Senior Program Manager

Who we are:

Were transforming one of the worlds oldest industries with cutting-edge technology and an innovative approach. Backed by top-tier investors and recognized by Time as one of the best Inventions of 2024 and Fast Company as one of 2024s Next Big Things in Tech Electra is scaling rapidly and were looking for bold driven individuals to help us reshape the future of iron production. If youre ready to make a real impact in a company thats redefining heavy industry for a cleaner smarter world we want to hear from you.

What you will do:

The Senior Program Manager will own the planning coordination and delivery of Electras highestpriority crossfunctional programsensuringexecution rigorof our corporate planwhileembeddingmarket and valuechain insights into decisionmaking. This role blends program management with strategic analysis across the endtoend steelmaking value chain starting with North America and expanding globally. Strong technical acumen and experience managinglarge capital projectswill be critical to success.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead endtoend program management for technology scaleup for demonstration and commercial plants and operational readiness initiatives
• Build and maintain program roadmaps milestones critical paths dependencies and integrated schedules across multiple workstreams
• Drive risk management issue escalation/resolution and contingency planning; maintain program RAID logs (Risks Assumptions Issues Dependencies)
• Ensure delivery on time within scope and on budget; run regular governance cadences stagegates and executive reviews
• Implement change control processes and align decisions with OKRs and strategic priorities
• Serve as the central point of contact aligning Strategy Development/Engineering Engineering Construction Operations Supply Chain Finance Policy/Regulatory and Executive Leadership
• Coordinate with external partners (analysts advisors suppliers) to ensure seamless execution and information flow
• Prepare executive-level presentations and decision decks for leadership and board reviews; deliver clear dashboards and program updates
• Investigate the endtoend steelmaking value chain: upstream iron sources and supply markets downstream steel customers and enduse sectors (automotive infrastructure transportation appliances etc.)
• Partner with business development and finance on supply/demand and competitor analyses; extract data and trends from industry analyst and financial reports
• Analyze logistics renewable energy options and associated costs to inform site selection and program decisions
• Identify wheretoplay and howtowin options for Electra; translate strategic choices into executable program charters
• Support technoeconomic and financial modeling to validate scenarios (e.g. TEA NPV/IRR sensitivity analyses); ensure assumptions are documented and aligned
• Build business cases and decision frameworks for portfolio prioritization and sequencing
• Define build and improve the organizational and analytical processes to develop and review Electras strategy (annual and quarterly planning stagegate governance)
• Collaborate with internal and external experts to gather insights align on assumptions and maintain positive relationships across time zones to preserve access to data and knowhow
• Establish and maintain the strategy calendar inputs/outputs and operating mechanisms that tie strategy to program execution
• Implement program management frameworks tooling and best practices (e.g. Primavera P6 MS Project Smartsheet Jira/Confluence Asana Power BI)
• Define and track KPIs across schedule cost quality safety and readiness; drive retrospectives and continuous improvement

What we need you to bring to the team:

• Bachelors degree in Engineering Business or related field
• 8 years of professional program or project management experience leading complex cross-functional initiatives in industrial manufacturing climate-tech or technology environments (excluding internships co-ops or academic projects)
• 2 years of experience in operations- or capital-intensive development environments (e.g. large-scale construction infrastructure commissioning scale-up or transformation initiatives) demonstrating strong analytical rigor
• Proven ability to independently solve complex problems by applying established principles sound judgment and adaptable approaches
• Strong commercial acumen and understanding of key business and financial drivers; comfort with techno-economic and financial modeling
• Awareness of economic industry and external trends that may impact Electras strategy programs and priorities
• Demonstrated organizational and program management skills including governance stakeholder alignment communication and change management
• Ability to prepare clear executive-level presentations and board-ready materials to support informed decision-making
• Experience leading projects or workstreams and providing guidance or mentoring without direct people management responsibility
• Effective communicator who can influence and collaborate across functions and levels of the organization
• Proven ability to operate in a fast-paced scaling environment including transitions from R&D to 24/7 production while maintaining an innovation-focused culture