Technical Programs Manager, Government Programs

• Manage assigned government awards and contract execution end to end, including scope, schedule, budget, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and risk.

• Drive cross-functional execution across engineering, operations, finance, contracts, legal, and other internal teams.

• Lead preparation for program reviews, technical interchange meetings, site visits, audits, and other partner engagements associated with project execution.

• Prepare and submit reports, including progress reports, milestone updates, CDRLs, technical deliverables, invoices, funding increments, and closeout documentation.

• Maintain risk registers, action-item trackers, and deliverable calendars, and drive mitigation of technical, schedule, budget, and compliance risks.

• Maintain risk registers, action-item trackers, and deliverable calendars, and drive mitigation of technical, schedule, budget, and compliance risks.

• Lead or co-lead proposal development from solicitation release through submission, including compliance matrices, outlines, schedules, and color-team reviews.

• Write and edit technical volumes, executive summaries, commercialization plans, management plans, and other narrative sections.

• Work with engineering to translate technical work into clear, compelling, and compliant proposal content.

• Coordinate with finance and contracts on cost volumes, budget justifications, cost share, and required certifications and representations.

• Maintain a reusable library of proposal content, past performance, résumés, and boilerplate.

• Maintain a reusable library of proposal content, past performance, résumés, and boilerplate.

• Track the defense and energy funding landscape, including budget cycles, policy changes, and upcoming solicitations, and brief the VP of Government Programs on implications.

• Research and qualify opportunities against Anthro's technology roadmap, product strategy, and capacity, and prepare recommendations for leadership on funding opportunities

• Support capture planning for priority opportunities, including customer engagement plans, teaming approaches, and win themes.

• 5+ years of experience across technical program management, government contracting, proposal development, or business development, preferably in R&D, defense, energy, or advanced hardware.

• Demonstrated ability to manage complex, multi-party programs across technical, operational, financial, and administrative stakeholders.

• Strong technical fluency and ability to translate engineering work into proposals, program plans, milestones, and risks

• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate with engineers, executives, government customers, and partners.

• Proficiency with Asana, and other project management tools

• Working knowledge of federal award requirements, including allowability, labor charging, indirect rates, cost share, and in-kind reporting.

• Familiarity with the defense and federal funding landscape

• Technical degree in engineering, materials science, physics, or a related field.

• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.

• Experience with technology development programs involving prototyping, testing, validation, manufacturing scale-up, or technology transition.

• Experience managing defense contracts and programs, including CDRLs, design reviews, and DoD reporting structures.

• Existing relationships with DoD PAE and other program offices, DIU, or/and defense primes.

• Familiarity with battery materials, electrochemistry, cell design, energy storage.

• US military veteran, especially with experience in acquisition, program management, or defense contracting.

• Active US security clearance is a plus

• PMP, DAU, APMP, or equivalent training.

• PMP, DAU, APMP, or equivalent training.

• Competitive salary and equity compensation commensurate with experience. Expected salary range for posted level is $130-170k

• 15 Vacation Days, 10+ Holidays, Sick time off
• Full medical, dental, and vision coverage for team members, 60% coverage for dependents
• 401k with match
• Paid parental leave with flexible return-to-work policy
• Diverse and inclusive work environment