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# Technical Program Manager at Neara

- **Company:** Neara
- **Location:** United States
- **Compensation:** $150k–$200k
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** remote
- **Posted:** 2026-10-08
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-16
- **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/neara/16a4aacb-f371-482d-a576-f78d80f756eb

## Job description

Imagine having the power to stress-test an entire power grid against a hurricane or thunderstorm before the clouds even gather. That is the reality we are creating at Neara.

We use advanced machine learning to create engineering-grade, physics enabled digital twins of electricity grids across four continents, this helps asset owners understand their biggest challenges and bring the most viable solutions to life across millions of kilometres of infrastructure.

By simulating extreme weather and structural stress at a network-wide scale, we empower the world’s largest utilities to pinpoint risks, optimise investments and build a more resilient global energy future.

Our team is a collection of brilliant minds who are fanatical about making a tangible difference in the real world, utilising AI and machine learning to accelerate everything from data classification to complex scenario analysis. We have built a special culture where innovation thrives because everyone owns the mission and we need smart, creative people to help us scale this impact to every corner of the globe.

We're hiring a Technical Program Manager to own delivery of complex, high-value programs for our largest US utility customers. This is a customer-facing role, where you will be the trusted point of contact for customer teams and executive sponsors. While our Customer Success team members will own technical excellence and delivering the value to customers, you will be accountable for delivering every program on time, to scope and to a standard of excellence that customers will remember.

You will be the connective tissue between Customer Success, Product and Engineering, and a champion for change with both customers - adopting new technology and ways of working - and inside Neara, as our delivery model evolves. That includes a relentless pursuit of ways to deliver more and larger customer projects with the same resources, using AI and automation to make our work faster, more consistent and more scalable.

## WHAT YOU’LL DO

- Lead end-to-end delivery of a portfolio of complex enterprise programs, from kickoff through go-live and adoption, involving large-scale data ingestion (LiDAR, GIS, asset data), model builds, integrations and value driven use cases
- Be the primary point of contact for customer program teams and executive sponsors, building trusted relationships at every level
- Run program governance, incl. steering committees, executive updates, status reporting & decision logs
- Define scope, milestones, dependencies and success criteria, and keep programs on track by coordinating across Customer Success, Product and Engineering
- Plan ahead for risks and dependencies, and guide stakeholders through key decisions with clear options and trade-offs
- Champion change with customers through stakeholder alignment, training and adoption plans, so new workflows become part of how teams work
- Apply and improve program management standards, templates and reporting across the US team
- Identify opportunities to use AI and automation across the delivery lifecycle, such as status reporting, data validation and project setup, and help the team adopt them

## WHAT YOU’LL BRING

- 5+ years in technical program or project management, delivering complex enterprise software, data or infrastructure programs
- Significant customer-facing experience, comfortable leading the room with senior stakeholders and building lasting trust
- A consistent record of delivering multi-stakeholder programs on time and to a high standard
- A natural change leader who has helped customers and teams adopt new tools, processes or ways of working
- Technical enough to go deep with engineers on data pipelines, integrations and cloud platforms. Python or SQL skills are highly regarded
- Comfortable working at multiple altitudes: shaping program strategy with executives one day, unblocking execution on the ground the next
- Confident with data, tooling and project management tools (e.g. Fibery, Jira, Asana), and a practical user of AI tools to improve how work gets done
- Experience in utilities, energy, GIS or LiDAR is a plus but not essential

## WHAT WE OFFER

- A rare opportunity to run some of our most important US customer programs while shaping how we deliver in one of our fastest-growing markets
- Work on technology that matters. Our digital twins are actively protecting energy grids from increasingly common extreme weather and structural failure
- Strategic autonomy, paired with a collaborative culture where everyone, from engineering to leadership, is accessible and aligned on the same mission
- Competitive compensation including ESOP, flexible working, and excellent PTO, healthcare and 401(k) programs

## #L1-BH1 #LI-DNP

## About Neara

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Neara builds the first physics-enabled digital twin platform that models critical infrastructure networks (power grids, utilities) to simulate real-world conditions, optimize resilience, and accelerate the energy transition.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Series D, raised ~AUD 90M in February 2026)
- **Headquarters**: Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
- **Founded**: 2016
- **Founders**: Jack Curtis (Co-founder and Chief Commercial Officer) and others (exact list not fully public; co-founder team includes engineering and domain experts)

## Core Business
- **Primary industries**: Software Development for Energy & Infrastructure (power transmission, distribution, renewables, grid resilience)
- **Target customers**: B2B – utilities (electric, gas, water), network operators, renewable energy developers, and infrastructure owners. Works with ~90% of Australian network utilities and international partners like Southern California Edison, CenterPoint Energy, ESB Networks, Scottish Power.
- **Mission statement**: Provide utilities and infrastructure owners with a physics-accurate digital twin that moves them from seeing “what is” to understanding “what if,” enabling safer, more resilient systems and better-informed investment decisions.

