Program Manager

Program Manager

We are seeking a dedicated and proactive Program Manager to oversee project schedules and maintain timelines across all active workstreams. This role is critical in ensuring that milestones align with the overall program schedule. The ideal candidate will identify potential risks and gaps in resources or technical aspects, driving resolutions with engineering and supplier teams.

Responsibilities

• Manage and maintain timelines across all active workstreams.
• Identify schedule, resource, and technical gaps before they become blockers, and drive resolution with engineering and supplier teams.
• Build and maintain reporting to provide leadership with a clear view of program health.
• Connect individual supplier industrialization projects to the broader company program schedule and flag downstream impacts.
• Partner with engineering, supply chain, quality, and manufacturing teams to keep priorities and dependencies visible and coordinated.
• Run recurring status reviews and updates to keep projects moving and decisions timely.

Essential Skills

• 5+ years of experience in program or project management, ideally within a hardware, manufacturing, or supplier-facing engineering environment.
• Experience supporting new product development (NPD) programs from concept through production ramp, including supplier industrialization or NPI.
• Proven track record managing multiple concurrent programs and tying each back to a larger program schedule.
• Strong skills in gap analysis and proactive risk identification.
• Excellent communication and organizational skills.

Additional Skills & Qualifications

• Background in manufacturing and NPI/new-product-development.
• Experience with medical devices, as their quality and regulatory requirements are stringent.
• Comfortable gathering data, organizing information, and creating dashboards.

Work Environment

This is a hybrid position with access to Emeryville being important. The company is a fast-paced, rapidly growing battery company.

Job Type & Location

This is a Contract to Hire position based out of Berkeley, CA.

Pay and Benefits

The pay range for this position is $70.00 - $80.00/hr.

Individual compensation offered for this position within this range will depend on many factors, including qualifications, skills, relevant experience, job knowledge, geographic location, internal equity, and other pertinent job-related factors.

Eligibility requirements apply to some benefits and may depend on your job classification and length of employment. Benefits are subject to change and may be subject to specific elections, plan, or program terms. If eligible, the benefits available for this temporary role may include the following:

• Medical, dental & vision
• Critical Illness, Accident, and Hospital
• 401(k) Retirement Plan – Pre-tax and Roth post-tax contributions available
• Life Insurance (Voluntary Life & AD&D for the employee and dependents)
• Short and long-term disability
• Health Spending Account (HSA)
• Transportation benefits
• Employee Assistance Program
• Time Off/Leave (PTO, Vacation or Sick Leave)

Workplace Type

This is a hybrid position in Berkeley, CA.

Application Deadline

This position is anticipated to close on Sep 17, 2026.

Actalent is a global leader in engineering and sciences services and talent solutions. We help visionary companies advance their engineering and science initiatives through access to specialized experts who drive scale, innovation and speed to market. With a network of almost 20,000 consultants and 5,000 clients across the U.S., Canada, Asia and Europe, Actalent serves many of the Fortune 500. We are proud to be an Engineering News-Record (ENR) Top 500 Design Firm for our engineering design services and a ClearlyRated Best of Staffing® winner for both client and talent service.

The company is an equal opportunity employer and will consider all applications without regard to race, sex, age, color, religion, national origin, veteran status, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, genetic information or any characteristic protected by law.

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Pursuant to the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, for all positions located in the city and county of San Francisco, we will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

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We may use Artificial Intelligence (AI) to support parts of our hiring process, including sourcing, screening, and evaluating candidates. AI helps assess applications and qualifications, but final decisions are made by our hiring team. By applying, you acknowledge and agree that your application may be reviewed using AI tools.