--- title: 'Program Manager, Manufacturing at General Matter' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/program-manager-manufacturing-general-matter-los-angeles-e946m7wjzkwx' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-18' --- # Program Manager, Manufacturing at General Matter - **Company:** General Matter - **Location:** Los Angeles, CA - **Posted:** 2026-09-25 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-18 - **Apply:** https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/generalmatter/jobs/5397156008 ## Job description ## About the Company General Matter is enriching uranium in America. Our goal is to design, build, and operate the world’s lowest-cost enrichment services in the United States. Our mission is to restore America’s ability to produce nuclear fuel—fuel that will power AI, advanced manufacturing, critical industries, and the next generation of nuclear reactors. Ultimately, our work will help power national ambitions and enable a high-energy society. We were incubated by Founders Fund, like Anduril and Palantir before us, and are backed by top-tier investors. Our lean, world-class team of engineers and operators is applying a first-principles approach to solving the problem of nuclear fuel production. We are a mission-driven company with a culture of urgency, accountability, and transparency. Help us build a high-energy society by making the cleanest, safest form of baseload energy the most affordable. ## About This Role As a Program Manager, you will own how General Matter's manufacturing & production organizations builds its operating rhythm, acting as a thought partner to that leader on priorities, decisions, and day-to-day execution. You'll play a critical role keeping a fast-moving engineering org aligned, unblocked, and focused as General Matter works to build a domestic supply of enriched uranium and secure America's energy future. This role requires exceptional initiative, structured thinking, and communication skills — you'll turn ambiguity into clear plans, design the processes that let an engineering org scale, and ramp quickly on technical and regulatory subject matter. The ideal candidate thrives in fast-paced environments and operates independently with limited direction. ## Responsibilities - Own critical-path program visibility and turn noisy status into clear, leadership-ready updates. - Act as thought partner to an engineering leader, unblocking them to spend their time on the highest-value items. - Build and maintain schedules, trackers, dashboards, and executive briefings. - Design, run, and improve core engineering processes — design reviews, review cadences, and reporting workflows. - Standardize team workflows (status collection, drafting and routing, decision logs) into a repeatable operating rhythm. - Track priorities, dependencies, and follow-ups so nothing slips. - Partner across Engineering, Operations, Legal, Communications, and Security to keep initiatives aligned. - Surface risks and execution gaps and drive them to resolution. ## Basic Qualifications - 5+ years of experience in private equity/venture capital, management consulting, operations, or a related field. - Exceptional structured thinking and the ability to create order out of ambiguity. - Excellent written and verbal communication with strong synthesis ability. - Strong organizational and execution skills across multiple concurrent priorities. - Ability to ramp quickly on technical and regulatory subject matter. - High ownership and bias to action. - Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience). - U.S. citizenship (required for export-controlled and national-security-systems work). ## Preferred Skills and Experience - A track record of designing and improving operational processes and operating rhythms. - Experience working in startup or high-growth environments. - Fluency with program management tooling and workstream management. - Ability to manage sensitive, high-visibility work with professionalism and discretion. Additional Requirements - Ability to work extended hours and weekends as necessary. ## Equal Opportunity Employer General Matter is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with General Matter is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status. ## Compensation and Benefits The base salary range for this role is $130,000 - $180,000 annually. Compensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. Please note that the stated salary range is an estimate and may be adjusted based on market conditions, business needs, or other factors. In addition to base salary, for full-time hires, you may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of stock options, and access to medical, vision & dental coverage as well as access to a 401(k) retirement plan. ## About General Matter ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Nuclear energy – uranium enrichment, nuclear fuel supply chain - **Target customers**: Nuclear power plant operators (civilian reactors, small modular reactors, microreactors), data center operators, industrial manufacturers, and government/defense entities - **Mission**: “Restore US leadership in nuclear fuel” and “make the cleanest, safest form of baseload energy the most affordable” [generalmatter.com/mission](https://generalmatter.com/mission/) ## Products & Services - **Low Enriched Uranium (LEU)**: Enrichment of uranium to 3-5% U-235 for existing US civilian reactors (supplying ~20% of US grid power) - **High Assay Low Enriched Uranium (HALEU)**: Enrichment to 5-20% U-235 for next-generation small modular reactors (SMRs) and microreactors - **Enrichment as a Service**: Novel, scalable, cost-competitive enrichment technology to fill the critical gap in the US nuclear fuel cycle (conversion → enrichment → deconversion/fabrication) ## Market Standing - **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company) - **Key Metric**: Currently hiring for 64+ roles across engineering, construction, legal, and operations; actively building enrichment capacity - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Described as backed by “institutions” and “generational companies” – specific names not publicly available [generalmatter.com/careers](https://generalmatter.com/careers/) - **Growth Signals**: Aggressive hiring across multiple disciplines; establishing a physical presence in Los Angeles (HQ) and Paducah, Kentucky (construction/manufacturing); addressing a critical national security gap (US currently performs <1% of global enrichment) ## Competitive Advantages - **Domestic enrichment technology**: Novel, proprietary enrichment process designed to be cheaper, more reliable, and scalable compared to foreign state-backed competitors - **National security moat**: Sole US-focused enrichment startup aiming to break dependence on Russian and Chinese supply chains - **Talent pool**: Attracts high-caliber individuals from nuclear engineering, technology, finance, and special operations backgrounds - **First-mover in HALEU**: Positioned to fuel the next wave of advanced reactors and behind-the-meter power for AI data centers ## Strategic Focus - **Scale domestic enrichment capacity**: Build and operate enrichment facilities in the US (Los Angeles and Paducah) - **Support AI and manufacturing growth**: Provide reliable, emissions-free baseload power for compute and industrial expansion - **Enable advanced reactors**: Supply HALEU for SMRs and microreactors, opening new markets in remote and austere environments - **Strengthen US energy independence**: Restore US leadership in nuclear fuel production ## Why Work Here - **Culture**: High standards, extreme ownership, copious autonomy, deep trust, zero politics – described as “work with the best across nuclear, tech and finance” [generalmatter.com/careers](https://generalmatter.com/careers/) - **Work environment**: On-site roles in Los Angeles, CA (engineering, nuclear, legal) and Paducah, KY (construction, procurement); no remote/hybrid options explicitly stated - **Notable perks**: Mission-driven work with national impact; opportunity to solve a critical energy and security challenge; flat organization with high agency - **Engineering culture**: Emphasis on control systems, embedded software, simulation, DevOps, and nuclear safety engineering; also seeks creative minds and numbers savants ## Sources 1. [generalmatter.com](https://generalmatter.com/) 2. [generalmatter.com/careers](https://generalmatter.com/careers/) 3. [generalmatter.com/mission](https://generalmatter.com/mission/) 4. [generalmatter.com/technology](https://generalmatter.com/technology/) 5. 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