Second Muse
Full-time, Manufacturing Program Manager
Job Description
We are looking for a full-time Manufacturing Manager to develop and grow our startup manufacturing-support programming. SecondMuse is currently working with NYSERDA on the statewide M-Corps program and NYCEDC’s Futureworks NYC. Our growing company also supports local economic development through Community Sourced Incubation in Michigan, Florida, Indonesia and Australia with prospective programs in other US and global cities. The Manufacturing Manager will be based in New York City and focus on supporting, growing understanding and connections between the startups and manufacturing community across the city and state more broadly.
The ideal candidate has experience developing a supply chain, has worked directly with manufacturers, is familiar with startups and innovation, is able to navigate both public and private sector as it relates to manufacturing and has ability to provide immediate impact while driving toward long-term goals. Specific knowledge of the NYC and/or New York State manufacturing ecosystem, the hardware startup community, and/or cleantech is a big plus! The Manufacturing Manager will support and grow existing programming and seek out additional business opportunities to grow SecondMuse’s work.
Key Responsibilities
- Conduct landscape analysis to understand needs of local and state manufacturers and the organizations currently serving them. Deepen SecondMuse understanding of ways to support manufacturers in the ecosystem.
- Conduct research on scalable manufacturing and assembly space and help startups plan for and identify space that will support their growth.
- Build strategy for engaging manufacturers and execute the day-to-day engagement of manufacturers and partners to support startups seeking to manufacture. Develop programming and interventions to support manufacturers seeking to work more closely with startups.
- Develop incubator content and programming focused on preparing startups to build efficient and effective relationships with manufacturers. Source, vet, and build relationships with manufacturers and facilitate relationships between manufacturers and hardware startups.
- Provide support to Startup Success Manager in order to prepare startups for the manufacturing process, engaging them and connecting them to NY-based manufacturers when they are ready.
- Oversee and contribute to events and convenings that increase awareness of manufacturing potential and possibilities in NYC and beyond.
- Manage a network of engaged technical experts to inform the program, run seminars and build capacity of startups to manufacture.
- Determine and track success metrics in order to measure impact and program effectiveness and submit regular reports on program success to client.
- Position SecondMuse as thought leader in 21st century manufacturing in local, national and global convenings focused on innovation and manufacturing.
- Identify and build out potential streams of revenue related to the manufacturing sector in NYC and beyond.
Key Skills and Capacities
- Entrepreneurial mindset is a must. We’re blazing new trails here!
- Self-motivated and proactive.
- Kind, open and conversational. You’ll be communicating across sectors – from startup founders to manufacturers to investors to policymakers and corporate partners.
- Thoughtful listener with a willingness to consider and execute on multiple perspectives and possible solutions. Ability to build infrastructure that will support an ecosystem as opposed to one-off solutions.
- Experience and familiarity with human-centered design principles with an eye toward ensuring partners, participants and manufacturers have a valuable experience working with SecondMuse.
- Trustworthy and accountable to commitments.
- Cheerful in the trenches with a team-first orientation.
- Ability to think beyond the ‘now’, develop strategies to push the boundaries of how things are currently made and build thought leadership around manufacturing and innovation.
About SecondMuse
For the past 10 years SecondMuse has collaborated with visionary governments, corporations, foundations and startups to build 21st-century economies. Current programs include NYCEDC’s Futureworks, the M-Corps cleantech manufacturing program with NYSERDA, The Incubator Network with Circulate Capital to battle ocean plastics, and LAUNCH, accelerating technologies for the circular economy. To learn more about SecondMuse, visit secondmuse.com or join SecondMuse on Twitter and Instagram.
It is a core belief at SecondMuse that diversity is necessary for strong networks to be built and sustained, and we seek to reflect that diversity on our team as well. We are an equal opportunity employer actively seeking diversity in service to our mission of understanding and solving humanity’s toughest challenges.
SecondMuse is a certified B Corporation with 50+ employees from NYC to San Francisco, Washington DC to Melbourne. We have eight full-time teammates in the New York City office.
Interested? Here are the Next Steps!
- Send your resume and one-page cover letter, both in PDF format. In the one-page cover letter, address:
- What interests you about SecondMuse and why you are a great fit for this role?
- And, how did you find out about this job?
Send to careers@secondmuse.com with “Manufacturing Manager” in the subject heading. Thank you! :)
