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Senior Technical Program Manager - Vehicle Hardware
Congruent Ventures

   Location: Broomfield Colorado

  Time: 2 weeks ago

 

Responsibilities

    • Collaborate closely with cross-functional teams including engineering, design, supply chain, finance, product, manufacturing, and quality to ensure seamless project execution.
    • Proactively identify and mitigate project risks, develop contingency plans, and provide regular status updates and recommendations to stakeholders across the company.
    • Create and maintain detailed project timelines and plans, considering workflow interdependencies.
    • Manage and execute programs end-to-end, escalating decisions when necessary, and balancing constraints across stakeholders.
    • Develop templates, workflows, and processes tailored to the team's needs.
    • Recommend program, product, engineering, strategy, and operational changes as needed.
    • Consistently document outcomes and decisions, and effectively communicate them to affected teams.
    • Foster collaboration, build trust, break down silos, and gain buy-in across the company.

Required Qualifications

    • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Engineering or equivalent professional exposure.
    • Minimum of 8 years of total experience, including:
    • 5+ years of professional experience in technical program management or equivalent.
    • 3-5 years of experience as a technical hardware contributor or equivalent.
    • Strong track record of successfully managing large cross-functional hardware projects from concept to launch.
    • Excellent verbal and written communication skills, collaboration skills, and the ability to present complex technical problems to executive leadership.
    • Strong analytical and problem-solving skills applicable in both technical and non-technical areas.
    • Demonstrated ability to lead high-complexity projects with large, cross-functional teams.
    • Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment with various levels of ambiguity.
    • Proficiency in grasping complex technical topics and abstracting key issues and risks into actionable forms.

Ideal Qualifications

    • Mechanical Engineering degree
    • Experience working in the automotive industry  and vehicle is advantageous
    • Mechanical Engineering in chassis design and composite design is a plus.
    • Experience collaborating with Industrial Design teams is beneficial.
    • Previous experience at a startup involved in launching consumer products to market is desirable.

Equity

    • Lightship compensation consists of the yearly salary above plus equity, which gives you a stake in the company.
$125 - $139 a year
Onsite/Hybrid Work
Hybrid roles at Lightship require onsite work from our offices Monday, Wednesday, and Thursday. Tuesdays and Fridays are optional work from home days, when your work will be executed more successfully from home. Speak to the hiring manager to learn more.
 
Employee Benefits & Philosophy - Applies to Full Time Employees only
- Healthcare, Dental, Vision
- 401k
- Flexible Paid Time Off - that we actually want you to use!
- 12 weeks paid parental leave
- $2,000 per year towards an RV trip of your own &/or professional development opportunities - we call this a LightTrip
 
Lightship offers all of its full time employees and their dependents full benefits including health, dental and vision insurance and covers 100% of the insurance premium. We are on a mission to create a more healthful all-electric experience for a pastime that millions of families enjoy and believe strongly that our team should not have to worry about quality healthcare for themselves or their loved ones along the way.