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About Volta Foundation

Join us at Volta Foundation, a pioneering nonprofit organization at the forefront of the global battery and energy storage ecosystem. With a vibrant network of 75,000 professionals, we are a nexus for thought leadership, collaboration, and growth in the industry. Through our diverse array of open-access events, publications, industry reports, and collaboration platforms, we offer an unparalleled stage for stakeholders to unite, communicate, collaborate, and shape the future of our industry.

The Role

The Director, Education & Workforce will lead the design, development, and execution of workforce education and training initiatives at Volta Foundation.

This role has a strong focus on curriculum and training program development and strategic partnerships across industry, academia, and government. The Director will drive workforce readiness by building scalable education programs, managing multi-stakeholder initiatives, and aligning objectives and outcomes with evolving industry needs.

This role is a full-time, remote contract position with an initial two-year agreement, with the possibility of extension based on performance, funding, and organizational needs.

Key Responsibilities

Education & Training Program Leadership

• Lead the development of workforce training programs and curricula for professionals across the energy storage value chain.
• Design scalable learning pathways, including workshops, short courses, certifications, and professional training programs.
• Ensure all training and curriculum offerings align with current and emerging industry standards, technologies, and workforce needs.

Industry-Government-Academia Partnership Growth

• Collaborate with industry leaders, educational institutions, workforce organizations, and government agencies to develop workforce initiatives.
• Support and expand apprenticeship, internship, and experiential learning programs that connect education to employment.
• Liaison with institutions and form strong partnerships across industry, government and academia, with key oversight into Volta Foundation academia partnerships.
• Act as a convener across stakeholders to align workforce supply with industry demand.

Educational Resource Center Management

• Oversee the operations and strategic growth of an educational resource center focused on energy storage technologies, workforce development, and training
• Create accessible and effective mediums to aggregate learning resources
• Manage partnerships with educational institutions, training providers, and workforce organizations to expand and enhance offerings.

Curriculum Development & Credentialing

• Lead the creation and continuous improvement of curriculum, training materials, and instructional content.
• Partner with subject matter experts to ensure technical accuracy and relevance.
• Develop and oversee credentialing, certification, or badge programs related to battery technologies and workforce skills.

Program Management

• Serve as the primary owner of multiple concurrent education and workforce initiatives, managing scope, timelines, budgets, deliverables, and outcomes.
• Develop program frameworks, metrics, and reporting to track impact, participation, and workforce outcomes.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams and external partners to deliver programs on time and at high quality.

Funding & Grant Support

• Identify workforce funding opportunities, including public and private grants.
• Support or lead grant writing, proposal development, and reporting in collaboration with partners.
• Ensure funded programs meet grant requirements and deliver stated outcomes

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Education, Business, Engineering, or a related field.
• 10+ years of experience in workforce development, curriculum design, or education program management.
• Demonstrated experience managing complex, multi-stakeholder programs
• Experience in the energy, battery, or advanced manufacturing sectors is required
• Strong leadership, project management, and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Excellent communication and strategic planning abilities.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing education or workforce training portfolios at scale.
• Experience in manufacturing operations, in particular battery and energy storage.
• Grant writing experience and familiarity with workforce funding opportunities (public or private).
• Knowledge of emerging trends in battery technology, energy storage, or clean energy workforce needs.

Compensation

We offer competitive salary and on-target earnings package commensurate with the candidate’s job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and location.

• $110,000 - $140,000 USD per year depending on qualifications and experience
• This role is a full-time remote contract position with an initial two-year agreement
• Unlimited PTO: We emphasize the importance of work-life balance. We offer unlimited paid time off, allowing our staff to take the time they need to recharge and rejuvenate.

Senior Project Manager – Design and Construction Services

The Design and Construction Services (DCS) group is seeking a Senior Project Manager to deliver world-class design and construction of facilities and infrastructure projects in support of world-changing scientific research. The Senior Project Manager will be responsible for planning, developing, procurement, design, construction, and close-out/transition to operations of project scopes ranging from $1M to $200M. The organization currently has multiple ongoing projects to improve scientific research capabilities and to maintain existing infrastructure, including backbone utility systems and experimental spaces such as research laboratories, cleanrooms, and associated MEP systems.

