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Fictiv

<div><div>Fictiv Exists to Enable Hardware Innovators to Build Better Products, Faster

Fictiv exists to help product innovators create.

Fictiv is a global manufacturing and supply chain company that enables organizations to scale globally across Fictiv's four global manufacturing centers in India, Mexico, China, and the U.S.. Companies use Fictiv to access high-quality production, optimize supply chain logistics, and mitigate supply chain risk&mdash;ensuring they can move from prototype to full-scale manufacturing with speed and confidence. To date, Fictiv has delivered more than 35 million commercial and prototype parts for industries such as aerospace, robotics, automotive, climate tech, and more, helping them innovate faster, free up precious resources, and drive profitable growth.</div> 
**Please note: This role is required to be based in the San Francisco Bay Area, California**

At Fictiv, we're building the world's leading platform for hardware manufacturing. As a Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist, you'll play a key role in that mission by sourcing, qualifying, and managing work distribution across our network of U.S.-based Manufacturing Partners&mdash;who are far more than just suppliers. 

In this role, you will leverage your deep expertise in supplier sourcing, qualification, and development&mdash;as well as your background in Business, Supply Chain, or Manufacturing&mdash;to strategically build and strengthen our network of U.S.-based Manufacturing Partners. You will cultivate high-trust, in-person relationships, champion continuous improvement, and ensure operational excellence across capacity, capability, quality, and cost. 

You will report to the Manager of Strategic Sourcing for the U.S. Region, serving as a senior contributor and subject-matter expert within the Strategic Sourcing team.

Impact in this Role

At Fictiv, we streamline sourcing for our customers, with the Strategic Sourcing team at the forefront of this mission. As a Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist, you will play a critical role in fostering strong, enduring partnerships with our North American Manufacturing Partners in your region. Your work will directly impact partner performance, customer satisfaction, operational scalability, and Fictiv's ability to meet complex manufacturing needs across technologies including CNC machining, 3D printing, sheet metal, and injection molding.

You will also ensure we have a well-balanced network of partners, each with the right capacity and capabilities, to consistently meet and exceed customer requirements in terms of technical specifications, lead time, and cost. This will involve regular engagement, both virtually and on-site, to strengthen relationships, assess partner capabilities, resolve challenges, and collaborate on continuous performance improvements.

Areas of Responsibility

Manufacturing Partner (MP) Relationship Management

Onboarding &amp; Evaluation: Own the end-to-end sourcing and onboarding of new Manufacturing Partners&mdash;including identification, assessment, selection, and integration into Fictiv's ecosystem&mdash;ensuring full alignment with Fictiv's goals and strategic objectives.

Manage Relationships: Build and nurture long-term relationships with Manufacturing Partners (MPs) across your region. This will involve both virtual and in-person interactions, ensuring a high level of engagement and business alignment while fostering strong partnerships.

Negotiation of Terms

Manufacturing Service Agreements (MSAs): Lead or support negotiations for Manufacturing Service Agreements (MSAs) with key strategic partners, ensuring terms support long-range competitiveness, quality, and scalability. Drive partner alignment on pricing, lead times, capacity planning, and performance targets to ensure consistent delivery and operational excellence.

Supplier Development &amp; Engagement

Supplier Development Initiatives: Identify and lead supplier development initiatives in collaboration with Sourcing and other cross-functional teams, improving quality, throughput, capability, and reliability. 
Drive Engagement: Drive supplier engagement, ensuring consistent adherence to Fictiv's standards and expectations.

Cost and Lead Time Optimization

Transparency &amp; Spend Optimization: Oversee a strategically balanced domestic supply portfolio, ensuring optimal distribution of spend, capacity, and capabilities. Analyze partner performance, cost structures, and utilization data to drive efficiency, transparency, and continuous operational improvement across the network.

Collaboration and Stakeholder Management

Cross-Functional Cooperation: Partner with Sales, Product Management, Quality, Costing/DFM, and Operations teams to align on supplier strategies, execution plans, and continuous improvement projects.

