Product Manager, Supply Chain

Manufacturing Operations Software • Los Angeles

Location

Los Angeles, California (hybrid, 3 days a week in El Segundo)

Compensation

$175k–$200k + equity · hybrid 3 days in El Segundo · ITAR role

About the company

Our client is a Series A startup building operations software for advanced hardware manufacturers — aerospace, robotics and energy. Their platform is an API-first operating system for the factory floor: production workflows, parts tracking, supply-chain procurement and quality control. Founded in 2019 with roots in the commercial space industry, they have raised over $34M and are around fifty people, headquartered in El Segundo, Los Angeles. Their customers are the companies building rockets, eVTOLs, micro nuclear reactors, autonomous vehicles and robots.

The role

You would own a brand-new supply-chain vertical inside the product, end to end and from scratch: procurement, inventory management, traceability, vendor management, and BOM/MRP. It is a genuinely greenfield brief with a lot of autonomy — expect factory-floor visits to customers, direct work with engineering, and using AI tools to prototype and occasionally push code yourself. Depending on seniority you would report to the CEO/CPO or to the lead product manager, and there is a real path from owning this vertical to managing a team; the current lead PM followed exactly that route. One thing worth knowing: the client's own priority is manufacturing signal. They will take someone who has lived in supply-chain operations without a product-management title, and they say plainly that they can teach the software side.

What you'll do

Own a greenfield supply-chain vertical end to end — procurement, inventory, traceability, vendor management and BOM/MRP
Spend real time on customer factory floors, and bring what you see back into the roadmap
Write technical specs from complex domain logic, and build functional prototypes with AI-assisted tools
Align engineering, design, sales and customers around what gets built
Grow the vertical into a team as it matures

What we're looking for

These are hard requirements. Check each one that applies to you.

I have hands-on experience in manufacturing or industrial operations or supply chain — factory floor, procurement, inventory or logistics — or a software-engineering and technical building background; I understand manufacturing signal is weighted highest here
I can be on-site at the client's Los Angeles (El Segundo) headquarters at least 3 days a week, and I understand this role is not open to remote
I am a US citizen or Green Card holder — this is an ITAR role, with no visa sponsorship of any kind and no exceptions; no security clearance is required
I have roughly 3 to 10 years of experience in product management, supply-chain operations, or industrial/manufacturing engineering
I am a strong cross-functional communicator who can influence engineering, design, sales and customers directly
I am genuinely excited about hard tech and advanced manufacturing — the client names this as a non-negotiable

Please note: every item above is a hard requirement for this role. Applications that don't meet all of them will be rejected. We recommend applying only if you check every box.

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Nice to have

All three of manufacturing experience, supply-chain exposure and a software-engineering background — the client's ideal profile
Deep familiarity with procurement workflows, BOM/MRP, inventory allocation or traceability
Real experience implementing a Manufacturing Execution System — the product is MES-adjacent and this specifically excites the team
A background at a hard-tech or advanced-manufacturing company in aerospace, defence, energy, robotics or automotive
Product-management experience shipping features end to end, from research through launch

Tech stack

React on the frontend, Python on the backend, SQL/PostgreSQL, AWS and APIs, alongside ERP systems such as NetSuite and SAP, plus MES, PLM and AI-assisted prototyping tools. The client is explicitly agnostic about how proficient you already are in any of these — you do not need to arrive knowing this stack.

Compensation & logistics

$175k–$200k base, with room to flex to around $220k for an exceptional candidate
Equity included, and the client will trade more equity for salary as a lever
Hybrid — on-site at the El Segundo, Los Angeles headquarters a minimum of 3 days a week; this role is not open to remote
This is an ITAR-regulated role: candidates must be US citizens or Green Card holders. No visa sponsorship of any kind. No security clearance is required
3 to 10 years of experience in product management, supply-chain operations, or industrial/manufacturing engineering
1 hire planned
Three interview stages: a 20–30 minute screen, a 45-minute call with the lead product manager, and an on-site of roughly two hours built around a case study you prepare with AI tools and present
Full-time

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