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We believe robots should be the next chapter in making physical labor safer and more affordable. But most American factories and warehouses still don’t have a single robot. Tutor Intelligence is changing that.
We build robots that go straight into real factories and warehouses, to do real work, with real impact. Our robots move boxes, pallets and bulk goods, and pick and pack with human-like dexterity, for family-owned manufacturers and some of the largest brands in the world. Every robot learns on the job, and each one we deploy makes the next one more capable, more affordable and faster to put to work.
Founded at MIT and headquartered in Watertown, MA, we do it all in-house: the robotics hardware, the machine learning, and the field deployment and service.
The Role
You are our first Head of Supply Chain, reporting to the CTO. Your mandate: the supply base never limits how fast we build and deploy robots.
You’ll build the function from the ground up (the team, the supplier base, the planning engine and the tools) and run it on data and engineering judgment, not spreadsheets. You’ll build strong relationships and partnerships with our suppliers so they grow as we grow, sit at the table from first CAD, and drive cost down initiatives.
What you’ll own
Sourcing and the Asia supply base
- Set commodity strategy across mechanical, electrical and electronic components
- Eliminate single sources on critical components. Qualify second sources in Asia and onshore where it makes sense
- Develop suppliers into partners that add capacity and grow with us
- Select and manage contract manufacturers
- Negotiate contracts, pricing and capacity, and drive BOM cost down every quarter
Procurement and planning
- Own purchasing end to end
- Turn the build plan into a supply plan: MRP, long-lead buys, safety stock and clear-to-build
- Own supply chain’s role in the ECO process: cost, lead-time and inventory impact, cut-ins and supplier notifications
- Own the supply chain systems and decide what we build, buy or automate next
Logistics and trade
- Inbound freight from Asia and outbound shipping to customers in the US and Canada
- Customs, tariffs, landed cost and hazmat compliance
- 3PL partners
How you’ll work
- Inside NPI, at the table from first CAD, not handed a frozen BOM
- No silos with Engineering, Manufacturing or Quality
- Build your own tools to track supplier risk, lead time and cost in real time
The two systems you’ll build
You’ll build these with your team and run the supply chain on them.
1. Line-down prevention: the line never stops for a part
- One live view from deployment schedule to dock: build plan, BOM, inventory, open POs and supplier capacity
- Early warning on shortages, with an owner and recovery plan
- Supplier health scoring and automatic expedite, buffer and second-source triggers
2. Cost-down engine: cost goes down every quarter by design
- Should-cost models and true landed cost, so we negotiate from facts
- A savings pipeline tracked from idea to realized savings
- Cost and sourcing risk fed back into design early
What success looks like in year one
- 90 days: Supply base mapped by commodity, with risk, lead time and capacity for every critical part. Team hired or in flight
- 6 months: Second sources shipping for our highest-risk components. Supply base ready for our second product line
- 12 months: No supplier limits a build at target rate. BOM cost on a committed downward path. Supply plan, scorecards and cost tracked live
Your team
You’ll inherit a small, hands-on group and build the rest: supplier development and engineering in the US and China, contract manufacturing, electronics sourcing, purchasing, planning and logistics.
We run a lean core and scale with contractors. You decide the shape.
Who you are
- You’ve taken a hardware supply chain from startup to volume production, ideally in robotics or complex electromechanical systems
- You know electromechanical commodities, from fabricated and cast parts to electronics, motion and power
- You’ve developed suppliers in Asia in person and can tell one that can scale from one that can’t
- You’ve managed contract manufacturers and taken real cost out through negotiation and design changes
- You’ve led NPI sourcing from early design through ramp
- You build and lead teams, and still get your hands dirty
- You negotiate hard and keep the relationship
- You’re technical enough to challenge engineers on design-for-supply
- You’re able to travel internationally, about 25% of the time
Strong signals
- You’ve stood up ERP/MRP or supply chain tooling from nothing, and know when not to
- You’ve moved work to contract manufacturers and made it stick
- You’ve worked across US, Canada and Asia operations
This role is not for you if
- You need established processes and a large team to be effective
- You think supply chain starts when Engineering releases the BOM
Benefits
- Fully employer-covered health insurance, so you’re protected without the premium.