Continuous Improvement: Proactively suggest and implement continuous improvements across sourcing, quality, and cost optimization strategies.

Supplier Sourcing and Network Expansion

New Supplier Partnerships: Proactively identify and cultivate new supplier partnerships that strengthen Fictiv's domestic manufacturing capabilities across multiple technologies. Leverage your industry network and existing relationships to expand Fictiv's strategic supplier footprint and drive growth across the ecosystem. 
Program-Specific Supply Chain Development: In collaboration with sourcing and our customers, and sales team, develop the right supply chain and Manufacturing Partners to meet our customers' need for some of our largest programs.

Site Visits and Relationship Building

On-Site Visits: The core aspect of this role involves regular on-site visits to manufacturing partners, allowing you to directly address challenges and strengthen relationships. These visits provide valuable insights into current capacity, capabilities, and partner preferences, fostering trust and enhancing collaboration&mdash;key differentiators in driving long-term success with our partners. 
Travel Requirements: The role will require an average of 25% to 50% travel each month to engage directly with suppliers and visit their facilities.

Adherence to Standards

Strategic Sourcing Charter &amp; AORs: Maintain consistency in processes, documentation, and decision-making to support scalable, repeatable sourcing excellence.

All employees are expected to maintain and contribute to the QMS.

Travel Expectations

25-50% travel is required

Desired Traits, Qualifications, Education and Experience Equivalency
<ul>
<li>7+ years of experience in strategic sourcing, supply chain, business development, or manufacturing engineering, with direct exposure and experience to CNC machining, 3DP, molding, or fabrication suppliers.</li>
<li>Proven track record in supplier sourcing, negotiation, development, and relationship leadership.</li>
<li>Strong familiarity with vendor management systems, sourcing platforms, and related tools.</li>
<li>Hands-on experience working directly with domestic suppliers, including regular on-site engagement within their facilities.</li>
<li>Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to navigate complex negotiations and influence cross-functional stakeholders.</li>
<li>Strong analytical capability and comfort interpreting cost models, performance data, and operational metrics.</li>
<li>Demonstrated sound judgment in supplier evaluation, sourcing strategy, and decision-making.</li>
<li>Skilled in conducting challenging negotiations while maintaining productive and professional cross-functional relationships.</li>
<li>Highly proficient in collecting, analyzing, and interpreting data to drive business decisions.</li>
<li>Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering, Supply Chain, Logistics, Business Administration, or a related field; Master's degree preferred.</li>
<li>Highly organized, detail-oriented, and a self-starter capable of operating autonomously.</li>
<li>Excellent project management skills.</li>
<li>Ability to travel 25&ndash;50% of the time (primarily domestic with the majority of travel being local to the San Francisco Bay Area).</li>
</ul>
Special Note

This role is restricted to U.S. persons (i.e., U.S. citizens, permanent residents, and other protected individuals under the Immigration and Naturalization Act, 8 U.S.C. 1324b(a)(3)) due to access to export-controlled technology. Fictiv will require proof of status prior to employment.

<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">Perks and Benefits</h3>
<ul><li>Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance</li>
<li>401K plan</li>
<li>Monthly Virtual Work stipend for things like food, internet, travel, pet care, health and wellness</li>
<li>Annual Education stipend</li>
<li>Parental leave programs</li>
<li>Paid volunteer days</li>
<li>Onboarding setup, including: standing desk, laptop, monitor, and chair, and a stipend for additional items such as headphones, blue light glasses, or any other ergonomic supplies you may want or need</li>
<li>And much, much more!</li>
</ul>
Salary Range: $120,000 - $145,000 per year 

Interested in learning more? We look forward to hearing from you soon.<div> 

About Fictiv

Fictiv is transforming how the next rockets, self-driving cars, and life-saving robots are designed, developed, and delivered to customers around the world. People who succeed at Fictiv are talented, creative, and driven to achieve professional excellence and support our vision to help product innovators create.

