Capital Projects Program Manager

Job description

**Capital Projects Program Manager** **Role** We are seeking a Capital Projects Program Manager to lead our portfolio of facility, infrastructure, and manufacturing-equipment investments. You will connect company strategy to execution by setting priorities, coordinating cross-functional teams, and managing program scope, budget, schedule, dependencies, and risk. Projects may include laboratories, pilot lines, production equipment, utilities, dry rooms, and manufacturing facilities. This is a hands-on role for someone who can create structure without slowing down a fast-moving organization and is comfortable in a startup environment. **Responsibilities** - Build and manage an integrated roadmap for the company’s capital projects. - Align investments with technical milestones, operating plans, funding constraints, and commercialization goals. - Coordinate engineering, operations, R&D, EHS, quality, finance, supply chain, and external partners. - Establish practical program governance, reporting, stage gates, and change-control processes. - Manage program budgets, forecasts, schedules, dependencies, resource conflicts, and risks. - Develop business cases and decision materials for major investments. - Support projects from feasibility and design through procurement, construction, commissioning, and operational handover. - Provide leadership with clear, timely visibility into progress, tradeoffs, risks, and required decisions. - Build repeatable capital-program tools and processes that support future growth. **Qualifications** - Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction management, business, or a related field (or equivalent experience). - 8+ years managing complex technical programs or industrial capital projects. - Experience coordinating multiple projects with shared resources and dependencies. - Strong command of budgeting, forecasting, scheduling, risk management, and executive reporting. - Experience supporting early stage projects through design, procurement, installation or construction, commissioning, and startup. - Ability to operate effectively in ambiguity and adapt as priorities evolve. - Strong communication and influence across technical teams, executives, vendors, and contractors. - Willingness to work on-site and travel as needed. **Additional Qualifications** - Experience in batteries, chemicals, advanced materials, energy storage, semiconductors, automotive, or complex manufacturing. - Experience with pilot, first-of-a-kind, or scale-up programs. - Familiarity with dry rooms, process utilities, controlled environments, hazardous materials, or process safety. - Experience building a capital-project or program-management function at a growing company. - PMP, PgMP, PE, CCM, or a similar credential. **Why Join Us?** - Innovative Technology: Work on cutting-edge energy storage solutions that power the future. - Career Growth: Opportunities to work on high-impact projects and advance in a growing industry. - Competitive Benefits: Comprehensive health, wellness, and professional development programs. - Mission-Driven Culture: Be part of a team that is shaping the future of sustainable energy through innovation and excellence. *We are an equal opportunity employer and we do not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity/expression, national origin, disability, age, genetic information, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy or related condition, or any other basis protected by law.*