Senior Program Manager, Manufacturing Operations

Our Mission

SPAN is enabling electrification for all ⚡

SPAN is mission-driven to design, build, and deploy products that electrify our built environment, decarbonize our world, and slow the effects of climate change.

• Decarbonization is the process to reduce or remove greenhouse gas emissions, especially carbon dioxide, from entering our atmosphere.

• Electrification is the process of replacing fossil fuel appliances that run on gas or oil with all-electric upgrades for a cleaner way to power our lives.

At SPAN, we believe in:

• Enabling homes and vehicles powered by clean energy

• Making electrification upgrades possible

• Building more resilient homes with reliable backup

• Designing a flexible and distributed electrical grid

The Role

As part of our Manufacturing Operations team, the Senior Program Manager will lead the end-to-end bring-up of a new manufacturing facility, serving as the central point of accountability across site selection, local incentives, construction and facility readiness, and manufacturing readiness. This role requires someone who can build structure across highly ambiguous, fast-moving workstreams, and who is comfortable coordinating engineering, finance, legal, HR, and supply chain teams toward a shared timeline without having direct authority over any of them. You'll be based at our HQ with frequent travel to the site during active build-out phases.

Responsibilities

• Own the master program plan for new facility bring-up, including milestones, dependencies, critical path, and risk register, from site selection through ramp to full production

• Coordinate site selection activities, working with real estate, legal, and finance teams to evaluate candidate locations against cost, labor, logistics, and regulatory criteria

• Manage relationships and negotiations related to local and state incentives (tax abatements, grants, workforce development funds), partnering with legal and finance to track commitments and compliance obligations

• Drive facility bring-up activities including permitting, construction oversight coordination, utility and infrastructure readiness, and equipment install scheduling

• Lead manufacturing readiness planning: equipment qualification, process validation, staffing and training plans, safety certification, and quality system readiness

• Run regular cross-functional program reviews, surfacing risks, resolving blockers, and escalating decisions to leadership with clear options and recommendations

• Build and maintain program dashboards and status reporting for executive stakeholders