Arbetsbeskrivning

Founded in 2017 based on research performed at Uppsala University’s Ångström Laboratory, Altris manufactures and sells Fennac® cathode active material, and licenses battery designs for energy storage and transport applications. Together with a handful of international start-ups, Altris is a World leader in Sodium-Ion technology. Similar to Lithium-Ion batteries, lower energy density, but in return: longer life, faster charge and discharge, much safer, greater operating temperature range, cheaper to produce and transport, with virtually unlimited and readily available, environmentally friendly and sustainable raw materials (salt, wood and iron).

For more information visit www.altris.se

Your Role

As a Program Manager, you will lead technology programs with some of the most ambitious automotive OEMs in the world. You’ll be responsible for managing complex customer programs from start to finish — ensuring technical delivery, commercial success, and strong customer relationships. A key part of your responsibility will be to lead a cutting-edge cell development project, taking our next-generation sodium-ion technology from concept through to customer qualification and industrialization.

You will

• Lead and manage customer programs in the automotive segment, from program initiation to industrialization and delivery.
• Act as the main interface between Altris and key automotive customers, ensuring customer satisfaction and alignment with requirements.
• Drive a major cell development project, coordinating technical milestones, testing, validation, and scale-up in close collaboration with R&D and engineering teams.
• Manage program planning, execution, risk management, and reporting.
• Drive cross-functional collaboration between engineering, operations, quality, and commercial teams.
• Negotiate, manage, and monitor commercial terms, ensuring program profitability and compliance.
• Support business development by identifying and developing new customer opportunities together with the commercial team.
• Report to the CCO and contribute to building Altris’ program management excellence.

Your Profile

We’re looking for a Customer Program Manager who combines strong project management skills with commercial acumen and customer focus. You are structured, proactive, and skilled at building trust with demanding stakeholders in an international environment.

You have

• A university degree in Engineering, Business Administration, or similar.
• Proven experience in project or program management, preferably in the automotive or battery/energy storage sector.
• Formal project management education/certification (e.g. PMP, PRINCE2) is advantageous but not required.
• Strong commercial understanding and experience managing contracts and customer negotiations.
• Experience leading technology development projects, ideally in cell or battery R&D.
• Experience working with cross-functional, international teams.
• Excellent communication skills in English; Swedish is an advantage.
• A results-oriented mindset and ability to thrive in a fast-scaling company.

If you're a experienced project manager passionate about bridging innovation with industrial execution, and you want to play a key role in bringing next-generation battery technology to market, we want to hear from you.