Manufacturing Operations Program Manager

Job Summary

CoreWeave is seeking an experienced Manufacturing Operations Program Manager to join the Hardware Quality & Operations organization. This role will focus on manufacturing execution and transformation across new product introduction (NPI) and sustaining operations.

Responsibilities

• Define and own the NPI manufacturing program plan across EVT, DVT, PVT, and MP phases, including schedule, build and test readiness, exit criteria, and go/no-go gate reviews.
• Own the transition from NPI to sustaining, ensuring process documentation, quality plans, spares strategy, and open action items are handed off cleanly to steady-state production.
• Stand up and maintain risk registers covering technical, supply chain, quality, and schedule risks across contract manufacturers, suppliers, and data centers.
• Own readiness reviews for changes introduced into active production lines, ensuring changes are validated and risk-assessed before rollout.
• Manage manufacturing strategies encompassing contract manufacturer expansion, data enablement, and cross-contract-manufacturer standardization.
• Lead the evolution of the Hardware Quality metrics framework.
• Act as a primary point of alignment across engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, quality, and program and product management for assigned NPI and sustaining programs.
• Prepare and deliver executive-level program updates, including status, risks, and decisions needed, to leadership and cross-functional stakeholders.
• Build consensus across teams with competing priorities and drive decisions to closure when programs are at risk.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in program management, NPI, operations, or quality within hardware manufacturing environments.
• Demonstrated ownership of NPI programs through EVT, DVT, PVT, and MP build phases, with direct experience driving build and test readiness.
• Experience managing sustaining engineering programs, including ECOs, running changes, second-source qualification, or end-of-life and product transition planning.
• A track record of facilitating cross-functional resolution of quality issues under time pressure.
• Excellent structured communication skills, with the ability to present program status and risk to senior leadership.
• Strong program and project management fundamentals, including schedule management, risk tracking, milestone and gate reviews, and action item management.
• Experience working with supply chain, contract manufacturers, or ODM/OEM partners.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• 12+ years of direct experience in program management, NPI, operations, or quality.
• Deep understanding of server architecture.
• Familiarity with PLM and ERP systems.
• Strong working knowledge of quality tools and methodologies, including FMEA, 8D, CAPA, root cause analysis, and containment and corrective action processes.

What We Offer

• Base salary range: $207,000 to $275,000
• Discretionary bonus
• Equity awards
• Comprehensive benefits program, including medical, dental, and vision insurance, 100% paid for by CoreWeave
• Company-paid Life Insurance
• Voluntary supplemental life insurance
• Short and long-term disability insurance
• Flexible Spending Account
• Health Savings Account
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Ability to Participate in Employee Stock Purchase Program (ESPP)
• Mental Wellness Benefits through Spring Health
• Family-Forming support provided by Carrot
• Paid Parental Leave
• Flexible, full-service childcare support with Kinside
• 401(k) with a generous employer match
• Flexible PTO
• Catered lunch each day in our office and data center locations
• A casual work environment