Head of Programme Management

Mainspring Energy is revolutionizing power generation with the world’s most flexible and adaptable onsite power generator, the Mainspring Linear Generator. Commercial, industrial, and utility leaders are choosing Mainspring over traditional options like engines, turbines, and fuel cells to quickly and reliably deliver local power for EV charging, commercial facilities, data centers, and grid-scale operations. The Mainspring Linear Generator is fuel flexible, ramps up and down to meet demand, and utilizes a flameless technology with near-zero NOx emissions.

Backed by top-tier investors such as Khosla Ventures, Bill Gates, American Electric Power, and Lightrock, Mainspring designs, manufactures and delivers its products to customers across the U.S. today, and we’re quickly scaling for international expansion.

Inspired by our vision of the affordable, reliable, net-zero carbon grid, Mainspring is rapidly expanding within the $816B global electricity equipment market, and we’re hiring the best talent to meet growing customer demand around the globe. We welcome a broad range of backgrounds, experiences, and talents to bring fresh perspectives and ongoing innovation to our customers.

Building a new category of world-class power generation requires the optimism of ambition and creativity, balanced with practicality to solve problems efficiently. We bring expertise and commitment to creating the best customer experience, from sales to deployment and service, just as we apply deep technical rigor to building and delivering world-class products. Our culture of inclusion and respect extends beyond our team to interactions with our partners and customers.

The Enterprise Data Systems (EDS) Program Manager will drive coordination and delivery of cross-functional EDS initiatives that span Engineering, Finance, HR, Legal, Commercial, Manufacturing, and other G&A functions. This role will help ensure that EDS team members stay focused on technical execution by taking ownership of initiative tracking, stakeholder alignment, and process rigor. You will serve as the connective tissue between business stakeholders and the EDS technical team, enabling scalable, high-quality systems delivery in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment. Stakeholder Management

Finance, Ops, Legal, Sales, People Ops) to scope initiatives

Communicate status, timelines, and risks clearly to technical and non-technical audiences

Ensure completion of key project artifacts: technical design documents, testing plans, user training material

Standardize and evolve project workflows and documentation templates

sequencing, resource shifts)

Qualifications 7+ years in program or project management, ideally in IT, enterprise systems, or software delivery

Salesforce, NetSuite, Quickbase, Jira)

Experience managing cross-functional, cross-departmental technical initiatives

Strong communication and stakeholder management skills

Demonstrated ability to bring structure and clarity to ambiguity

Experience with technical documentation, UAT coordination, or change management

Comfort working in a scaling environment with agile or hybrid methodologies

Business teams have clear visibility into project status and confidence in timelines, thanks to proactive communication and reliable coordination

Weekly agile processes (triage, sprint planning) are structured, facilitated, and documented by the Program Manager

At the start of each quarter, the Program Manager reviews work backlog, gets stakeholder priorities, works collaboratively with EDS to allocate EDS resources, confirms committed workstreams, and publishes a clear, documented quarterly plan

During mid-quarter check-ins, the Program Manager compiles and distributes a concise summary of actual vs. planned progress, highlighting delivery risks, scope shifts, and tradeoffs for leadership visibility

$145,000 - $170,000 a year This position is remote/hybrid at our Menlo Park HQ. The salary will be adjusted to reflect local market conditions based on employee location as well as the experience of the employee. Along with the base salary, Mainspring offers pre-IPO stock options + benefits. At Mainspring, we are committed to building a diverse, inclusive, flexible, and collaborative environment, so if you want to help us transition the world to clean and affordable electricity, and don’t meet all posted requirements for a particular role, we’d still love to hear from you. Mainspring can sometimes be flexible enough to shift responsibilities for the right person, or otherwise identify open or upcoming roles that may better fit your professional background.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

New hires joining the company tend to be paid within the starting base pay range noted above, with opportunities to increase pay over time based on development of additional skills, competencies, and company-specific knowledge.