The Senior Project Manager could be assigned to one major project (>$30M) or several minor projects. Major projects include Department of Energy line-item projects such as critical utilities infrastructure revitalization and large-scale research facility upgrades. Minor projects include a wide range of infrastructure improvements such as electrical distribution system repairs and upgrades, cooling tower replacements, roadway repairs, and pipeline/culvert repair and replacements.

When serving on a major project, the Senior Project Manager is accountable to the Project Director or Infrastructure System Manager. When serving on minor projects, the Senior Project Manager is accountable to the Project Management Manager. The Senior Project Manager carries responsibility and authority for planning, coordinating, and executing critical project scopes to ensure the project's mission and program are met in terms of technical scope, cost, schedule, and resources.

The successful candidate will liaise with a broad range of organizational groups and stakeholders, including scientists, physicists, operations and engineering teams, finance and contracting, facilities maintenance experts, and project managers of other systems. The Senior Project Manager is also responsible for coordinating the engineering and design process, overseeing A/E service design contracts and construction contracts during construction, and presenting project information to DOE in Project Reviews, Project Assurance and Advisory Group meetings, and regular monthly meetings attended by senior leaders.

Your specific responsibilities include:

• Primary focus will be on delivering electrical, mechanical, and civil infrastructure design and construction work scopes of assigned major or minor project(s).
• Perform the full range of project management cycle on assigned project control accounts, including initiating, planning, executing, monitoring, controlling, and closing of all responsible WBS activities. Independently lead and direct work scopes and deliverables involving functional integrations with multiple engineering systems and disciplines.
• Develop and manage critical paths and schedules. This position requires detailed knowledge of project schedule, with a high level of awareness of interdependencies with other major projects' schedules and operation downtimes. Develop and maintain a project baseline.
• Manage projects to ensure deliverables are met within cost, schedule, and technical expectations.
• Direct development of project execution plan, communication plan, and acquisition strategy plans. Responsible for development of a resources plan for assigned project control accounts, including level of effort for management, supporting labor, materials, and time required to complete assigned project control accounts.
• Facilitate discussions and negotiations between stakeholders to drive consensus on project design and operation requirements.
• Perform technical oversight of the project. Direct the work of contractors and Architects/Engineers consultants to successfully complete assigned project control accounts. Ensure that project requirements are captured and the design meets program requirements as established by project stakeholders and approved project documentation. Develop and maintain project documentation.
• Organize and prioritize the work of the project team.
• Utilize approved project management systems, processes, and tools during design and construction to ensure alignment with the Project Portfolio Management Office's and DOE's reporting requirements from an overall Project Status and Quality Assurance perspective. Ensure the use of standard DOE O 413.3B project management tools.
• Organize and hold design readiness and technical reviews. Identify and manage responsible project accounts' risks and actively monitor mitigation measures to control cost, schedule, and scope. Identify and manage project risks and make critical decisions.
• Integrate Environmental Safety & Health (ES&H) considerations in planning, design, and construction of facilities. Ensure implementation of ES&H policy and best practices in construction. Ultimately responsible for general contractor activities such as safety, configuration, cost, and schedule control on assigned project control accounts. Execute the project in compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) and other applicable ES&H rules and regulations.
• Establish staffing needs and facilitate project resource requests.
• Foster a culture of safety and respect.
• Ensure that construction conforms to organizational policies and engineering specifications under very dynamic working conditions.
• Interact with DOE Site Office representatives along with the Project Director or Infrastructure System Manager to convey project status and proactively communicate challenges as they arise.
• Other duties as assigned.

To be successful in this position you will bring:

Bachelor's degree in Electrical, Mechanical, or Civil Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management (with a focus on infrastructure projects), or related field and at least 5 years of work experience, with 7 to 9 years preferred. At least 3 years of experience serving as a project leader with direct responsibility of at least $10M of scope and direct experience in:

• Providing project management and leadership on delivering major electrical, mechanical, and civil infrastructure scope of mission-critical projects with complex engineering design, extensive interfaces, and restricted construction work windows.
• Delivering construction projects using design-build, design-bid-build, and CM/GC methods.
• Overseeing single contract procurement of over $10M, from the sources sought phase through RFP development, vendor selection and contract negotiations, contract award and vendor performance management, change control, and contract closeout phases.
• Utilizing Primavera P6, MS Project, AutoCAD, Revit, Bluebeam, SharePoint, or other software to enhance collaboration during design review, control and streamline design and construction processes, and reduce construction conflicts and schedule uncertainty.
• Utilizing AACE estimate classifications, design maturity, and risk assessments to develop cost and schedule contingency.
• Highly effective written and oral communication skills to address a wide variety of audiences and convey complex technical information and project objectives to clients, Authority Having Jurisdiction (AHJ), construction contractors, architects and engineers, and financial and contracting personnel. Ability to maintain positive interpersonal relationships, balance customer expectations with project reality, and successfully guide decision-making to achieve project goals and deadlines.
• Strong commitment to improving construction quality and safety by investing in front-end planning, applying safety by design principles, embracing peer review processes, and actively sharing and applying lessons learned.
• A can-do spirit and demonstrated resilience, respect, and practical problem-solving skills under stressful and uncertain situations. A passion for doing it right the first time.

Preferred qualifications include:

• Master's degree or MBA a plus.
• Working knowledge in implementing project management practices required by DOE Order 413.3 Program and Project Management for Acquisition of Capital Assets, to include project planning, budgeting, scheduling, cost estimating, risk management, and performance management.
• Experience with Earned Value Management Systems in a project and/or construction environment.
• Experience managing multi-year public-funded construction projects subject to Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR).
• Knowledge of California Building Codes, electrical and mechanical design standards, local environmental standards and practices, and industrial and construction safety standards.
• Familiarity with design and construction of high-voltage and medium-voltage electrical transmission and distribution systems as well as electrical SCADA systems.
• Familiarity with sustainable design and construction approaches to reduce a project's carbon footprint.

Certifications and Licenses:

• Valid driver's license required. This position requires driving a personal or company vehicle to/from and safely on a construction work site.
• Professional Engineer (PE) license or Registered Architect (RA) preferred.
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification a plus.

Top Skills:

Full cycle recruiting.

Offer Negotiation and driving closures.

In-house and Agency Experience.

Job Title: Technical Recruiter III

Location: SFO, CA (Hybrid)

Duration: 06+ months

Description:

You'll be tasked with supporting our hiring managers, building high-performance teams and partnering wherever needed.

- You will source and hire across all teams but primarily engineering; helping to drive our product and ultimately continue to expand our business globally.

- You will create robust pipelines while making each candidate feel like they're the only one you're talking to.

- You will be knowledgeable about our business and be on point for HR related questions (i.e. benefits, comp, etc).

- You will spread the Uber LOVE through attending networking events, e-meetups, etc.

- You will work to improve upon existing programs and develop innovative strategies around finding our future team.

- You will develop relationships across multiple teams.

- You will showcase your passion for the industry. That means intimate knowledge about market, target companies, relationships in open source networks.

- You will willingly build pipelines from scratch, over and over again.

What you'll need

- At least 5 years of technical recruiting experience required

- At least 1 year of technical sourcing experience required

- In-house & agency recruiting experience

- To be degreed or have equivalent work experience

- To be technically savvy

-Full cycle recruitment

-Offer Negotiation and driving closures.

Investment Director - American Housing Company

Location: Oakland, CA (on-site)

About oWOW

oWOW is a vertically integrated real-estate development firm on a mission to accelerate housing abundance. By unifying design, prefab construction, and development under one roof—and pioneering mass-timber, modular methods—we deliver beautiful, sustainable housing faster (2X) and at a substantially lower cost than traditional builders.

Role Overview

As an Investments Director you will be the financial/acquisition engine behind our growing development pipeline, leading deal sourcing, underwriting, and capital raising. Reporting to the CEO, you will shape strategy, source sites, build out the team, and build investor relationships, driving transactions from LOI through closing.

Key Responsibilities

● Deal Sourcing & Underwriting – Build a statewide first then nationwide broker network, identify sites, and produce institutional-grade pro formas and feasibility models.

● Project Financing – Draft RFPs, market opportunities to lenders and equity partners, negotiate term sheets, and shepherd closings.

● Capital Markets – Create and update investor decks, raise pre-development equity, and cultivate programmatic funding partnerships.

● Transaction Management – Manage due diligence, coordinate consultants, and keep multiple deals on schedule.

● Process & Data – Standardize underwriting models, maintain a site/investor CRM, and deliver weekly pipeline reports.

● Hire and Build the team – Create an org chart, scorecards for each role, budget and then get to work on hiring the best and brightest.