We're actively seeking teammates who:
<ul>
<li>Bring diverse perspectives and experience to our culture and company.</li>
<li>Excel at being part of a strong, empathetic team.</li>
<li>Thrive in an environment emphasizing respect, honesty, collaboration, and growth.</li>
<li>Have an 'always learning' mindset that celebrates learning, not just wins.</li>
<li>Help us continue to build a world-class organization that values the contributions of all of our teammates</li>
</ul>
We encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups, including but not limited to women, members of the LGBTQ community, people of color, people with disabilities, and veterans.</div></div>

Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist (US)

<div><div>Fictiv Exists to Enable Hardware Innovators to Build Better Products, Faster

Fictiv exists to help product innovators create.

Fictiv is a global manufacturing and supply chain company that enables organizations to scale globally across Fictiv's four global manufacturing centers in India, Mexico, China, and the U.S.. Companies use Fictiv to access high-quality production, optimize supply chain logistics, and mitigate supply chain risk&mdash;ensuring they can move from prototype to full-scale manufacturing with speed and confidence. To date, Fictiv has delivered more than 35 million commercial and prototype parts for industries such as aerospace, robotics, automotive, climate tech, and more, helping them innovate faster, free up precious resources, and drive profitable growth.</div><h3 class="jobSectionHeader"> 
Impact In This Role</h3>

Fictiv is looking for a Product Marketing Manager - Production Services with a passion for production manufacturing and supply chain industry to join our marketing team. In this role, you will empower your marketing colleagues and sales key stakeholders with the market information, messages, proof points, and content to effectively promote our product offerings. You will know the ins-and-outs of who our target customers are, what they care about, and what manufacturing and supply chain services they need at every stage of the product life cycle - especially bridge to full-scale production. You will package this information into powerful messages and assets to win the hearts and minds of Fictiv's customers, partners and industry analysts.

This position reports to the Senior Director of Product Marketing.
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What You'll Be Doing</h3>
<ul><li>Developing clear and effective production manufacturing solution messaging by persona and industry vertical to be used in marketing and sales campaigns</li>
<li>Maintaining up-to-date messaging and product marketing assets for all of Fictiv's production manufacturing and supply chain service offerings</li>
<li>Interacting with customers and Fictiv sales reps to document win/loss analysis and deepen our understanding of our target audience</li>
<li>Evaluating Fictiv's positioning against our competition to inform our positioning and accentuate its differentiation in the market</li>
<li>Directing launch campaigns to promote new feature releases and services</li>
<li>Delivering clear messaging for emails, ads, web landing pages, brochures and technical positioning to support marketing campaigns and SEO initiatives</li>
<li>Enabling our sales teams with product trainings and sales enablement materials</li>
<li>Identifying case studies and testimonials that provide clear, quantifiable examples of Fictiv's value</li>
</ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">Desired Traits</h3>
<ul><li>10+ years experience in global manufacturing and supply chain, sales and/or product marketing roles</li>
<li>B.S. in engineering or B.A. in business, marketing or other relevant field</li>
<li>You are a strategic thinker, able to translate complex ideas into clear, focused actions and solutions</li>
<li>You are an excellent writer, comfortable developing blogs, brochures, and landing page copy</li>
<li>You are highly organized and a great project manager, able to keep multiple stakeholders on track toward a launch deadline</li>
<li>Comfortable working in a marketing shared services, matrix-driven model</li>
<li>Experience marketing to a span of personas such as technical audiences (e.g., mechanical engineers) and senior-level executives (e.g., manufacturing, supply chain, procurement, operations)</li>
<li>Travel up to 30% - domestic and international</li>
</ul><ul><li>BONUS POINTS: You've worked with technology products that have targeted mechanical engineers, manufacturing, supply chain and procurement managers. An understanding of mechanical or electronic manufacturing processes across North America and overseas is a plus.</li>
</ul><h3 class="jobSectionHeader">Physical Demands</h3>

