Senior Technical Program Manager, Lithium Project Lead

American Battery; Reno (NV); On-site; USD 145,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health, dental, vision, and life ins.

Parental Leave

Stock options

401(K)

Job summary

American Battery Technology Company is seeking a Technical Program Manager for the Tonopah Flats Lithium Project. You will lead all facets of technical projects from scoping to construction and commissioning of our proprietary extraction and processing facilities.

You will collaborate with executives, engineering, procurement, and construction teams to ensure successful development, scale‑up, and operation of greenfield facilities while maintaining strong quality control and monitoring protocols.

Qualifications

• Experience leading technical projects from scoping through construction and commissioning.
• Strong cost management and scheduling abilities for complex engineering problems.
• Excellent communication, presentation, and documentation skills.
• Proven ability to manage internal and external teams and drive results.

Responsibilities

• Owns design plan of record and scope definition by integrating facility needs and objectives.
• Owns permitting, program resourcing, schedule, requirements, budgets and reporting tools.
• Acts as bridge between cross-functional teams to ensure alignment between working teams and leadership.
• Leads leadership reviews, funding requests and cross-functional studies and investigations.
• Influences teams without direct reporting relationship.

Skills

Project management

Cost management

Scheduling

Leadership

Cross-functional collaboration

Communication

Education

B.S. in Engineering

Equivalent experience

Job description

American Battery Technology Company is seeking a Technical Program Manager for the Tonopah Flats Lithium Project. You will lead all facets of technical projects from scoping to construction and commissioning of our proprietary extraction and processing facilities.

You will collaborate with executives, engineering, procurement, and construction teams to ensure successful development, scale‑up, and operation of greenfield facilities while maintaining strong quality control and monitoring protocols.