- A managed 401(k) to help you plan for the future.
- Generous time off: unlimited PTO and all federal holidays off.
- Regular in-office meals and team social events throughout the year.
How we hire
We care more about what you’ve built than years or titles. In interviews you’ll walk us through a supply base you built, a supplier you turned around and a negotiation you won.
Compensation
$220,000 to $280,000 base, depending on experience, plus equity. On-site in Watertown, MA.
Tutor Intelligence is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds.
About Tutor
We believe robots should be the next chapter in making physical labor safer and more affordable. But most American factories and warehouses still don’t have a single robot. Tutor Intelligence is changing that.
We build robots that go straight into real factories and warehouses, to do real work, with real impact. Our robots move boxes, pallets and bulk goods, and pick and pack with human-like dexterity, for family-owned manufacturers and some of the largest brands in the world. Every robot learns on the job, and each one we deploy makes the next one more capable, more affordable and faster to put to work.
Founded at MIT and headquartered in Watertown, MA, we do it all in-house: the robotics hardware, the machine learning, and the field deployment and service.
The Role
You are our first Head of Supply Chain, reporting to the CTO. Your mandate: the supply base never limits how fast we build and deploy robots.
You’ll build the function from the ground up (the team, the supplier base, the planning engine and the tools) and run it on data and engineering judgment, not spreadsheets. You’ll build strong relationships and partnerships with our suppliers so they grow as we grow, sit at the table from first CAD, and drive cost down initiatives.
What you’ll own
Sourcing and the Asia supply base
- Set commodity strategy across mechanical, electrical and electronic components
- Eliminate single sources on critical components. Qualify second sources in Asia and onshore where it makes sense
- Develop suppliers into partners that add capacity and grow with us
- Select and manage contract manufacturers
- Negotiate contracts, pricing and capacity, and drive BOM cost down every quarter
Procurement and planning
- Own purchasing end to end
- Turn the build plan into a supply plan: MRP, long-lead buys, safety stock and clear-to-build
- Own supply chain’s role in the ECO process: cost, lead-time and inventory impact, cut-ins and supplier notifications
- Own the supply chain systems and decide what we build, buy or automate next
Logistics and trade
- Inbound freight from Asia and outbound shipping to customers in the US and Canada
- Customs, tariffs, landed cost and hazmat compliance
- 3PL partners
How you’ll work
- Inside NPI, at the table from first CAD, not handed a frozen BOM
- No silos with Engineering, Manufacturing or Quality
- Build your own tools to track supplier risk, lead time and cost in real time
The two systems you’ll build
You’ll build these with your team and run the supply chain on them.
1. Line-down prevention: the line never stops for a part
- One live view from deployment schedule to dock: build plan, BOM, inventory, open POs and supplier capacity
- Early warning on shortages, with an owner and recovery plan
- Supplier health scoring and automatic expedite, buffer and second-source triggers
2. Cost-down engine: cost goes down every quarter by design
- Should-cost models and true landed cost, so we negotiate from facts
- A savings pipeline tracked from idea to realized savings
- Cost and sourcing risk fed back into design early
What success looks like in year one
- 90 days: Supply base mapped by commodity, with risk, lead time and capacity for every critical part. Team hired or in flight
- 6 months: Second sources shipping for our highest-risk components. Supply base ready for our second product line
- 12 months: No supplier limits a build at target rate. BOM cost on a committed downward path. Supply plan, scorecards and cost tracked live
Your team
You’ll inherit a small, hands-on group and build the rest: supplier development and engineering in the US and China, contract manufacturing, electronics sourcing, purchasing, planning and logistics.
We run a lean core and scale with contractors. You decide the shape.
Who you are
- You’ve taken a hardware supply chain from startup to volume production, ideally in robotics or complex electromechanical systems
- You know electromechanical commodities, from fabricated and cast parts to electronics, motion and power
- You’ve developed suppliers in Asia in person and can tell one that can scale from one that can’t
- You’ve managed contract manufacturers and taken real cost out through negotiation and design changes
- You’ve led NPI sourcing from early design through ramp
- You build and lead teams, and still get your hands dirty
- You negotiate hard and keep the relationship
- You’re technical enough to challenge engineers on design-for-supply
- You’re able to travel internationally, about 25% of the time
Strong signals
- You’ve stood up ERP/MRP or supply chain tooling from nothing, and know when not to
- You’ve moved work to contract manufacturers and made it stick
- You’ve worked across US, Canada and Asia operations
This role is not for you if
- You need established processes and a large team to be effective
- You think supply chain starts when Engineering releases the BOM
Benefits
- Fully employer-covered health insurance, so you’re protected without the premium.
