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Staff Technical Program Manager

Alameda, CA

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We are Sila, a next-generation battery materials company. Our mission is to power the world’s transition to clean energy. To create this future, our team is building a better lithium-ion battery from the inside out today. We engineer and manufacture ground-breaking battery materials that significantly increase the energy density of batteries, while reducing their size and weight. The result? Smaller more powerful batteries that can unlock innovation in consumer devices and accelerate the mass adoption of electric cars to eliminate our dependence on fossil fuels. We're tackling one of the biggest challenges of our time every day, and together we're redefining what's possible. Are you ready to be a part of a team committed to changing the world?

Who You Are

Sila is seeking a highly tactical, execution-focused Integration Program Manager to serve as the operational engine within our Integration Department. This role is designed for a high-impact leader who excels at bridging the gap between New Product Introduction, engineering and day-to-day execution tracks. This role is designed for a workflow architect and force multiplier who owns the execution tracks within Integration scope, untangling multi-project constraints to turn Sila’s product program milestones into reality.

In this position, you will help organize the complex technical thinking, resource allocations, and dependencies required for engineers to build technical strategies that successfully deliver on product requirements for products transitioning into scale-up and commercial manufacturing. This role offers an incredible platform to make a tangible business impact by translating technology scale-up roadmaps into flawless execution.

Responsibilities and Duties  

  • Technical Master Plan Ownership: Partner directly with engineering teams to map out complex technical workflows and help organize the technical strategies required to meet product requirements at Sila’s factories and contract manufacturers. Own the master execution track, translating broad technology milestones into granular, week-by-week execution plans that keep technical paths aligned.
  • Data-Driven Decision Facilitation: Act as a key facilitator who drives cross-functional alignment by consolidating technical data into a unified "source of truth," defining key assumptions, mapping out trade-offs, and ensuring leadership is equipped to make critical product design, process engineering, and capital project decisions.
  • Risk Management & Resource Resolution: Own the resource reconciliation process to actively manage constraints across overlapping multi-project matrices and resolve daily resource conflicts. Proactively maintain project risk registers and host technical alignment meetings to track engineering progress and align with Program priorities. Dynamically optimize execution plans and work with Program Leadership to adjust schedules in response to technical, timeline, and resource constraints.
  • Leadership Communication & Stakeholder Transparency: Clearly communicate technical readiness status, execution risks and critical roadblocks to cross-functional teams and Program Leadership . Own the creation and maintenance of standardized visibility tools, including NPI-related dashboards, weekly metric reporting, and centralized documentation spaces - ensuring technical leaders have the accurate, ground-truth data needed to drive decisions..
  • Business Process & Program Management Evolution: Drive the rigorous completion of "Technical Handshakes" and the tactical integration of quality standards (e.g., APQP, ISO compliance) into daily engineering workflows. Ensure that critical documentation, including Product Design Documents (PDDs), Manufacturing Control Plans (MCPs), and FMEAs, is fully finalized before handover to high-volume manufacturing.

Knowledge and Skill Requirements 

  • Cross-Functional Program Orchestration: Exceptional ability to align, partner, and drive execution across diverse teams—including R&D, Process Integration, Product Management, Manufacturing, Operations and Quality—using robust program and project management frameworks.
  • Matrix Navigation & Proactive Problem Solving: Highly proactive problem solver adept at identifying resource or schedule constraints early, balancing competing multi-project demands, and cleanly navigating complex, matrixed organizational environments.
  • Technical Fluency & Strategic Communication: Ability to "speak engineer" to grasp technical dependencies and risks across early-stage material development and scaling phases, paired with the capability to distill complex data into clear, actionable summaries for executive decision-making.

Experience & Education

  • Industry Experience: 6+ years of professional experience in a high-tech manufacturing, R&D, or technology scale-up environment (e.g., battery technology, semiconductors, chemical processing, automotive, or complex hardware-plus-process industries).
  • Technical Program and/or Project Leadership: 3+ years of experience leading technical workflows, product/process development tracks, or complex project management lifecycles.
  • Education: Bachelor’s degree or higher in Chemical Engineering, Materials Science, Mechanical Engineering, Industrial Engineering, or a related Engineering or Physical Science field.

Physical Demands and Working Conditions

  • Wear personal protective equipment including, but not limited to, a lab coat, gloves, safety glasses, and steel toe safety shoes
  • Move items up to 50 lbs with the assistance of lift equipment and carts
  • Move long distances (such as from building to building) and be stationary for extended periods of time
  • Reach low shelves or items on the floor
  • Enter spaces narrower than 3 feet
  • Climb stairs or over containment walls
  • Precise and repetitive handling of a range of material quantities
  • Operate a computer and other office equipment, such as a laptop, copier/printer, etc in a fixed location

Regular Shift: Monday - Friday, 9:00am - 6:00pm in Alameda, CA

The starting base pay for this role is between $146,000 and $185,000 at the time of posting. The actual base pay depends on many factors, such as education, experience, and skills. Base pay is only one part of Sila’s competitive Total Rewards package that can include benefits, perks, and equity.  The base pay range is subject to change and may be modified in the future.

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