LightForce Benefits Overview

Leads complex manufacturing and operational programs from planning through completion, including scale-ups, equipment installations, automation, process improvements, and production readiness. Coordinates cross-functional teams, manages schedules, budgets, risks, resources, and priorities, and communicates program status to senior leadership. Drives measurable improvements in capacity, cost, quality, efficiency, and operational performance.

Leads strategic sourcing, supplier relationship management, commercial negotiations, contract coordination, supplier performance improvement, and capital equipment procurement for additive manufacturing operations. Develops sourcing strategies, evaluates suppliers, conducts risk and total-cost analyses, negotiates agreements, manages supplier escalations, and supports qualification, production readiness, manufacturing scale-up, and new product introduction in partnership with Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Finance, Legal, and Supply Chain.

Leads product marketing strategy for LightForce’s AI-enabled, 3D-printed orthodontic platform. Responsibilities include product positioning, pricing, market analysis, integrated campaigns, go-to-market planning, commercialization, competitive intelligence, sales enablement, clinical messaging, and cross-functional alignment. The role also measures campaign and product adoption performance while shaping category strategy and commercial growth in orthodontics.