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# Senior Program Manager, Manufacturing Operations at SPAN

- **Company:** SPAN
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Posted:** 2026-07-09
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-16
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/span/1a4624a8-a6f4-4940-a936-40c31678957a

## Job description

## Our Mission

SPAN is enabling electrification for all ⚡ SPAN is mission-driven to design, build, and deploy products that electrify our built environment, decarbonize our world, and slow the effects of climate change.

- Decarbonization is the process to reduce or remove greenhouse gas emissions, especially carbon dioxide, from entering our atmosphere.
- Electrification is the process of replacing fossil fuel appliances that run on gas or oil with all-electric upgrades for a cleaner way to power our lives.

At SPAN, we believe in:

- Enabling homes and vehicles powered by clean energy
- Making electrification upgrades possible
- Building more resilient homes with reliable backup
- Designing a flexible and distributed electrical grid

## The Role

As part of our Manufacturing Operations team, the Senior Program Manager will lead the end-to-end bring-up of a new manufacturing facility, serving as the central point of accountability across site selection, local incentives, construction and facility readiness, and manufacturing readiness. This role requires someone who can build structure across highly ambiguous, fast-moving workstreams, and who is comfortable coordinating engineering, finance, legal, HR, and supply chain teams toward a shared timeline without having direct authority over any of them. You'll be based at our HQ with frequent travel to the site during active build-out phases.

## Responsibilities

- Own the master program plan for new facility bring-up, including milestones, dependencies, critical path, and risk register, from site selection through ramp to full production
- Coordinate site selection activities, working with real estate, legal, and finance teams to evaluate candidate locations against cost, labor, logistics, and regulatory criteria
- Manage relationships and negotiations related to local and state incentives (tax abatements, grants, workforce development funds), partnering with legal and finance to track commitments and compliance obligations
- Drive facility bring-up activities including permitting, construction oversight coordination, utility and infrastructure readiness, and equipment install scheduling
- Lead manufacturing readiness planning: equipment qualification, process validation, staffing and training plans, safety certification, and quality system readiness
- Run regular cross-functional program reviews, surfacing risks, resolving blockers, and escalating decisions to leadership with clear options and recommendations
- Build and maintain program dashboards and status reporting for executive stakeholders
- Manage relationships with external partners including general contractors, equipment vendors, local government agencies, and economic development organizations
- Develop contingency plans for schedule, budget, or supply chain risks, and adjust the program plan as conditions change
- Document lessons learned and build repeatable playbooks to streamline future facility launches

Potential Projects

- Lead site selection evaluation and final recommendation for SPAN's next manufacturing facility
- Negotiate and secure a local/state incentive package, then build the tracking system to manage ongoing compliance commitments
- Build the manufacturing readiness checklist and timeline that gets the new facility from equipment install to first production unit

## About You

Required Qualifications

- 5+ years of program or project management experience, with direct experience standing up new manufacturing facilities, lines, or large capital projects
- Demonstrated ability to manage complex, multi-workstream programs involving internal teams and external partners simultaneously
- Working knowledge of manufacturing readiness concepts: equipment qualification, process validation, EHS/safety compliance, and quality systems
- Strong financial acumen, with experience building and tracking capital budgets, forecasts, and incentive-related financial commitments
- Excellent stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence and align engineering, finance, legal, HR, and operations leaders without direct authority over them
- Proven track record of building structure and clarity in ambiguous, fast-moving environments
- Strong written and verbal communication skills, including experience presenting to senior leadership
- Willingness to travel frequently to the facility site during active build-out phases (travel expectations vary by program phase, potentially 30-50%+)

Bonus Qualifications

- Familiarity with site selection processes and economic incentive negotiation
- Experience in a relevant manufacturing vertical (e.g., EV/battery, electronics, hardware)
- Familiarity with lean manufacturing or Six Sigma methodologies
- Prior experience working directly with state or local economic development agencies
- PMP certification or equivalent program management training
- Experience with program management tooling (e.g., MS Project, Smartsheet, [Monday.com](http://Monday.com), or similar)

Life at SPAN SPAN embraces diversity and equal opportunity in a serious way. We are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Headquartered in San Francisco's vibrant SoMa neighborhood, we are an eclectic group of creative thinkers who value open communication, teamwork, and a 'make it happen' approach to addressing complex challenges. We're hiring talented individuals who are driven by success and are passionate about shaping the future of renewable energy. If that sounds like you, we'd love for you to consider joining the rapidly growing team at SPAN.

