Technical Programs Manager, Government Programs

Anthro • Alameda, CA

7h • $100,000 - $125,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Anthro Energy is hiring a Government Programs Manager to lead the execution of its government-funded programs and contribute to growing non-dilutive funding. This role encompasses three primary areas: leading technical program management for awards, writing successful grant and contract proposals, and supporting non-dilutive strategy and business development. The successful candidate will manage existing programs from inception to completion, overseeing technical scope, schedule, milestones, deliverables, budget, risk, government reporting, and compliance. This involves cross-functional collaboration internally and with external partners to ensure programs remain on track and audit-ready. The role also includes leading proposal development from solicitation to submission and assisting the VP of Government Programs and the executive team in identifying, qualifying, and capturing non-dilutive opportunities that align with Anthro's go-to-market strategy.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience across technical program management, government contracting, proposal development, or business development, preferably in R&D, defense, energy, or advanced hardware.
• Demonstrated ability to manage complex, multi-party programs across technical, operational, financial, and administrative stakeholders.
• Strong technical fluency and ability to translate engineering work into proposals, program plans, milestones, and risks.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to communicate with engineers, executives, government customers, and partners.
• Proficiency with Asana, and other project management tools.
• Working knowledge of federal award requirements, including allowability, labor charging, indirect rates, cost share, and in-kind reporting.
• Familiarity with the defense and federal funding landscape.
• Technical degree in engineering, materials science, physics, or a related field.
• Ability to travel up to 25% of the time.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with technology development programs involving prototyping, testing, validation, manufacturing scale-up, or technology transition.
• Experience managing defense contracts and programs, including CDRLs, design reviews, and DoD reporting structures.
• Existing relationships with DoD PAE and other program offices, DIU, or/and defense primes.
• Familiarity with battery materials, electrochemistry, cell design, energy storage.
• US military veteran, especially with experience in acquisition, program management, or defense contracting.
• Active US security clearance is a plus.
• PMP, DAU, APMP, or equivalent training.

Responsibilities

• Manage assigned government awards and contract execution end to end, including scope, schedule, budget, milestones, deliverables, dependencies, and risk.
• Drive cross-functional execution across engineering, operations, finance, contracts, legal, and other internal teams.
• Lead preparation for program reviews, technical interchange meetings, site visits, audits, and other partner engagements associated with project execution.
• Prepare and submit reports, including progress reports, milestone updates, CDRLs, technical deliverables, invoices, funding increments, and closeout documentation.
• Maintain risk registers, action-item trackers, and deliverable calendars, and drive mitigation of technical, schedule, budget, and compliance risks.
• Lead or co-lead proposal development from solicitation release through submission, including compliance matrices, outlines, schedules, and color-team reviews.
• Write and edit technical volumes, executive summaries, commercialization plans, management plans, and other narrative sections.
• Work with engineering to translate technical work into clear, compelling, and compliant proposal content.
• Coordinate with finance and contracts on cost volumes, budget justifications, cost share, and required certifications and representations.
• Maintain a reusable library of proposal content, past performance, résumés, and boilerplate.
• Track the defense and energy funding landscape, including budget cycles, policy changes, and upcoming solicitations, and brief the VP of Government Programs on implications.
• Research and qualify opportunities against Anthro's technology roadmap, product strategy, and capacity, and prepare recommendations for leadership on funding opportunities.
• Support capture planning for priority opportunities, including customer engagement plans, teaming approaches, and win themes.
• Support relationship building with government program managers, contracting officers, congress, primes, integrators, and end users across DoD, Intelligence and other agencies.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and equity compensation commensurate with experience.
• 15 Vacation Days
• 10+ Holidays
• Sick time off
• Full medical, dental, and vision coverage for team members, 60% coverage for dependents
• 401k with match
• Paid parental leave with flexible return-to-work policy
• Diverse and inclusive work environment

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level