Senior Staff TPM – End-to-End ESS Battery Systems

Peak Energy; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible time off

Comprehensive health coverage

Strong 401(k) plan

Equity opportunities

Job summary

Peak Energy is seeking a Sr. Staff Technical Program Manager to lead end-to-end development and delivery of sodium-ion energy storage systems across hardware and software.

Reporting to the CTO, you will shape the product-development operating model, coach TPMs, and engage in technical discussions to accelerate decision-making while guiding critical programs to successful production and deployment.

Qualifications

• 12+ years leading complex technical programs or product development organizations.
• Experience taking hardware or software-enabled hardware products from concept through production.
• Experience building and leading teams of Technical Program Managers or equivalent technical leaders.

Responsibilities

• Own integrated program execution from architecture and requirements through verification, industrialization, and customer delivery.
• Build, lead, and develop Peak’s Technical Program Management team.
• Partner with the CTO and engineering leaders to translate product strategy into clear priorities, plans, milestones, and decisions.
• Drive system-level integration across ESS hardware, cells, software, firmware, manufacturing, supply chain, and field deployment.
• Lead cross-functional trade-offs involving performance, safety, reliability, cost, scope, schedule, and manufacturability.
• Establish clear requirements, interfaces, verification plans, release criteria, and program ownership.
• Identifyand resolve technical, organizational, and schedule risks before they become critical.
• Provide clear, decision-oriented communication to executive leadership.
• Build lightweight, scalable program processes that improve execution without creating unnecessary bureaucracy.
• Step directly into critical or off-track programs when hands-on leadership is needed.

Skills

Technical program management

Hardware development

Software/hardware integration

Team leadership

Strategic planning

Risk management

Executive communication

Cross-functional collaboration

Hands-on leadership

Project prioritization

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, or related technical field

Job description

Peak Energy is seeking a Sr. Staff Technical Program Manager to lead end-to-end development and delivery of sodium-ion energy storage systems across hardware and software.

Reporting to the CTO, you will shape the product-development operating model, coach TPMs, and engage in technical discussions to accelerate decision-making while guiding critical programs to successful production and deployment.