Director of Project Management

Via Separations is a Boston-area startup dedicated to enabling process efficiency and intensification for the industrial sector. In 2024, Via delivered its first commercial facility and changed the narrative around market-driven energy technologies that drive value for industrial customers. At the intersection of engineering, society, and impact, our team is passionate about making a difference and building the technology and organization to do it. We are a fast-paced, interdisciplinary team backed by leading venture capital firms, and we are looking to add talented, mission-driven people to our cohort. We are passionate about transformative impact, optimistic about scientific progress, and unafraid of hard problems. We believe that our people are our unfair advantage, and drive our mission forward. We embrace the diversity of our team for creative solutions and believe the best ideas come from the intersection of disciplines and perspectives. We want you to join us! Role Summary The Director of Project Management leads the planning, execution, and delivery of engineering and pilot deployment projects across the organization. This role owns project scope, schedule, and budget from kickoff through commissioning, and serves as the technical and operational partner to the Vice President of Engineering. This is a leadership facing role, responsible for regularly presenting project status, financial performance, and risk to the Leadership Team. As Via moves from pilot deployments to commercial systems of $40M and greater, this role will lead delivery of the company’s first commercial-scale projects in new sectors. This role operates with minimal oversight and is accountable for the delivery of all active engineering programs. It combines engineering depth with disciplined cost control, documentation, and vendor management, and works closely with the Finance and Purchasing teams on budgets, procurement, and spend control. Missed schedules, budget overruns, or incomplete engineering at this level directly affect customer commitments and company priorities. Key Responsibilities & Outputs Project Planning & Execution Builds and owns project plans, schedules, budgets, and work breakdown structures for all active engineering programs Tracks progress using scheduling tools scaled to each project’s complexity and keeps work aligned with project goals Confirms engineering deliverables are complete before procurement or fabrication begins Identifies technical and schedule risks early and drives mitigation plans to closure Communication & Stakeholder Management Keeps customers, partners, and internal teams informed through regular status reporting, meeting minutes, and action logs Maintains Confluence project pages as the single source of truth for each project Addresses stakeholder concerns promptly and escalates issues to leadership when needed Analyzes project financial and schedule data and presents findings and recommendations to the Leadership Team Budget, Cost & Vendor Management Works closely with the Finance and Purchasing teams to align project budgets, procurement activities, purchase orders, and payment approvals Sets up project accounting codes and budgets in coordination with FP&A Approves and controls committed spend through purchase orders in Quickbase, with invoice matching and payment approval in Bill.com Performs monthly reconciliation of Engineering and Internal Systems project spend using QuickBooks and Expensify data, including review of department credit card spend Tracks spending against budget and reports variances to leadership Reviews scopes of work for vendor RFPs, sets vendor selection criteria, and evaluates technology alternatives and value engineering opportunities Engineering Documentation & Quality Manages project documentation, document transmittals, and design reviews using Google Workspace and Autodesk Construction Cloud (ACC) Reviews P&IDs, mechanical and fabrication drawings, and electrical d…

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