Program Manager

AURIS NOBLE LLC•Warren, OH

8d•$60,000 - $100,000•Remote

About The Position

The Program Manager coordinates technical and business teams, maintains the performance baseline, communicates priorities to team leaders, and ensures commitments are translated into timely, accurate, and supportable deliverables on existing multi-year federally funded projects. The role supports company growth programs involving facility expansion, process scale-up, equipment installation and commissioning, recovery and separation of critical materials from nickel-based superalloy feedstocks, and transition of new or improved processes into sustained production. Auris Noble LLC is a vertically integrated recovery and refining company working with high-value critical and strategic materials from aerospace, defense, telecommunications, advanced manufacturing, and other industries. Its capabilities include laboratory development, analytical chemistry, pilot operations, commercial-scale chemical processing, thermal treatment, metal recovery, and production of refined materials. The company operates multiple facilities under an ISO 9001:2015 quality management system. This is a full-time position with benefits. It is eligible for a fully remote work schedule, with periodic travel (quarterly or more) potentially required for site visits, in-person meetings, and coordination. Hybrid work of up to one to two days per week at the Warren, Ohio location is a plus. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable qualified individuals to perform essential functions.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in engineering, science, business, project management, or a related discipline.
At least 5 years of program, project, operations, engineering, or manufacturing leadership experience.
Demonstrated success managing complex cross-functional projects involving capital equipment, construction, facilities management, process development, or production.
Strong schedule, risk, budget, meeting, documentation, and executive-communication skills.
Ability to understand technical work sufficiently to challenge assumptions, identify dependencies, and communicate progress accurately.
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively in writing and in person.
Ability to organize work, manage changing priorities, and collaborate across technical and business functions.
Sound judgment, attention to detail, initiative, and commitment to safe, ethical work.
Proficiency with Microsoft Office and ability to learn company systems.
Ability to protect confidential, proprietary, customer, and controlled project information.

Nice To Haves

Project Management Professional or comparable certification.
Experience in chemical processing, specialty metals, advanced materials, aerospace, defense, or government-funded manufacturing programs.
Experience with earned-value concepts, integrated master schedules, federal project deliverables, or milestone-based payments.
Experience with commissioning, qualification, production ramp-up, ISO 9001, or supply-chain reporting.
Ability to work in a hybrid schedule, up to one to two days per week at the Warren, Ohio location.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain the integrated program plan, work breakdown structure, schedule, milestone calendar, responsibility matrix, budget alignment, risk register, and reporting cadence.
Coordinate activities across plant, engineering, chemistry, construction, maintenance, operations, quality, ESH, finance, procurement, IT, and contracts workstreams in collaboration with their leads.
Facilitate kickoff, weekly team, monthly leadership, risk, change-control, and milestone-readiness reviews, and drive closure of decisions and actions.
Track requirements, approvals, and documentation for capital purchases, construction, commissioning, qualification, pilot production, product sampling, production targets, and final closeout.
Identify schedule, cost, resource, technical, supply-chain, and compliance risks; develop and manage the critical path, assign owners, and monitor mitigation plans.
Coordinate preparation and internal review of presentations, project plans, schedules, quarterly and annual reports, invoices, production and quality summaries, and final technical reports.
Maintain objective evidence supporting deliverables, milestone completion, costs, approvals, and technical acceptance criteria.
Implement change control for scope, schedule, budget, requirements, assumptions, and technical baselines.
Communicate status, forecasts, decisions, and emerging issues to executives, project teams, customers, and partners.
Support workforce planning, subcontractor coordination, customer visits, audits, and project closeout.