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Lightship · 20 hours ago

Program Manager

Lightship is the first American all-electric recreational vehicle manufacturer currently developing an aerodynamic, battery-powered trailer for the electric age. The Program Manager will be responsible for connecting engineering, product, and operations teams, architecting systems for scalability, and ensuring timely and quality product delivery.
TravelElectric VehicleTransportationManufacturingAutomotiveRecreational Vehicles

Responsibilities

Work closely with cross-functional teams to ensure successful project execution across engineering, design, supply chain, finance, product, manufacturing, and quality
Proactively identify and mitigate project risks, develop contingency plans, and provide regular status updates and recommendations to stakeholders across the company
Ability to hold teams accountable and drive results without direct authority, maintaining high morale through high pressure
Create and maintain detailed project timelines and plans that account for workflow interdependencies
Escalate decisions when needed, and weigh constraints across stakeholders
Create templates, workflows, and processes that are lightweight and exactly suited to the needs of the team
Consistently document outcomes and decisions, and communicate them to affected teams
Collaborate, build trust, break down silos, and gain buy-in across the company

Qualification

Technical program managementHardware project managementJiraConfluenceAgile methodologiesWaterfall methodologiesAnalytical skillsCommunication skillsCollaboration skillsProblem-solving skills

Required

BS or MS degree in Engineering or equivalent professional exposure
3+ years total experience, including: professional experience in technical program management or equivalent, and experience as a technical hardware contributor or equivalent
Strong track record of managing hardware projects from concept through launch
Excellent verbal and written communication skills, collaboration skills, and the ability to present to executive leadership about complex problems
Ability to grasp complex technical topics and abstract issues and risks, and to approach them in an actionable manner
Strong analytical and problem-solving skills
Ability to handle multiple competing priorities in a fast-paced environment with high levels of ambiguity

Preferred

Expert-level knowledge of Jira, Confluence, and Gantt-based scheduling tools (e.g., Smartsheet, MS Project)
Experience working in automotive, robotics, or manufacturing industries
Experience with Agile and Waterfall project management methodologies
Experience working at a startup taking a consumer product to market and scaling teams
Experience working with Industrial Design teams

Benefits

Healthcare, Dental, Vision
401k
Flexible Paid Time Off - that we actually want you to use!
8 Company Holidays + the company observes a period of scheduled downtime during the end of the year for a week, allowing all employees to enjoy a break
12 weeks paid parental leave
$2,000 per year towards an RV trip of your own &/or professional development opportunities - we call this a LightTrip

Company

Lightship

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Lightship is an all-electric RV manufacturer, designer, and a producer of an aerodynamic, battery-powered trailer for the electric age.

Funding

Current Stage
Growth Stage
Total Funding
$87.84M
Key Investors
Obvious Ventures,Prelude VenturesPrelude VenturesObvious Ventures
2025-12-08Series B· $26.62M
2024-01-17Series B· $34M
2022-07-18Series A· $23.14M

Leadership Team

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Ben Parker
Co-Founder & CPO
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Marissa Peretz
Retained Search Partner
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