Program Manager (NPI)

Location: Valencia, Spain

Company

hirify.global develops integrated structural, electrical, and digital clean-energy solutions for utility-scale solar power plants, combining smart technology, data-driven insights, and automation.

What you will do

• Lead end-to-end NPI programs from concept through design, verification, validation, and launch.
• Develop integrated program plans, schedules, milestones, budgets, dependencies, and success criteria.
• Coordinate Engineering, Manufacturing, Quality, Regulatory/Compliance, Supply Chain, Operations, and vendors.
• Manage risks, issues, change requests, decisions, action items, and cross-functional accountability.
• Track prototypes, design reviews, readiness assessments, supplier deliverables, and manufacturability considerations.
• Provide dashboards, stage-gate documentation, risk updates, tradeoff analyses, and recommendations to leadership.

Requirements

• 10+ years managing end-to-end NPI programs or equivalent product introduction/development programs.
• Proven ability to lead cross-functional teams and drive accountability to milestones.
• Strong project/program planning, scheduling, and risk-management skills.
• Experience with MS Project, Smartsheet, Jira, Asana, or similar tools.
• Excellent written and verbal communication for executive-level reporting.
• Fluent written and spoken English and Spanish.
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Operations, Business, or a related field, or equivalent experience.
• Ability to operate effectively in ambiguity and under tight timelines, using risk-based decision-making, stakeholder management, conflict resolution, data-driven tracking, and transparent reporting.

Nice to have

• Experience with stage-gate or structured development processes.
• Experience coordinating verification/validation, design reviews, and readiness assessments.
• Familiarity with change control and document management practices.
• PMP or similar certification, or willingness to obtain it.
• Other European languages.

Culture & Benefits

• Work in clean-energy technology supporting the global energy transition.
• Contribute to utility-scale solar infrastructure focused on delivery speed, performance, reliability, and automation.
• Collaborate with worldwide teams across engineering, manufacturing, operations, supply chain, quality, and regulatory functions.