The Perks: ⚡ Competitive compensation + equity grants at a well-funded, venture-backed company ⚡ Comprehensive benefits: 100% employee premiums for base plans on medical, dental, vision with options for additional coverage. Parental leave up to twenty four (24) weeks depending on eligibility ⚡ Comfortable, sunny office space located near BART and Caltrain public transit ⚡ Strong focus on team building and company culture: Employee Resource Groups, monthly social events, SPANcakes recognition breakfast, lunch, and learns ⚡ Flexible hours and flexible time off Interested in joining our team? Apply today and we'll be in touch with the next steps!

## About SPAN

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: SPAN designs and manufactures a smart electrical panel that replaces traditional circuit breakers, providing real-time, circuit-level energy management and control to optimize home energy use.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series C)
- **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, USA
- **Founded**: 2018
- **Founders**: Not publicly available

## Core Business
- **Primary industry/industries**: Smart Home Energy Management, Clean Technology, Electrical Infrastructure
- **Target customers**: B2C (homeowners), B2B (builders, installers, and partners in the solar/battery/HVAC ecosystem)
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "Decarbonize our future" by designing, building, and deploying products that electrify homes and slow the effects of climate change [span.io/about](https://www.span.io/about).

## Products & Services
- **SPAN Panel**: A smart electrical panel that replaces a home’s standard circuit breaker box. It provides real-time, circuit-level energy data, control, and automation via an intuitive mobile app. It manages all electricity in the home, enabling smarter energy use, cost savings, and longer backup power during outages.
- **SPAN Home App**: The software interface for the SPAN Panel. It offers an all-in-one dashboard for real-time energy monitoring, circuit-level control, and energy-saving insights.
- **SPAN PowerUp**: An integrated technology within the SPAN Panel that automatically manages appliance loads to prevent overloads, allowing homeowners to add major appliances (like EV chargers, heat pumps) without costly utility service upgrades.
- **SPAN XFRA**: A distributed data center solution announced in April 2026, designed to close the speed-to-power gap for AI compute demand [span.io](https://www.span.io/).

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company)
- **Key Metric**: Total funding raised of **$426.72M** (Series C) [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/spanio)
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Partners include Tesla, Carrier, Eaton, FranklinWH, and Mitsubishi Electric [span.io](https://www.span.io/).
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - Ranked **#5 out of top 500 startups** [span.io/mission-careers](https://www.span.io/mission-careers).
  - Launched a campaign with Carrier, Tesla, and others to lower electricity costs by unlocking underused grid capacity (March 2026).
  - Announced a collaboration with Eaton (March 2026).
  - Expanding into distributed data center solutions with XFRA (April 2026).

## Competitive Advantages
- **First-mover in smart panels**: SPAN reinvented the 100-year-old electrical panel, creating a new category of home energy management.
- **Hardware + Software Moat**: The combination of a physical panel (UL 1741 PCS certified) with sophisticated software for circuit-level control is difficult to replicate.
- **Ecosystem Integrations**: Deep partnerships with major players like Tesla, Carrier, and Eaton create a sticky, integrated product experience.
- **Safety & Reliability**: Unrivaled leadership in electrical safety, meeting rigorous industry standards (NEMA 3R rated for indoor/outdoor placement).

## Strategic Focus
- **Electrification of homes**: Core mission is to enable all-electric homes with solar, battery storage, EV charging, and heat pumps.
- **Grid modernization**: Pushing for policy changes and technologies (like the campaign with Carrier and Tesla) to unlock underused grid capacity.
- **New market expansion**: Moving beyond residential into distributed data center infrastructure with XFRA.
- **Deepening integrations**: Continued collaboration with major OEMs to ensure seamless installation and interoperability.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven**: Employees are united by the goal to decarbonize the world and slow climate change [span.io/about](https://www.span.io/about).
- **Company values**: "Know your stuff" (curiosity, expertise), "Make it happen" (execution mindset), and "In it together" (team success) [span.io/mission-careers](https://www.span.io/mission-careers).
- **Growth & recognition**: Ranked #5 out of top 500 startups, indicating strong momentum and market validation.
- **Culture**: "Safe, productive, and flexible work environment that enables innovation and creativity" [span.io/mission-careers](https://www.span.io/mission-careers).
- **Compensation & benefits**: Competitive compensation, comprehensive benefits, flexible paid time off, and team-building/career growth opportunities.
- **Locations**: Offices in San Francisco (HQ), South San Francisco (R&D Lab), and Bengaluru, India.
- **Employee Resource Groups**: Active ERGs for community connection.

## Sources
1. [span.io](https://www.span.io/)
2. [span.io/about](https://www.span.io/about)
3. [span.io/mission-careers](https://www.span.io/mission-careers)
4. [cbinsights.com](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/spanio)
5. [LinkedIn](https://www.linkedin.com/company/spanio)

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