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

While performing the duties of this job, the employee routinely is required to sit; walk; talk and hear; use hands to keyboard, fingers, handle, and feel; stoop, kneel, crouch, twist, crawl, reach, and stretch.
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Salary Range: $155,000 to $175,000 per year, depending upon experience</h5>
<h3 class="jobSectionHeader">Perks and Benefits</h3>
<ul><li>Competitive medical, dental, and vision insurance</li>
<li>401K plan</li>
<li>Monthly Virtual Work stipend for things like food, internet, travel, pet care, health and wellness</li>
<li>Parental leave programs</li>
<li>Paid volunteer days</li>
<li>Onboarding setup, including: standing desk, laptop, monitor, and chair, and a stipend for additional items such as headphones, blue light glasses, or any other ergonomic supplies you may want or need</li>
<li>And much, much more!</li>
</ul>
Fictiv is continuing to expand our remote US workforce. Recent hires include professionals located in:

Arizona (AZ), California (CA), District of Columbia, (DC), Delaware (DE), Florida (FL), Georgia (GA), Hawaii (HI), Iowa (IA), Illinois (IL), Indiana (IN), Kansas (KS), Massachusetts (MA), Maryland (MD), Michigan (MI), Minnesota (MN), Missouri (MO), North Carolina (NC), New Hampshire (NH), New Jersey (NJ), Nevada (NV), Ohio (OH), Oregon (OR), South Carolina (SC), Texas (TX), Tennessee (TN), Utah (UT), Virginia (VA), Washington (WA), West Virginia (WV), Wisconsin (WI), Wyoming (WY)

Interested in learning more? We look forward to hearing from you soon.<div> 

About Fictiv

Fictiv is transforming how the next rockets, self-driving cars, and life-saving robots are designed, developed, and delivered to customers around the world. People who succeed at Fictiv are talented, creative, and driven to achieve professional excellence and support our vision to help product innovators create.

We're actively seeking teammates who:
<ul>
<li>Bring diverse perspectives and experience to our culture and company.</li>
<li>Excel at being part of a strong, empathetic team.</li>
<li>Thrive in an environment emphasizing respect, honesty, collaboration, and growth.</li>
<li>Have an 'always learning' mindset that celebrates learning, not just wins.</li>
<li>Help us continue to build a world-class organization that values the contributions of all of our teammates</li>
</ul>
We encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups, including but not limited to women, members of the LGBTQ community, people of color, people with disabilities, and veterans.</div></div>

Product Marketing Manager - Production Services

<div><div>Fictiv Exists to Enable Hardware Innovators to Build Better Products, Faster

Fictiv exists to help product innovators create.

Fictiv is a global manufacturing and supply chain company that enables organizations to scale globally across Fictiv's four global manufacturing centers in India, Mexico, China, and the U.S.. Companies use Fictiv to access high-quality production, optimize supply chain logistics, and mitigate supply chain risk&mdash;ensuring they can move from prototype to full-scale manufacturing with speed and confidence. To date, Fictiv has delivered more than 35 million commercial and prototype parts for industries such as aerospace, robotics, automotive, climate tech, and more, helping them innovate faster, free up precious resources, and drive profitable growth.</div> 
Fictiv exists to help product innovators create

Fictiv is a global manufacturing company that simplifies sourcing for custom manufacturing, from prototype to low-volume production. Through its highly-vetted manufacturing network, AI-powered technology platform, and global operations centers across the USA, Mexico, India, and China, Fictiv delivers fast, high-quality custom manufacturing services from quote to delivery. Fictiv's capabilities span the full mechanical bill of materials, including Injection Molding, Compression Molding, 3D Printing, CNC Machining, Die Casting, and Sheet Metal. To date, Fictiv has delivered more than 30 million commercial and prototype parts for early-stage companies and large enterprises alike, helping them innovate faster, free up precious resources, and drive profitable growth.

Job Description

Are you ready to shake up the world of customer service? Do you thrive on making connections and finding creative solutions? If you're passionate about putting customers first in a dynamic, non-traditional environment, we want YOU on our team!

