Program Manager, Manufacturing
Program Manager for General Matter's manufacturing & production org in Los Angeles: build the team's operating rhythm (schedules, trackers, dashboards, executive briefings, engineering processes), keep cross-functional initiatives aligned, and drive risks to resolution. Requires 5+ years in consulting/PE-VC/operations and U.S. citizenship; $130k-$180k.
- Compensation
- $130K–$180K / yr
- Location
- Los Angeles, CA
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Not specified
- Employment
- Full time
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Project management
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 5+ years of experience in private equity/venture capital, management consulting, operations, or a related field
- Exceptional structured thinking and the ability to create order out of ambiguity
- Excellent written and verbal communication with strong synthesis ability
- Strong organizational and execution skills across multiple concurrent priorities
- Ability to ramp quickly on technical and regulatory subject matter
- High ownership and bias to action
- Bachelor's degree (or equivalent experience)
- U.S. citizenship (required for export-controlled and national-security-systems work)
- Ability to work extended hours and weekends as necessary
Nice to have
- A track record of designing and improving operational processes and operating rhythms
- Experience working in startup or high-growth environments
- Fluency with program management tooling and workstream management
- Ability to manage sensitive, high-visibility work with professionalism and discretion
Full description
About the Company
General Matter is enriching uranium in America.
Our goal is to design, build, and operate the world’s lowest-cost enrichment services in the United States.
Our mission is to restore America’s ability to produce nuclear fuel—fuel that will power AI, advanced manufacturing, critical industries, and the next generation of nuclear reactors.
Ultimately, our work will help power national ambitions and enable a high-energy society.
We were incubated by Founders Fund, like Anduril and Palantir before us, and are backed by top-tier investors. Our lean, world-class team of engineers and operators is applying a first-principles approach to solving the problem of nuclear fuel production.
We are a mission-driven company with a culture of urgency, accountability, and transparency.
Help us build a high-energy society by making the cleanest, safest form of baseload energy the most affordable.
About This Role
As a Program Manager, you will own how General Matter's manufacturing & production organizations builds its operating rhythm, acting as a thought partner to that leader on priorities, decisions, and day-to-day execution. You'll play a critical role keeping a fast-moving engineering org aligned, unblocked, and focused as General Matter works to build a domestic supply of enriched uranium and secure America's energy future. This role requires exceptional initiative, structured thinking, and communication skills — you'll turn ambiguity into clear plans, design the processes that let an engineering org scale, and ramp quickly on technical and regulatory subject matter. The ideal candidate thrives in fast-paced environments and operates independently with limited direction.
Responsibilities
- Own critical-path program visibility and turn noisy status into clear, leadership-ready updates.
- Act as thought partner to an engineering leader, unblocking them to spend their time on the highest-value items.
- Build and maintain schedules, trackers, dashboards, and executive briefings.
- Design, run, and improve core engineering processes — design reviews, review cadences, and reporting workflows.
- Standardize team workflows (status collection, drafting and routing, decision logs) into a repeatable operating rhythm.
- Track priorities, dependencies, and follow-ups so nothing slips.
- Partner across Engineering, Operations, Legal, Communications, and Security to keep initiatives aligned.
- Surface risks and execution gaps and drive them to resolution.