# Sustaining Program Manager — Consumer at Mill

- Company: Mill
- What the company does: Mill is the smartest device in your kitchen. Mill turns would-be food waste into resources for the Earth. Keep filling it for weeks. Backed by GV.
- Company website: https://www.mill.com
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Bruno, California
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $185K to $210K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-17
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/mill/jobs/4724943005
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/mill-sustaining-program-manager-consumer/

## About the role

We are seeking an experienced Sustaining Program Manager to own the day-to-day program management of Mill's Consumer hardware line as it scales from launch into steady-state production. You will take ownership of our sustaining engineering and supply chain activities end to end, driving engineering changes, cost-down and alternate-supply qualification, and daily execution with our contract manufacturers, while keeping engineering, quality, supply chain, retail, legal, and finance partners aligned.

## What they're looking for

- 5+ years of program or operations program management experience in hardware, consumer electronics, or appliances, including direct ownership of sustaining/post-launch programs
- Proven experience managing contract manufacturers/EMS partners from mass production through end of life, including PO, pricing, and cost-variance management
- Experience leading engineering change orders (ECOs) and coordinating their cross-functional approval and rollout
- Strong cost and financial acumen, comfortable owning COGS tracking, budget variance, and cost-down initiatives
- Excellent cross-functional communication skills, with experience running recurring program reviews and reporting program status to leadership
- Ability to prioritize and sequence a broad portfolio of concurrent sustaining projects under resource constraints

Tags: Operations