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Reliable, low-cost enrichment is the catalyst for the nuclear Renaissance now under way.\nOur mission is to make nuclear not only the cleanest and safest source of baseload power, but also the most affordable. We believe abundant nuclear energy will lead to a post-scarcity society.\nWe were incubated inside Founders Fund, like Anduril and Palantir before us, and are backed by over a dozen of the world's top venture capital firms.\nOur lean, world-class team of engineers and operators is applying a first-principles approach to solving the problem of nuclear fuel production.\nWe are a mission-driven company with a culture of urgency, accountability, and transparency.\nHelp us build a high-energy society by making the cleanest, safest form of baseload energy the most affordable.\nAbout This Role\nAs Contingent Workforce Program Manager at General Matter, you'll own our contingent workforce program end to end and build the systems that let it scale. You'll design how General Matter finds, contracts, onboards, and manages every 1099 independent contractor, LLC's, advisors,W-2 2 staffing agencies, and subcontracting vendors. You will own the process end-to-end, from building a vetted supplier base and negotiating competitive terms to partnering with Procurement, Legal, and Finance to streamline workflows, coordinating access controls with IT, managing onboarding, overseeing active agreements and renewals, and ensuring seamless offboarding. This is a high-ownership role for an operator who carries work from start to finish with no loose ends, escalates quickly and appropriately, and wants to grow the program as the business scales. If you seek high impact and are excited by fast-paced, intense, Skunkworks-style projects, we encourage you to apply to join our team.\nResponsibilities\nOwn the contingent workforce program end to end, from intake and approval through sourcing, contracting, onboarding, and offboarding.\nBuild scalable, end-to-end processes for 1099 contractors, LLCs, temp staffing agencies, and subcontracting vendors, including classification guidelines and co-employment safeguards.\nBuild and manage General Matter's supplier base, and negotiate rates and terms in partnership with Procurement, Legal, and Finance as you take ownership of SOW and subcontractor engagements.\nDefine what access each contractor needs and put controls in place, including export-control compliance and clearance requirements, without slowing the business down.\nSet requirements for construction and site subcontractors, including liability insurance and certificates of insurance, and resolve edge cases.\nEstablish program health measures and operational insights that identify systemic issues, inform priorities, and drive measurable improvements in service, efficiency, adoption, supplier performance, and risk. \nUse automation and AI tools to build, scale, and automate intake, tracking, and reporting as request volume grows.\nPartner with People, Legal, Finance, Security, and IT to run a large, cross-functional program, and escalate issues quickly with clear recommendations.\nBasic Qualifications\n6-10 years of experience in contingent workforce, extended workforce, procurement operations, vendor management, or HR operations.\nExperience at a fast-paced tech startup that went through meaningful scale, including building processes to handle a rising volume of contractor requests.\nHands-on experience managing SOW and subcontractor engagements, including sourcing suppliers and negotiating terms.\nStrong working knowledge of worker classification, co-employment, and contractor compliance.\nExperience using automation and AI tools to scale operational processes.\nA track record of owning large, cross-functional programs end to end, with sound judgment about when and how to escalate\nPreferred Skills and Experience\nExperience building a contingent workforce program from the ground up at a fast-growing startup, ideally within hard tech.\nExperience managing construction or site contractor programs, including subcontractor insurance and site onboarding.\nDemonstrated ability to own complex programs end to end across interdisciplinary teams, coordinating competing priorities, driving decisions, and delivering results with no loose ends.\nScaling an extended workforce program at a high-growth company with both exempt and non-exempt populations.\nExperienced partnering with employer-of-record providers.\nAdditional Requirements\nAbility to work extended hours and weekends as necessary.\nEqual Opportunity Employer\nGeneral Matter is an Equal Opportunity Employer; employment with General Matter is governed on the basis of merit, competence and qualifications and will not be influenced in any manner by race, color, religion, gender, national origin/ethnicity, veteran status, disability status, age, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, mental or physical disability or any other legally protected status.\nCompensation and Benefits\nThe base salary range for this role is $125,000-$180,000 annually.\nCompensation bands are determined by role, level, location, and alignment with market data. Individual level and base pay is determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on job-related skills, education, experience, technical capabilities and internal equity. Please note that the stated salary range is an estimate and may be adjusted based on market conditions, business needs, or other factors. 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