Licensing Program Manager — Equity & Impact in Energy

Valar Atomics Inc.; New Mexico; On-site; USD 151,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity ownership

Medical benefits

Unlimited PTO

Free meals onsite

PPE stipend

Career advancement

Job summary

Valar Atomics Inc. is seeking a Licensing Project Manager to oversee scope, schedule, and budget for licensing projects. You will coordinate across licensing engineers, program owners, engineering, and operations to keep deliverables on track and ensure disciplined workflow management.

You will manage submittal packages, track comments, and report progress and risks to leadership. This role offers a high-impact startup environment with ownership and rapid growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of project experience in engineering, licensing, construction, or operations, including 5+ years in the nuclear field.

Responsibilities

• Develop and maintain the licensing project schedule, including document gestation periods, review-cycle counts, and regulator review durations; integrate with the overall project schedule.
• Run the project workflow: single-point assignment of incoming items, action tracking with automated reminders, and active (not passive) review and approval steps.
• Maintain the comment resolution and commitment trackers; ensure no comment source (letter, email, meeting, or call) escapes consolidated tracking.
• Coordinate inputs across engineering, operations, and program owners; communicate exactly what is needed from each contributor and by when.
• Assemble and control submittal packages; verify completeness and consistency before transmittal.
• Report progress, risks, and compensatory actions to the Project Licensing Lead and Director of Licensing.
• Maintain the project's reference library and chapter care packages so contributors start from controlled, current baselines.

Skills

PMP

Regulatory coordination

Scheduling

Stakeholder communication

Project management

Education

Bachelor's degree in engineering sciences

Job description

Valar Atomics Inc. is seeking a Licensing Project Manager to oversee scope, schedule, and budget for licensing projects. You will coordinate across licensing engineers, program owners, engineering, and operations to keep deliverables on track and ensure disciplined workflow management.

You will manage submittal packages, track comments, and report progress and risks to leadership. This role offers a high-impact startup environment with ownership and rapid growth opportunities.