Strategy & Program Operations Lead

What To Expect
The systems behind how Tesla plans, controls, and delivers capital projects are as critical as the projects themselves. You will define how Tesla's infrastructure projects run — change management, first-principles financial estimation and control, scheduling, self-perform labor productivity — and drive adoption across the organization. This is not a tool admin role. You define the workflows, embed with teams, and guide users to drive projects the Tesla way. The right person has shipped real projects, managed real spend, and immediately saw how to rebuild the whole process better from scratch. This position will require travel up to 30% of the time as it will be supporting most sites across Tesla.

What You'll Do

Define infrastructure project operations workflows from first principles — not imported from how other companies do it

Deploy internal execution systems across active capital projects: change management, financial controls, scheduling, scope management, labor productivity

Guide users across all levels to drive their projects using Tesla methods — make the system intuitive, not imposed

Turn complex project data into clear narratives that drive decisions on cost, schedule, safety, and quality

Establish standardized methods and KPIs that leadership and project teams can rally around

Operate as a forward-deployed team embedded with project teams — solving problems at the point of execution, not from a desk

Close process gaps with urgency — in the field, in the data, and at the table when it matters

What You'll Bring

9 years delivering complex projects — you've personally owned scope, cost, and outcomes

First-principles command of project operations: earned value, change management, cost forecasting, CPM scheduling, productivity tracking, procurement, closeout

You've built or fundamentally redesigned a project management system or workflow — not just operated one

You can query data, spot the anomaly, and turn it into a story that drives action

You get skeptics on board without hand-holding

Technical fluency — comfortable with data platforms, BI tools, and complex system design

Bias toward action. You ship outcomes, not slide decks

Benefits
Compensation and Benefits
Along with competitive pay, as a full-time Tesla employee, you are eligible for the following benefits at day 1 of hire:

Medical plans > plan options with $0 payroll deduction

Family-building, fertility, adoption and surrogacy benefits

Dental (including orthodontic coverage) and vision plans, both have options with a $0 paycheck contribution

Company Paid (Health Savings Accounts) HSA Contribution when enrolled in the High-Deductible medical plan with HSA

Healthcare and Dependent Care Flexible Spending Accounts (FSA)

401(k) with employer match, Employee Stock Purchase Plans, and other financial benefits

Company paid Basic Life, AD&D

Short-term and long-term disability insurance (90 day waiting period)

Employee Assistance Program

Sick and Vacation time (Flex time for salary positions, Accrued hours for Hourly positions), and Paid Holidays

Back-up childcare and parenting support resources

Voluntary benefits to include: critical illness, hospital indemnity, accident insurance, theft & legal services, and pet insurance

Weight Loss and Tobacco Cessation Programs

Tesla Babies program

Commuter benefits

Employee discounts and perks program

Expected Compensation

$140,000 - $240,000/annual salary cash and stock awards benefits

Pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position may also include other elements dependent on the position offered. Details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

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