Technical Program Manager, Orion - Reporting to the CTO- Coordinate Orion execution across science, engineering, manufacturing, supply chain, integration, commissioning, and operations readiness.
- Help subunit owners assemble and maintain an integrated Orion-level plan, while making clear that each owner remains responsible for their own schedule, scope, and commitments.
- Identify cross-team dependencies, interface risks, schedule conflicts, and unresolved ownership gaps.
- Ensure major technical decisions are surfaced quickly, framed clearly, and escalated to the right leader or executive when needed.
- Highlight technical tradeoffs involving performance, schedule, risk, manufacturability, cost, reliability, and operability.
- Drive the cadence for Orion coordination meetings, technical reviews, dependency reviews, and executive decision forums.
- Maintain visibility into the plant-level critical path by integrating inputs from responsible owners, not by replacing their ownership of detailed schedules.
- Track major risks, blockers, open decisions, and readiness gaps across the Orion program.
- Ensure decisions and changes are communicated clearly to all affected teams.
- Partner with systems engineering, integration engineering, production scheduling, and technical leads to connect their work into one coherent Orion execution picture.
- Provide a concise, accurate view of Orion status, including what is blocked, what decisions are needed, where risks are increasing, and where executive help is required.
- Build the TPM function for Orion as the program scales, including standards for dependency tracking, decision logs, risk reviews, readiness gates, and executive reporting.
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BenefitsOur total compensation package includes benefits, including but not limited to:
• Medical, Dental, and Vision plans for employees and their families
• 31 Days of PTO (21 vacation days and 10 sick days)
• 10 Paid holidays, plus company-wide winter break
• Up to 5% employer 401(k) match
• Short term disability, long term disability, and life insurance
• Paid parental leave and support (up to 16 weeks)
• Annual wellness stipend
