Capital Projects Program Manager

Stealth-mode Battery Startup; San Jose (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Stealth-mode Battery Startup in San Jose, CA, seeks a Capital Projects Program Manager to oversee facility, infrastructure, and manufacturing-equipment investments across laboratories, pilot lines, and production facilities. You will connect strategy to execution by prioritizing work, coordinating diverse teams, and managing scope, budget, schedule, dependencies, and risk.

Join a fast-moving startup environment and help build the governance framework, business cases, and tools that will drive

Qualifications

• 8+ years managing complex technical programs or industrial capital projects.
• Experience coordinating multiple projects with shared resources and dependencies.
• Strong 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.

Responsibilities

• Build and manage an integrated roadmap for 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.

Skills

8+ years managing complex technical /"

Budgeting & forecasting

Scheduling & risk management

Executive reporting

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering, construction management, business, or related field

PMP, PgMP, PE, CCM or similar credential

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.