Manufacturing Facility Program Lead

SPAN; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation + equity

Comprehensive benefits: 100% premiums

Close to public transit (BART/Caltrain

Team culture events & recognitions

Flexible hours and time off

Job summary

SPAN is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead the end-to-end bring-up of a new manufacturing facility. You will coordinate site selection, incentives, construction, and facility readiness, aligning engineering, finance, legal, HR, and supply chain toward a shared timeline.

Based at SPAN’s HQ with frequent travel to the site during active build-out phases, you will own the master plan, manage dependencies, and drive readiness across equipment, processes, and staffing.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of program or project management experience leading complex facility bring-ups.
• Ability to manage multiple interdependent workstreams with internal and external partners.
• Strong knowledge of manufacturing readiness concepts: qualification, validation, safety, quality systems.
• Solid financial skills: budgeting, forecasting, and incentive commitments.
• Excellent stakeholder management with the ability to influence across functions without direct authority.

Responsibilities

• Own the master program plan for new facility bring-up, including milestones, dependencies, critical path, and risk register.
• Coordinate site selection activities with real estate, legal, and finance to evaluate candidate locations.
• Negotiate and track local/state incentives, coordinating with legal and finance.
• Drive facility bring-up activities including permitting, construction oversight, and infrastructure readiness.
• Lead manufacturing readiness planning: equipment qualification, process validation, staffing and training, safety certification, quality system readiness.
• Run cross-functional program reviews, surface risks, and present options to leadership.
• Build and maintain dashboards and status reports for executives.
• Manage relationships with external partners (GCs, vendors, government agencies).
• Develop contingency plans for schedule, budget, or supply chain risks; adjust program plans as needed.
• Document lessons learned and build repeatable playbooks for future launches.

Skills

Program management

Stakeholder management

Cross-functional coordination

Financial acumen

Communication

Travel readiness

Education

PMP certification or equivalent

Job description

SPAN is seeking a Senior Program Manager to lead the end-to-end bring-up of a new manufacturing facility. You will coordinate site selection, incentives, construction, and facility readiness, aligning engineering, finance, legal, HR, and supply chain toward a shared timeline.

Based at SPAN’s HQ with frequent travel to the site during active build-out phases, you will own the master plan, manage dependencies, and drive readiness across equipment, processes, and staffing.