- A managed 401(k) to help you plan for the future.
- Generous time off: unlimited PTO and all federal holidays off.
- Regular in-office meals and team social events throughout the year.
How we hire
We care more about what you’ve built than years or titles. In interviews you’ll walk us through a supply base you built, a supplier you turned around and a negotiation you won.
Compensation
$220,000 to $280,000 base, depending on experience, plus equity. On-site in Watertown, MA.
Tutor Intelligence is an equal opportunity employer and welcomes applicants from all backgrounds.
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Map your degree to the role
USCIS requires your degree field to directly relate to the Director or Head of role, not just leadership broadly. Document how your academic background underpins the specialized function you'll oversee, not just your years of management experience.
Target employers with cap-exempt status
Universities, nonprofit research institutions, and government-affiliated organizations are cap-exempt, meaning your H-1B can be filed any time without entering the lottery. Director-level roles at these organizations often carry faster timelines and no April registration window.
Verify the LCA wage level before negotiating
Director and Head of positions typically fall at DOL wage Level III or IV. Use OFLC Wage Search to look up the prevailing wage for your occupation code and metro area before you enter salary discussions so you know the H-1B floor your employer must meet.
Search Migrate Mate for verified sponsoring employers
Filter by Director or Head of job titles on Migrate Mate to see which employers have active LCA filings for senior leadership roles. This lets you target companies with a documented history of H-1B sponsorship at the director level, not just general hiring activity.
Request premium processing before your offer deadline
USCIS premium processing guarantees a 15-business-day adjudication window. For Director hires, where start-date commitments are often tied to board approvals or fiscal calendars, asking your employer to file Form I-907 prevents months of uncertainty after the lottery.
Prepare for a specialty occupation RFE at the director level
USCIS sometimes issues Requests for Evidence questioning whether a Director role genuinely requires a specific bachelor's degree rather than general business acumen. Your employer should include the job description, organizational chart, and O*NET occupation profile in the initial petition to reduce that risk.
H-1B Visa Director Head Of: Frequently Asked Questions
Do Director and Head of roles qualify as H-1B specialty occupations?
Yes, if the position requires at least a bachelor's degree in a specific field directly related to the duties. Senior leadership titles alone don't guarantee qualification. USCIS looks at whether the functional work, not just the seniority, demands specialized theoretical knowledge. Roles overseeing engineering, finance, product, legal, or technical teams typically qualify more cleanly than general management positions.
How do I find employers who sponsor H-1B visas for Director-level roles?
Migrate Mate lets you filter by job title and displays verified DOL Labor Condition Application filing history for each employer. This tells you whether a company has actually sponsored H-1B holders at the director level before, which is a stronger signal than whether they list sponsorship as a benefit in a job posting.
Can my employer file my H-1B after I start in the Director role on another status?
Yes, if you're currently authorized to work in the U.S. on a different status, such as OPT or an L-1 visa, your employer can file a concurrent or change-of-status H-1B petition. The timing matters because your existing authorization must remain valid through the H-1B approval or the October 1 start date, whichever applies to your case.
What wage level should my employer use for an H-1B Director position?
Most Director and Head of roles fall under DOL wage Level III or Level IV, which represent experienced and fully competent workers with supervisory responsibility. Your employer determines the level using OFLC Wage Search based on your occupation code, geographic location, and the actual duties in the job description. Filing at an artificially low level is a common audit trigger.
Does H-1B sponsorship get harder if I move into a broader Head of role mid-visa?
A material change in duties, title, or worksite requires your employer to file an amended H-1B petition with USCIS before or when the change occurs. Moving from a functional director role to a broader Head of organization position can trigger the amendment requirement, especially if the occupation code or wage level changes alongside the expanded scope.