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Salary: USD 135,000 - 180,000 / annual
Redwood Materials, founded by Tesla co-founder JB Straubel in 2017, is North America's largest lithium-ion battery recycler and a leader in second-life battery deployment for energy storage. The company recovers and refines critical minerals from end-of-life batteries and has deployed the world's largest second-life battery project, delivering power to AI data centers using proprietary in-house engineered energy architecture.
This is a career-level individual contributor role based in the San Francisco R&D space (approximately 10% international travel to supplier sites). You will own program management across all commodities supporting the Energy Storage business, serving as the central coordinator for integrated supply chain planning.
Key responsibilities include:
- Lead the integrated supply chain program plan across all Energy Storage commodities (electronics PCBAs, mechanical components, energy equipment, solar panels, harnesses), tracking milestones, dependencies, and resources across suppliers and internal teams
- Serve as liaison between Supply Chain commodity teams and Programs, Engineering, Manufacturing, Finance, and leadership, communicating program status, key milestones, and risks
- Identify supply and schedule risks early and devise mitigation plans with commodity owners and suppliers
- Coordinate supplier readiness for new product introduction builds and production ramp, including capacity, qualification, and delivery plans
- Track supply chain program metrics (cost, lead time, delivery performance, inventory) and report results to leadership
- Resolve cross-functional issues and escalations affecting program schedule, cost, or quality
- Develop and improve program management tools, templates, and processes
You will work independently and be reviewed at critical points, building and maintaining integrated schedules, milestone trackers, and risk registers across multiple stakeholders.
Requirements:
- Bachelor's degree in Supply Chain, Engineering, Business, Operations Management, or related field, or equivalent experience
- 5+ years of program management, supply chain, or sourcing experience (or 3+ years with a Master's degree)
- Ideally experience in energy storage, battery, EV, or electronics manufacturing
- Working knowledge of new product introduction, production ramp, and supply chain operations across electronic, mechanical, and electromechanical commodities
- Experience building and managing integrated schedules, milestone trackers, and risk registers across multiple stakeholders and commodity teams
- Ability to analyze supply chain data (cost, lead time, delivery, inventory) to identify trends and risks
- Strong written and verbal communication skills for cross-functional partners and leadership
- Ability to travel internationally to supplier sites approximately 10% of the time