First Year Outcomes

1. Finance Phase 1 LIHTC Projects – Issue RFP packages within a week of award announcements and close debt/equity on 6-8 projects by year-end.

2. Secure Phase 2 Pipeline – Source 200+ sites, fully underwrite priority targets, option at least 20 sites.

3. Raise Pre-Dev Equity – Assist on raising pre-development capital for projects as well as from project partners.

4. Institutionalize Underwriting – Implement standardized models and a live database of sites and investors within 90 days.

Requirements

● 5+ years in real-estate finance, acquisitions, or development; multifamily and LIHTC experience strongly preferred.

● Advanced financial modeling and deal-structuring skills.

● Desire to work extremely hard and believer in meritocracy

● Excellent communication, project-management, and relationship-building abilities.

● First Principles thinking

Compensation & Benefits

● Competitive salary + performance bonus

● Promote in Projects

● Ability to invest

Logistics & Warehouse Planner

Job Description

The Logistics & Warehouse Planner is responsible for coordinating material flow, warehouse activities, and inventory levels across multiple projects. You’ll work closely with warehouse leads, production teams, purchasing, and suppliers to ensure materials are available when needed—avoiding shortages, delays, or inefficiencies.

Job Summary

You’ll plan and schedule deliveries, oversee warehouse allocation, track inventory levels, and align purchasing expectations to maintain a steady flow of materials throughout the operation. As a central point of communication between warehouse operations, suppliers, carriers, and internal teams, you will manage inquiries, delivery updates, schedule changes, and cancellations while keeping communication clear and consistent.

Essential Functions

Determine required materials based on production schedules and warehouse stock levels.

Generate RFQs, purchase orders, and replenishment requests as needed.

Ensure incoming materials meet specifications, quality requirements, and cost standards.

Maintain accurate inventory records and ensure consistent supply to support daily operations.

Coordinate cross-department communication on inventory needs, delivery timelines, and supplier payments.

Track warehouse throughput, inbound/outbound volumes, and material usage trends.

Schedule and oversee the receipt, storage, staging, and delivery of materials and finished goods.

Liaise with suppliers, distributors, carriers, and internal teams regarding logistics and warehouse requirements.

Manage inventory discrepancies, schedule changes, and order cancellations.

Prepare cost estimates, inventory forecasts, KPIs, and operational performance reports.

Essential Requirements

Ability to analyze demand forecasts, warehouse capacity, and material consumption.

Experience generating RFQs, purchase orders, replenishment schedules, or logistics documentation.

Knowledge of warehouse operations, material compliance, inventory control, and cost management.

Strong organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.

Ability to prioritize tasks and work in a fast-paced environment.

Other Functions

Collaborate with quality control to ensure incoming and outgoing materials meet company standards.

Identify warehouse bottlenecks, improve material flow, and support continuous improvement initiatives.

Monitor market trends, supplier performance, and customer needs to adjust inventory strategies.

Support cycle counts, physical inventory, and warehouse audits.

Job Requirements

Bachelor’s Degree in Supply Chain, Logistics, Operations Management, Business, Industrial Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).

Prior experience in logistics planning, warehouse coordination, or inventory management preferred.

Job Type: Full-time

Who We Are

We are Skybound.

We love creators. We love fans. We love thrilling games, indelible images and moving stories. Our roots are in comics, but our brands extend to video games, television, movies, merchandise, and live experiences. We take special pride in original tales, fresh characters, and diverse voices.

From well-known franchises to freshly-minted originals, we offer the chance to join brilliant creators shaping a new generation of entertainment in a concentrated, agile environment where every perspective matters, and any idea can create a breakthrough.

Opportunity

Skybound is looking for an experienced and passionate Senior Systems Designer to help build a thrilling new game franchise. The Senior Systems Designers create rewarding loops that help players set goals, progress, and stay engaged over multiple play sessions. They craft and tune player advancement and rewards across the entire game.

You will collaborate closely with the Game Director, department leads, and cross-disciplinary teams to define and drive the strategic vision for player progression and meta systems. You’ll mentor other designers, establish best practices, and ensure the systems design team delivers high-quality, scalable solutions that support both gameplay and business goals.

If you're passionate about building compelling systems, love mentoring others, and thrive in a creative, combat-focused environment, we’d love to hear from you.

Reports: This position will report to Game Director.

