The Square Hardware team is looking for a full time employee to join the Factory Operations Program Management team. This individual will be responsible for taking a product from development to mass production. This individual will have the opportunity to gain strong operational management experience by taking full ownership of factory activities at our selected OEMs. This person will lead and manage the effort to take a program from ramp to end of life cycle, while working closely with Engineering, Supply Planners, and Quality to resolve supply, product, and process issues. You will be a part of a team distributed across San Francisco, Oakland, and Shenzhen, China. 

You will

• Work cross-functionally with engineering, planning, & product marketing to ensure that final product supply can meet demand.

• Collaborate with the same cross-functional team to coordinate product launch timing

• Build strong relationships with CM’s to ensure high quality and to ensure a predictable supply.

• Manage overall capacity plan, including coordination of equipment, fixture & materials for ramp

• Work closely with the engineering, quality, and product teams to identify risks and opportunities in manufacturing / production

• Be responsible for operational readiness of new production

• Provide initial assessment for manufacturability of early product designs

• Drive manufacturing efficiency and yield improvements for post-ramp products

• Work closely with GSMs to ensure component supply matches the build plan

• Work alongside the hardware engineering team during development to prepare for EVT, DVT, PVT & ramp. This includes: factory support & build-readiness prep

You have

• Bachelor’s degree plus minimum 5 years experience in a supply chain or similar operations role.

• Product development or relevant engineering experience (preferred)

• Willingness to travel ~30% of the time

We’re working to build a more inclusive economy where our customers have equal access to opportunity, and we strive to live by these same values in building our workplace. Block is a proud equal opportunity employer. We work hard to evaluate all employees and job applicants consistently, without regard to race, color, religion, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, pregnancy, gender expression or identity, sexual orientation, citizenship, or any other legally protected class. 

We believe in being fair, and are committed to an inclusive interview experience, including providing reasonable accommodations to disabled applicants throughout the recruitment process. We encourage applicants to share any needed accommodations with their recruiter, who will treat these requests as confidentially as possible. Want to learn more about what we’re doing to build a workplace that is fair and square? Check out our I+D page. 

Additionally, we consider qualified applicants with criminal histories for employment on our team, assessing candidates in a manner consistent with the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Perks

We want you to be well and thrive. Our global benefits package includes:

• Healthcare coverage
• Retirement Plans
• Employee Stock Purchase Program
• Wellness perks
• Paid parental leave
• Paid time off
• Learning and Development resources

Block, Inc. (NYSE: SQ) is a global technology company with a focus on financial services. Made up of Square, Cash App, Spiral, TIDAL, and TBD, we build tools to help more people access the economy. Square helps sellers run and grow their businesses with its integrated ecosystem of commerce solutions, business software, and banking services. With Cash App, anyone can easily send, spend, or invest their money in stocks or Bitcoin. Spiral (formerly Square Crypto) builds and funds free, open-source Bitcoin projects. Artists use TIDAL to help them succeed as entrepreneurs and connect more deeply with fans. TBD is building an open developer platform to make it easier to access Bitcoin and other blockchain technologies without having to go through an institution.