Must-Have Skills

- 5+ years in project management or research operations
- Ability to operate & communicate across technical domains (hardware, chemistry, physics, AI)
- Experience with complex procurement workflows (supplier research, quoting, PO tracking)
- Understanding of contracts (NDAs, SOWs)
- Experience with budget tracking, reconciliation, and PO-to-budget matching
- Highly organized with ability to manage multiple parallel
- workstreams independently
- Excellent written & verbal communication, documentation, and status reporting

Nice-to-have Skills

- Familiarity with procurement / contracting tools
- Experience supporting hardware engineering (or related) research teams
- Experience planning travel, vendor site visits, or team events

Years of overall experience required? 5+ years

Degrees/certifications required? Bachelors degree or higher

Key Responsibilities

- Project management:



Document and track complex cross-functional operations; maintain open action items and follow up with owners to drive closure. Identify and upscale issues to unblock research and operational progress.
- Procurement operations: Research suppliers, onboard suppliers, obtain quotes, track orders and follow up with vendors, maintain detailed tracking of complex BOMs or equipment purchasing in partnership with technical owners and the Lab Manager.
- Contracts: Draft, route, and track NDAs, SOWs, and related agreements with legal, researchers, and vendors.
- Budgeting: Track budgets, perform budget reconciliation, and match POs to budget lines.
- Team & travel operations: Support travel planning, onsite vendor visit planning, and team event planning.

📌 RCI--1 Technical Program Manager (Redmond)
🏢 Rangam
📍 Redmond