Pilot Line Operations Manager (all genders) // Job-ID: 218-1
Pilot Line Operations Manager (all genders) // Job-ID: 218-1
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06-09-2025
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Your future responsibilities
This position ensures the effective coordination monitoring and strategic oversight of pilot line activities and cross-functional projects. Acting as the operational bridge between project managers and executive leadership the role safeguardsexecution/operation efficiency risk management and alignment with corporate strategy. With significant responsibility for organizational success this position requires both leadership skills and strong hands-on operational excellence.
Your responsibilities include:
Strategic Oversight
Your responsibilities include:
Strategic Oversight
- Consolidate inputs from project managers and cleanroom operations into a reliable single source of truth.
- Translate operational performance into strategic KPIs for leadership funding bodies and board-level reporting.
- Drive alignment of projects and operations with SALs strategic objectives.
- Monitor and balance staff budget and infrastructure allocation across pilot lines.
- Anticipate resource bottlenecks and propose mitigation or redundancy plans.
- Align investments with funding requirements and long-term business needs.
- Identify technical operational and financial risks across projects.
- Proactively define and implement mitigation strategies.
- Escalate major risks to leadership with clear decision-making options.
- Provide timely reports to Division Heads CEO/CFO and RSO (funding compliance KPIs financial impact).
- Serve as escalation layer for project managers and PIs ensuring clarity on priorities.
- Act as liaison between operational execution and strategic decision-making.
- Promote cross-team alignment and transparent communication
Your profile
- Proven expertise in semiconductor operations pilot lines or comparable high-tech and R&D environments.
- Strong background in project portfolio management and cross-functional coordination.
- Ability to communicate effectively with both technical specialists and executive leadership.
- Experienced in annual multi million budget responsibility funding program reporting and compliance (EU/Chips Act a plus).
- Demonstrated leadership skills: experience at working in a matrix organization decision-making authority role-model behavior and accountability.
- Service-oriented mindset with a hands-on entrepreneurial approach.
- Strong soft skills: conflict resolution constructive feedback culture and effective stakeholder management.
- Experienced consultant and advisor for senior leadership contributing to strategy and visibility.
Important Facts about SAL
At SAL we are proud to have a diverse international team of more than 40 different nations who come together and do excellent research to make our world a better place.
- Diverse research activities with many technical challenges.
- State-of-the-art laboratory facilities and equipment.
- Location in the heart of Europe in Austria relocation support for non-European nationalities.
- Internal and external training opportunities for career development.
- Family & children friendly - actively shaping the compatibility of family and career.
- Vital4SAL to promote a healthy workplace (e.g. SAL coaching pool trainings on mental health physical activities healthy snacks 24/7 accident insurance)
- 4 per day meal allowance in restaurants or 2 per working day in supermarkets.
- Public transport initiative (subsidy for the Klimaticket)
- Our values:
- Open door policy flexibility in working hours casual dress code diverse teams working with people of different nationalities informal communication lifelong learningcompatibility of family and career sustainability personal growth and collective advancement..
About us
Silicon Austria Labs (SAL) is a top research center forElectronics and Software Based Systems (ESBS). At three locations (Graz Villach Linz) SAL is conducting research along the entire ESBS value chain in the areas of sensor systems power electronics intelligent wireless systems microsystems and embedded systems to develop future-oriented solutions for industrial production health energy mobility safety and more. SAL brings together key players from industry science and research and thus valuable expertise and know-how and conducts cooperative application-oriented research along the value chain. Cooperative projects are co-financed by SAL and enable a fast and unbureaucratic project start. SAL is thus shaping the high-tech location Austria and Europe and developing the future
Innovation is our top priority and so are our employees. We are a family-friendly company and support the compatibility of work and family as much as possible. That is why we have been awarded the Work and Family Certificate until 2026. But we are constantly working on new measures to offer our employees an environment where they feel good healthy and motivated.
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Employment Type
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