire company around the belief that every human matters, and we won't stop until everybody everywhere has access to the quality healthcare that we all deserve. Do the work of your life to help the lives of others.

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• Discover our rich and exciting history.
• Learn more about our purpose.

If you’re interested in this role and have many, but not all, of the experiences needed, we encourage you to apply. You may still be the right candidate for this or other opportunities at Philips. Learn more about our culture of impact with care here.

Philips Transparency Details

The pay range for this position in Colorado Springs, CO is $178,000 to $284,000

The actual base pay offered may vary within the posted ranges depending on multiple factors including job-related knowledge/skills, experience, business needs, geographical location, and internal equity.    

In addition, other compensation, such as an annual incentive bonus, sales commission or long-term incentives may be offered.  Employees are eligible to participate in our comprehensive Philips Total Rewards benefits program, which includes a generous PTO, 401k (up to 7% match), HSA (with company contribution), stock purchase plan, education reimbursement and much more.  Details about our benefits can be found here. 

At Philips, it is not typical for an individual to be hired at or near the top end of the range for their role and compensation decisions are dependent upon the facts and circumstances of each case. 

Additional Information

US work authorization is a precondition of employment. The company will not consider candidates who require sponsorship for a work-authorized visa, now or in the future.

This requisition is expected to stay active for 45 days but may close earlier if a successful candidate is selected or business necessity dictates.  Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure consideration.

This requisition is expected to stay active for 45 days but may close earlier if a successful candidate is selected or business necessity dictates.  Interested candidates are encouraged to apply as soon as possible to ensure consideration.

Philips is an Equal Employment and Opportunity Employer including Disability/Vets and maintains a drug-free workplace.