In your role as Associate Customer Program Manager &ndash; Mechanical, you will be working directly with our US-based customers, and you'll be using your agility, problem-solving skills, and customer service advocacy to help our customers increase the velocity and quality of products delivered. You will collaborate with the cross-functional teams to resolve customer pain points, address customer needs, and help manage customer projects end to end. You will support multiple customers across a variety of manufacturing orders to be fulfilled in different regions around the world.

Work Hours - 9am-5pm US Pacific Time (Mon-Fri). There is a requirement to work from the office for the initial 3 months which would be the training phase before moving to a hybrid schedule (2 days home/3 days in office).

What you will be doing
<ul>
<li>Customer Management: You will be our customers' best ally at Fictiv. Work closely with our customers to ensure a seamless and high-quality experience. Nurture relationships and resolve issues to help drive customer loyalty.</li>
<li>Case management: Concurrently manage a variety of manufacturing orders with multiple customers and the internal operations teams. Prioritize and resolve top user requests to address their product development needs and meet customer expectations for timing and quality.</li>
<li>Communication: Gather, interpret, and communicate engineering, design, manufacturing, and logistics requirements to ensure the orders will be delivered on time and in full</li>
<li>Collaboration: Collaborate with sales and the manufacturing operations teams to ensure successful delivery to the customer and advocate on their behalf - through the project lifecycle, including post-delivery exceptions.</li>
<li>Program Management: Manage projects with top-down oversight throughout the entire execution to ensure success as defined by adherence to standards of scope, budget, and timeline.</li>
<li>Continuous Improvement: Identify improvement areas and collaborate with the cross-functional team to prioritize and define solutions to increase our efficiency.</li>
</ul>
Desired Traits
<ul>
<li>Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and over 6 years of relevant experience in the manufacturing industry, preferably in a client-facing role.</li>
<li>The work is fast-paced - you will be working in an operations environment with tight deadlines and high standards. You will need to be organized with good time management, prioritization skills and great attention to detail.</li>
<li>We obsess over our customers - you will need to be personable and have outstanding communications skills (both written and verbal) and be able to adapt your communication style effectively. Must be fluent in written and spoken English. Proven experience working directly with US-based customers and/or during US business hours is preferred.</li>
<li>This role requires a self-starter mentality. We want you to be excited by a hands-on, high-performing, results-oriented role and driven to exceed expectations for our clients. Accountability is everything; you say what you do and do what you say.</li>
<li>The basic project management/operations knowledge- scope, timing and quality. logistics, RMAs, change requests, invoicing.</li>
<li>Aligned with our culture centered around continuous learning- bring passion to learn about the manufacturing ecosystem and the New Product Development process.</li>
</ul>
Interested in learning more? We look forward to hearing from you soon.<div> 

About Fictiv

Fictiv is transforming how the next rockets, self-driving cars, and life-saving robots are designed, developed, and delivered to customers around the world. People who succeed at Fictiv are talented, creative, and driven to achieve professional excellence and support our vision to help product innovators create.

We're actively seeking teammates who:
<ul>
<li>Bring diverse perspectives and experience to our culture and company.</li>
<li>Excel at being part of a strong, empathetic team.</li>
<li>Thrive in an environment emphasizing respect, honesty, collaboration, and growth.</li>
<li>Have an 'always learning' mindset that celebrates learning, not just wins.</li>
<li>Help us continue to build a world-class organization that values the contributions of all of our teammates</li>
</ul>
We encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups, including but not limited to women, members of the LGBTQ community, people of color, people with disabilities, and veterans.</div></div>

Associate Customer Program Manager – Mechanical (EG)

<div><div>Fictiv Exists to Enable Hardware Innovators to Build Better Products, Faster

Fictiv exists to help product innovators create.