Responsibilities: Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Lead the vision and execution of player progression, meta systems, and engagement loops across single and multiplayer experiences.
• Define and drive KPIs for progression systems that align with player satisfaction and business goals.
• Mentor and guide systems designers, fostering a culture of excellence, collaboration, and innovation.
• Own major feature areas from concept through implementation, ensuring quality and consistency across the game.
• Collaborate cross-functionally with engineering, art, UX, and production to ensure systems are well-integrated and technically feasible.
• Establish and evangelize best practices for systems design, documentation, and tool usage.
• Anticipate and resolve design challenges, proactively improving workflows and pipelines.
• Playtest and iterate on systems regularly, using data and player feedback to refine and optimize.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in the games industry, with a focus on systems design and progression.
• Proven leadership experience, including mentoring designers and leading cross-functional initiatives.
• Shipped at least one AAA title with significant ownership of progression or meta systems.
• Deep understanding of player psychology, engagement strategies, and content pacing.
• Strong analytical skills, with the ability to translate complex systems into clear, actionable designs.
• Experience collaborating with engineering on tool development and pipeline optimization.
• Excellent communication and documentation skills, with fluency in PowerPoint, Word, Excel, Visio, etc.
• Strategic mindset, balancing creative vision with technical and business constraints.

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with Unreal Engine, including scripting and integration into production pipelines.
• Strong technical scripting skills and a willingness to learn new tools and technologies.
• Passion for combat-oriented games, player progression, and Skybound’s unique properties.

Job Type: Regular, Full-Time

Salary Range: $125,000 - $165,000

• Actual base salary is dependent on several factors including but not limited to: market dynamics, location and region, experience, specialized skills/training (education), level of responsibility, budgetary considerations, tenure at the company (for current employees), etc.
• The salary range listed is just one component of the total compensation package for employees
• Compensation decisions are dependent on circumstances of each role

Skybound offers a wide array of benefits including medical, dental, vision, life insurance, flexible spending and dependent care accounts, as well as free counseling through our Employee Assistance Program (EAP). We also offer a 401K plan with 4% match, 12 weeks of paid parental leave, generous time off, wellness benefits, and tuition reimbursement.

Company Overview

Skybound is a multiplatform content company working closely with creators and their intellectual properties, extending stories and universes to new platforms, including comics, television, film, tabletop and video games, books, digital content, events, and beyond. We are home to critically-acclaimed global franchises, including The Walking Dead and Invincible.

Skybound Games produces, publishes and distributes video and tabletop games across all genres, including the multi-million-unit selling The Walking Dead video game series. In addition to our wholly-owned franchises, we work with independent developers to foster and create original games with compelling characters and worlds, strong creator and artistic focus, and innovative approaches to engaging genres.

Invincible is one of Skybound's tentpole franchises (celebrating 20 years!) and spans the world of comic books, merchandise, video games, and the critically acclaimed adult animated television series on Prime Video. Now in its second season, the television show has consistently ranked as one of Prime Videos top-streamed series with a 99% score on Rotten Tomatoes. Based on the groundbreaking comic book by Robert Kirkman, Cory Walker, and Ryan Ottley, Invincible revolves around 18-year-old Mark Grayson, who’s just like every other guy his age—except his father is (or was) the most powerful superhero on the planet. Still reeling from Nolan’s betrayal in Season One, Mark struggles to rebuild his life as he faces a host of new threats, all while battling his greatest fear - that he might become his father without even knowing it.

The show stars Steven Yeun, with Sandra Oh, Zazie Beetz, Grey Griffin, Chris Diamantopoulos, Walton Goggins, Gillian Jacobs, Jason Mantzoukas, Ross Marquand, Khary Payton, Zachary Quinto, Andrew Rannells, Kevin Michael Richardson, Seth Rogen, and J.K. Simmons. Executive producers include Skybound's own Kirkman, David Alpert, and Margaret M. Dean.

Equal Opportunity Employer

At Skybound we value diversity and are looking for extraordinary employees of all backgrounds! Skybound is an Equal Opportunity Employer and provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, citizenship, age, genetic information, disability, hair texture or veteran status. In addition to federal law requirements, Skybound complies with all applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination.

Skybound will consider applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with the CA Fair Chance Act and Los Angeles Fair Chance Initiative for Hiring Ordinance.

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