Deployment Project Manager

Accountabilities:

• Lead end-to-end execution of complex powerhouse facility deployments from design integration through construction, startup, commissioning, and turnover to operations.
• Maintain integrated project plans, schedules, milestones, execution tools, and delivery tracking mechanisms.
• Identify, manage, and escalate project risks, issues, dependencies, and changes while protecting critical-path, licensing, regulatory, and commercial objectives.
• Lead project governance routines, including status reviews, stage-gate reviews, project updates, and executive reporting.
• Develop and implement mitigation strategies for risks and execution challenges.
• Communicate project status, recommendations, priorities, and strategic insights to project teams, leadership, customers, and external stakeholders.
• Support permitting, licensing, facility modifications, equipment installations, and infrastructure upgrade initiatives.
• Oversee contractor performance, procurement activities, material sourcing, and project deliverables.
• Serve as the central coordination point among internal teams, customers, contractors, vendors, regulators, and other external partners.
• Contribute to technical strategy, execution planning, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Ensure projects are delivered safely, efficiently, and in accordance with applicable quality, regulatory, and operational requirements.
• Travel approximately 25%–40% as required, including regular travel to headquarters or other designated locations.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management, Nuclear Engineering, Business, or a related technical discipline.
• At least 5 years of project management experience leading complex technical, engineering, construction, manufacturing, or operational projects.
• Demonstrated experience managing project scope, schedules, budgets, risks, milestones, and cross-functional dependencies.
• Ability to lead teams, remove blockers, coordinate interfaces, and communicate effectively with both technical and business stakeholders.
• Strong organizational, analytical, critical-thinking, and problem-solving capabilities.
• Ability to work independently and exercise sound judgment in a fast-moving, evolving environment with limited resources and changing priorities.
• Proficiency with project planning, scheduling, collaboration, and execution tools.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills, with excellent attention to detail.
• Creative, proactive, and comfortable developing solutions when established processes do not fully address a problem.
• Collaborative and team-oriented, with a strong sense of ownership and accountability.
• Comfortable receiving feedback, adapting quickly, and working across multiple disciplines and stakeholder groups.
• Passion for complex infrastructure, advanced energy technologies, and mission-driven project delivery.
• Preferred: Nuclear experience in design, construction, commissioning, or operations.
• Preferred: PMP certification.
• Preferred: Experience with contractor-led projects, capital projects, facility upgrades, or equipment installation.
• Preferred: Familiarity with quality assurance, configuration management, permitting, or regulatory compliance.
• Must meet applicable U.S. export-control eligibility requirements; certain project information may only be accessible to applicants who qualify as a U.S. person or otherwise meet applicable authorization requirements.

Benefits

• Salary: $100,000–$160,000 USD.
• Equity participation and bonus opportunities.
• 401(k) plan.
• Health insurance with employer contribution.
• HSA and FSA options.
• Flexible paid time off.
• Flexible work hours and remote work.
• Wellness credits.
• Opportunity to lead high-value, multi-year infrastructure deployments from design through operations.
• Exposure to advanced energy, engineering, construction, regulatory, and operational environments.
• Significant cross-functional and executive-level collaboration.
• Startup environment offering autonomy, ownership, creative problem-solving, and opportunities to shape execution practices.
• Remote employees are expected to travel to headquarters in Santa Clara, California, twice per quarter based on business or team needs, including meetings, off-sites, and company events.
• New employees are required to spend the first two weeks of onboarding in person at headquarters in Santa Clara, California.
• Employment may be contingent upon successful completion of a drug screening, with additional testing potentially required in accordance with applicable policy and law.