Fictiv is a global manufacturing and supply chain company that enables organizations to scale globally across Fictiv's four global manufacturing centers in India, Mexico, China, and the U.S.. Companies use Fictiv to access high-quality production, optimize supply chain logistics, and mitigate supply chain risk&mdash;ensuring they can move from prototype to full-scale manufacturing with speed and confidence. To date, Fictiv has delivered more than 35 million commercial and prototype parts for industries such as aerospace, robotics, automotive, climate tech, and more, helping them innovate faster, free up precious resources, and drive profitable growth.</div> 
Impact In This Role

Are you ready to shake up the world of customer service? Do you thrive on making connections and finding creative solutions? If you're passionate about putting customers first in a dynamic, non-traditional environment, we want YOU on our team!

In your role as Associate Customer Project Manager &ndash; Mechanical, you will support our US-based customers across multiple industries, and work with manufacturing teams in various global regions. Your agility, service mentality, and technical and communication skills will be essential in helping our customers increase the velocity and quality of their delivered products. You will support program management teams and collaborate with cross-functional stakeholders to address customer needs, resolve issues, and facilitate solutions. This position offers a unique opportunity to learn and grow through hands-on experience and professional development.

Work Hours- 9am-5pm US Pacific Time (Mon-Fri). There is a requirement to work from the office for the initial 3 months which would be the training phase before moving to a hybrid schedule (2 days home/3 days in office).

You will report to the Lead of Program Management.

What You'll Be Doing
<ul>
<li>Customer Management: At Fictiv, you will be our customers' best ally. Work closely with them to ensure a seamless and high-quality experience.</li>
<li>Project Coordination/Support: Support Customer Program Management teams in task execution, workflow management, and system update/maintenance.</li>
<li>Case management: Concurrently manage a variety of manufacturing orders with multiple customers and the internal operations teams.</li>
<li>Communication: facilitate technical communication between the customers (mostly mechanical engineers) and internal stakeholders.</li>
<li>Collaboration: Collaborate and support various cross-functional teams to satisfy internal and external customer requirements.</li>
<li>Continuous Improvement: Identify improvement areas and collaborate with the cross-functional team to prioritize and define solutions to increase our efficiency.</li>
</ul>
Desired Traits
<ul>
<li>Bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering and one (1) - three (3) years of relevant experience preferably in the manufacturing industry.</li>
<li>The work is fast-paced - you will be working in an operations environment with tight deadlines and high standards. You will need to be organized with good time management, prioritization skills and great attention to detail.</li>
<li>We obsess over our customers- you will need to be personable and have outstanding communications skills (both written and verbal) and be able to adapt your communication style effectively. Must be fluent in written and spoken English.</li>
<li>This role requires a self-starter mentality. e want you to be excited by a hands-on, high-performing, results-oriented role and driven to exceed expectations for our clients. Accountability is everything; you say what you do and do what you say.</li>
<li>Aligned with our culture centered around continuous learning- bring passion to learn about the manufacturing ecosystem and the New Product Development process.</li></ul><div> 

About Fictiv

Fictiv is transforming how the next rockets, self-driving cars, and life-saving robots are designed, developed, and delivered to customers around the world. People who succeed at Fictiv are talented, creative, and driven to achieve professional excellence and support our vision to help product innovators create.

We're actively seeking teammates who:
<ul>
<li>Bring diverse perspectives and experience to our culture and company.</li>
<li>Excel at being part of a strong, empathetic team.</li>
<li>Thrive in an environment emphasizing respect, honesty, collaboration, and growth.</li>
<li>Have an 'always learning' mindset that celebrates learning, not just wins.</li>
<li>Help us continue to build a world-class organization that values the contributions of all of our teammates</li>
</ul>
We encourage applications from members of underrepresented groups, including but not limited to women, members of the LGBTQ community, people of color, people with disabilities, and veterans.</div></div>

Associate Customer Project Manager – Mechanical

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Senior Strategic Sourcing Specialist (US)

Product Marketing Manager - Production Services

Associate Customer Program Manager – Mechanical (EG)

Associate Customer Project Manager – Mechanical