Senior Manager, Strategic Projects

Overview

Drive urgent, ambiguous cross‑functional projects to accelerate Antora’s thermal battery initiatives.

Key Responsibilities

• compliance docs
• book claim
• cross functional
• critical path
• vertical integration
• master schedule

Tasks

-Operationalize compliance and documentation for markets and growth transactions -Support development of book & claim instrument for heat and land offtakes with major corporate customers -Coordinate cross-functional inputs for growth transactions, final investment decision (FID) packages, major customer deals; close gaps and drive to decision/signature -Accelerate critical path programs -Support the execution of the international expansion strategy -Take ownership of urgent, ambiguous workstreams; define scope, surface blockers, sequence the work, and drive to measurable outcomes -Assess, strategize and help execute "vertical integration" for some of our supply chain by building out our own capabilities for key components -Support next-site selection and capacity ramp plans; enable sourcing and supplier readiness -Assemble a tiger team and convene right stakeholders to resolve any issues or blockers that come up -Set up project structures that keep cross-functional teams aligned and accountable on the highest priorities -Serve as our “surge problem solver” -Build and maintain an integrated master schedule and drive decision making

Requirements

• program management
• cross-functional
• stakeholder management
• construction
• compliance management
• travel ready

What You Bring

-Ideate and execute creative partnerships that open opportunities for Antora -5–10+ years delivering complex, cross-functional programs in environments that blend technical, operational, and commercial/financial work (e.g., industrial projects, engineering/procurement/construction (EPC), manufacturing ramp, technical program management). -Clear and effective communicator with a bias for action and a high-level of ownership. -Previous experience managing first-of-a-kind projects requiring construction and commissioning practices in the manufacturing sector. -Proven ability to engage deeply with engineers and operators (read drawings, process flows, and schedules; understand interfaces and critical paths). -Willingness to travel to sites and partners on short notice. -Demonstrated cross-functional influencing and stakeholder management abilities across all levels (internally and externally) - brings diversified experiences demonstrating strong negotiation and decision-making facilitation skills. -Exceptional de-bottlenecking track record in complex, multi-disciplinary, first-of-a-kind product, manufacturing (or industrial) start-up environments. -Ability to orchestrate compliance for policy-driven requirements and with the organizational discipline to stand up documentation that withstands diligence/audit.

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About Antora Energy

-Founded to tackle the hardest-to-decarbonize industries, emerged from a simple question: how to turn cheap wind and solar into always-on industrial energy using thermal batteries. -In early 2023, powered up their first deployment near Fresno, followed by a 50,000 ft² factory in San Jose and a 2 MW thermophotovoltaic production line in Sunnyvale. -Named a TIME 'Best Invention' of 2023, listed in Fast Company’s 'Best Workplaces for Innovators'. -Struck letters of intent with utilities like Con Edison and partners such as Shell to bring their tech to industrial and utility-scale applications. -American-made and modular by design, thermal batteries ship factory-built to scale from megawatts to gigawatts, promising to reshape global industrial energy systems.

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