Manufacturing, Operations & Supply Chain Finance Director

About Commonwealth Fusion Systems:    Commonwealth Fusion Systems is on a mission to deliver the urgent transition to fusion energy.   Combining decades of research, top talent, and new technologies, we’re designing and building commercially viable fusion power plants. And we're working with policymakers, suppliers, and many others to build the energy industry of the future.   We’re in the best position to make it happen. Since 2018, we’ve raised $4 billion of capital, making us the largest and leading fusion company in the world.   Now we’re looking for more thinkers, doers, builders, and makers to join us. People who’ll bring new perspectives, solve tough problems, and thrive as part of a team.    If that’s you and this role fits, we want to hear from you.

Join the power movement as Director, Manufacturing, Operations & Supply Chain Finance

We are seeking a strategic and analytical Director of Manufacturing, Operations & Supply Chain Finance to lead our operations finance team.

The ideal candidate blends deep Manufacturing and Operations Finance expertise with the executive presence needed to influence operational strategy and manage manufacturing costs. Reporting to the VP FP&A, this role provides financial leadership across manufacturing sites, including planning, reporting, inventory management, capital investment, and continuous improvement initiatives.

The Director of Manufacturing, Operations & Supply Chain Finance will manage a team of finance business partners, owning finance support across the plants/BUs, and allocations across a matrixed Operations team. As CFS shifts from proving fusion to manufacturing it, this key role will build the operations-finance leadership that turns the breakthrough into economics that support scalability.

What you'll do:

Strategic Financial Leadership:

• Serve as the primary financial advisor to the Manufacturing and Supply chain leadership teams, providing strategic decision support on cost management, capital investments, and operational efficiencies
• Translate financial results into operational decisions; bring proactive analysis and clear recommendations to the leadership table
• Responsible for multi-year budgets, cash flows and long range plans as well as financial KPIs to inform leadership decisions

Capital Allocation and Make vs Buy Decisions:

• Lead the economics of make-vs-buy, sourcing, and vertical integration decisions
• Own the financial and capital allocation framework for capital projects including factory build-outs, capacity expansions, new-capability introductions. Drive the development of business cases, ROI/NPV, and post-investment review