Program Manager, Engineering Operations

LevelTen Energy; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 145,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full Medical, Vision and Dental

Wellness Credit

Flexible vacation policy

11 paid company holidays

401k

Casual dress code in Seattle office

Commuter benefits

Standing desk options

Regular company-sponsored events

Hybrid in-office/work from home

Job summary

LevelTen Energy in Seattle is seeking a Program Manager, Engineering Operations to lead hands-on engineering projects and drive operational improvements.

You will partner with Technical Program Management, support release operations, and build tooling and dashboards to streamline delivery across engineering, product, data, analytics, and infrastructure. A hybrid Seattle role offers impact beyond a single team.

Qualifications

• 2–4 years in technical program management, engineering operations, or delivery-focused role in software.
• Knowledge of Kanban, Scrum, and Agile practices; ability to apply the right method.
• Ability to manage timelines and deliverables across teams you do not directly manage.
• Strong analytical skills for delivery data; comfortable deriving insights.
• Excellent written and verbal communication; able to shift to executive summaries.
• Able to work in a matrixed organization and influence without authority.
• Hands-on experience using Claude AI tools to accelerate program work.
• Familiarity with Jira and Confluence as primary PM tools.
• Experience bridging product engineering and data/analytics contexts.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end delivery of internal engineering projects with milestones and timelines.
• Develop contingency plans for dependencies, resources, and scope changes.
• Navigate a matrixed organization; sequence work when priorities collide and communicate impact.
• Serve as embedded PM for assigned teams; manage intake, tracking, and delivery visibility.
• Coordinate releases across weekly feature batches, vulnerabilities, and hotfixes.
• Run cadence: status updates, decision logs, meetings, and action item follow-through.
• Analyze delivery metrics and maintain SDLC documentation for consistency.
• Support vendor governance, onboarding, and reporting for contracted partners.
• Reduce manual work via tooling; build dashboards and summaries for leadership.

Skills

Technical program management

Kanban

Scrum

Agile

Delivery tracking

Data-driven

Jira/Confluence

Communication

Cross-functional collaboration

AI tools (Claude)

Tools

Jira

Confluence

Job description

Role Purpose LevelTen Energy’s mission is to accelerate the clean energy transition by facilitating frictionless renewable energy transactions. As a leading provider of renewable transaction infrastructure in the US and Europe, we deliver the cloud-based software, centralized supply, automated analytics, and transaction expertise required to power the renewable energy economy. We enable clean energy buyers and sellers to get deals done faster with cutting‑edge market intelligence, software, and transaction tools. Since 2016, LevelTen’s platform has facilitated over $14.8 billion in clean energy transactions. Join us on a mission that matters.

About the Role

LevelTen Engineering is hiring a Program Manager, Engineering Operations to partner with the Technical Program Management function and help the engineering organization deliver more effectively. The role has two halves that reinforce each other. The first is hands‑on program delivery: running internal engineering projects, tracking deliverables and timelines, building contingency plans, and navigating a matrixed organization where engineering resources are shared across competing priorities. The second is operational: supporting release operations, analyzing how we work, finding where we can improve, and building the data, documentation, and tooling to make those improvements stick. This role reports directly to the Sr. Technical Program Manager and works closely with Engineering, Product, Data, Analytics, and Infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Own delivery of internal engineering projects end to end, including scope definition, milestone planning, deliverable tracking, and timeline management
• Develop contingency plans for dependency slips, resource constraints, and shifting scope, surfacing risk early rather than reporting it late
• Operate effectively in a matrixed organization where engineering capacity is shared across competing initiatives, helping sequence work when priorities collide and communicating the downstream impact of those changes
• Serve as the embedded program management presence for assigned engineering teams, owning project intake, tracking, and delivery visibility
• Own release coordination across weekly feature batch releases, vulnerability releases, and hotfixes, keeping engineering, product, and stakeholders aligned on what ships and when
• Run project cadence and reporting, including status updates, decision logs, meeting facilitation, and clean follow‑through on action items
• Analyze engineering delivery metrics to surface process improvement opportunities, and maintain the SDLC documentation that keeps teams consistent
• Support vendor governance, including deliverable tracking, onboarding coordination, and engagement reporting across contracted engineering partners
• Reduce manual and repetitive operational work through tooling and automation, and build the dashboards, trackers, and summaries that keep leadership and cross‑functional partners informed

Core Qualifications

• 2 to 4 years of experience in technical program management, engineering operations, or a comparable delivery‑focused role within a software organization
• Working knowledge of software development methodologies, including Kanban, Scrum, and Agile practices, with a practical sense of when each is the right fit
• Demonstrated ability to manage timelines and deliverables across teams you do not directly manage, and to influence without authority
• Strong analytical skills, comfortable pulling and interpreting delivery data rather than simply organizing it
• Exceptional organization, able to hold many parallel threads without dropping them and to bring order to ambiguous or incomplete inputs
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with the range to shift between engineer‑facing detail and executive‑facing summary
• Genuine empathy for the people doing the work, with the judgment to know when a team needs pressure and when it needs cover
• Hands‑on experience using AI tools, specifically Claude, to accelerate program management work such as drafting communications, analyzing data, and building documentation
• Familiarity with Jira, Confluence, or equivalent project tracking and documentation tools
• Comfort working across both product engineering and data or analytics engineering contexts

Nice to Have

• Experience with data warehouse platforms such as BigQuery
• Familiarity with data pipeline concepts and 3rd party data ingestion workflows
• Exposure to vulnerability management or security operations support
• Experience working alongside nearshore or offshore engineering vendor relationships
• Experience in a SaaS or marketplace‑model company
• Exposure to renewable energy, energy markets, or climate tech

Why This Role

This is a ground‑floor opportunity to build the operational backbone of a scaling engineering organization. You will own real programs, run release operations end to end, and have genuine influence over how the whole engineering org works. If you want a role where your impact shows up across the organization rather than inside a single team or project, this is it.

Additional Information

This position is based out of our office in the Belltown neighborhood of Seattle, WA (hybrid work schedule). The estimated compensation for this position is $130-145k per year, based on experience and qualifications. In addition, this position is eligible for an annual bonus and an equity grant. Must be legally authorized to work in the U.S. without a current or future need for visa sponsorship. LevelTen Energy does not offer visa assistance or sponsorship of any kind.

Benefits / Perks

• Full Medical, Vision and Dental coverage
• Wellness Credit
• Flexible vacation policy
• 11 paid company holidays
• 401k
• In the Seattle office: Casual dress code
• Commuter benefits
• Standing desk options
• Regular company‑sponsored events
• Hybrid in‑office/work from home schedule

Equal Opportunity Employer

LevelTen Energy is an Equal Opportunity Employer committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, marital status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other legally protected status.

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