Sr./Staff Technical Program Manager - Lithium

The role

Technical Program Managers own the planning, coordination, and execution of capital projects from development through construction and handover. You will manage scope, schedule, budget, and risk using Mariana's Capital Project OS software.

What you will do

• Own end-to-end delivery of an assigned capital program
• Build and maintain the integrated program schedule
• Own the program budget and cost forecast
• Manage interfaces across multiple disciplines
• Run the program cadence and checkpoints
• Surface risks and open decisions early and drive them to closure
• Produce program reporting and dashboards
• Manage engineering partners, vendors, and contractors
• Run programs inside Mariana's Capital Project OS
• Support construction, commissioning, and startup in the field

Required qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Engineering or a related technical field
• 4+ years of program or project management experience on capital projects in mining, minerals processing, chemical, energy, or heavy-industrial environments
• Demonstrated ownership of an integrated schedule and budget on a project spanning multiple engineering disciplines and external partners
• Strong technical fluency—able to read P&IDs, general arrangements, and equipment lists
• Excellent written and verbal communication and stakeholder management skills

Nice to have

• Willingness to travel to project sites as programs require

About the company

Mariana Minerals is a software-first, vertically integrated minerals company. They aim to supply critical minerals for energy, AI, and defense technologies by combining industry expertise with advanced software and automation.