## Products & Services
- **Neara Platform (Physics-Enabled Digital Twin)**: SaaS platform that creates a geometrically precise, behaviourally accurate 3D model of entire infrastructure networks (poles, lines, vegetation, terrain). It runs network-wide simulations for severe weather, wildfire, flooding, load growth, and asset failure. Modules include:
  - **Resiliency & Reliability**: Assess and harden networks against storms, heat, and fire.
  - **Wildfire Mitigation**: Identify high-risk assets and prioritise intervention.
  - **Vegetation Management**: Automate clearance compliance.
  - **Design & Construction**: Simulate new feeder builds, pole replacements, and reconfigurations.
  - **Risk & Value Optimization**: Quantify investment trade-offs and regulator-ready reports.
  - **Renewable Energy & Decarbonization**: Analyse capacity for new generation connections and grid interconnection.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not publicly disclosed (private company).
- **Key Metrics**:
  - **Total Funding**: ~AUD 180M (~USD 150.8M) as of Feb 2026, including Series D led by TCV.
  - **Annual Revenue**: ~USD 5.2M (estimated from LinkedIn; likely conservative given headcount and funding stage).
  - **Global Reach**: Modeled over 15 million assets covering more than 3 million km across four continents.
  - **Customers**: Partnerships with global utilities including Southern California Edison, CenterPoint Energy, ESB Networks, Scottish Power, Essential Energy, Ausgrid, Powercor, SA Power Networks.
- **Notable Investors / Partners**: TCV (lead, Series D), Partners Group, EQT, Square Peg Capital, Skip Capital, Prosus Ventures, OIF Ventures.
- **Growth Signals**:
  - Headcount grew 73.4% YoY (176 employees from 85).
  - Active job postings: 44 (up 83.3% YoY).
  - Series D raised AUD 90M in Feb 2026 to accelerate AI/ML talent and global expansion.
  - Claims customers bring new infrastructure online 85% faster and achieve 8-9 figure cost savings.

## Competitive Advantages
- **Physics-first approach**: Unlike typical AI/ML pattern-matching, Neara’s digital twin is built on real-world physics (structural, thermal, loading, clearance) – grounding every simulation in engineering reality.
- **Single unified model**: One platform replaces fragmented point solutions (vegetation, inspection, storm, load) – all workflows feed from the same geometrically and behaviourally accurate twin.
- **Deep domain expertise**: Years working with large utilities; understands regulatory, safety, and operational constraints.
- **High switching costs**: Once a utility builds its entire operations on Neara’s model, replacing it is extremely difficult.
- **Global references**: Partnerships with marquee utilities in the US, Europe, and Australia provide credibility.

## Strategic Focus
- **Talent pipeline**: Accelerating hiring of ML and AI engineers to further develop the physics-enabled technology.
- **International expansion**: Growing commercial teams in the US, UK, Europe (Lithuania), India, and Philippines.
- **Addressing infrastructure crisis**: Focusing on data centre load growth, renewable interconnection, and grid hardening under climate stress.
- **Product depth**: Adding more solutions on the same platform (e.g., wildfire, flood, capacity, design).

## Why Work Here
- **High-stakes impact**: Work directly affects how utilities keep the lights on, prevent wildfires, and prepare for storms – real-world consequences for every line of code.
- **Engineering culture**: Deep spatial ML, computational geometry, and physics simulation – not another CRUD app. “We don’t do hypothetical,” says the careers page.
- **Global team**: 176 people across 10+ countries (Australia, US, UK, Lithuania, India, Philippines, etc.). Hybrid/remote-friendly roles observed in open postings.
- **Growth trajectory**: 73% headcount growth in the last year, 44 open roles – opportunity to shape the company as it scales.
- **Values**: “Mission-critical impact,” “engineering-grade reality,” and “high stakes, high support.” They invest in people with talent communities and a structured hiring process.
- **Notable perks**: Not explicitly listed, but emphasis on autonomy, solving ambiguous problems, and collaborative deep-dive interviews. Roles include Senior ML Engineer, Forward Deployed Engineer, Customer Success, Product Manager.

## Sources
1. [neara.com – Homepage](https://neara.com/)
2. [neara.com – Careers](https://neara.com/company/careers/)
3. [linkedin.com – Neara Company Page](https://au.linkedin.com/company/neara)
4. [neara.com – Press Release: $90M Series D](https://neara.com/resources/press/neara-raises-90-million-to-solve-the-global-infrastructure-crisis-with-ai/)
5. [neara.com – Talent Community](https://neara.com/company/talent-community/)

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