Senior Program Management Director - Highways

Description

• Navigate complex regulatory and legislative frameworks, including environmental permitting, property acquisition, and utility coordination.
• Lead a multidisciplinary team to deliver on the client’s objectives, maintaining a sharp focus on cost, schedule, and quality at the program level.
• Represent the program in public and stakeholder forums, addressing concerns and building trust with the community.
• Maintain a calm and strategic approach when managing political, technical, and stakeholder complexity.
• Implement cutting-edge digital delivery tools, including BIM/digital twins, AI-enabled platforms, and drone technologies for inspection and monitoring.
• Develop and maintain program controls, risk registers, and cost and schedule forecasting for a multi-billion-dollar program.
• Ensure timely communication and alignment across teams to support client milestones.
• Oversee the integration of multiple design consultants, contractors, environmental teams, and property and utility stakeholders across the program corridor.
• Act as the primary liaison with senior government executives, municipalities, Indigenous communities, and regulators.
• Promote consistency of decisions, documentation, and practices across the program.
• Manage program-level schedules, budgets, and quality outcomes, ensuring alignment across all delivery packages (e.g., CMGC, DB, DBB models).
• Drive innovation to enhance collaboration, efficiency, and outcomes over the life of the program.
• Ensure compliance with all contractual and regulatory requirements.
• Operate as an extension of the client’s team, embodying a delivery partner mindset.
• Champion diversity, equity, and inclusion across the program team, fostering a respectful and collaborative culture.
• Foster respectful and inclusive relationships, ensuring alignment with the client’s collaborative delivery approach.
• Lead efforts related to environmental sensitivities and public scrutiny, ensuring teams understand and adhere to environmental commitments and regulatory standards.
• Benchmark performance and implement mitigation strategies to proactively manage risk and support informed client decision-making.

Requirements

• Proven track record managing at least one comparable megaproject or program in the $2B–$5B+ range, preferably in highways or large-scale transportation corridors.
• Broad understanding of design, construction, utilities, property, environmental, and stakeholder considerations typical of major transportation programs.
• 25+ years of experience delivering major transportation infrastructure programs.
• Strong understanding of regulatory and legislative frameworks, including environmental, property, utilities, and permitting requirements.
• Experience integrating multiple design and construction contracts across large-scale programs.
• Track record of leading programs with significant environmental sensitivities and high public visibility.
• Proven ability to work with government agencies, municipalities, Indigenous communities, and regulators.
• Experience implementing digital delivery tools (BIM/digital twin), AI-enabled platforms, and advanced technologies such as drones.
• Bachelor’s Degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., engineering, finance) plus a minimum of 12 years of experience in major transportation infrastructure programs, including at least 4 years in a leadership role (or equivalent combination of education and experience).
• Extensive experience in Program Management Consultant (PMC) or Owner’s Representative roles for public sector clients.
• Deep expertise with multi-package delivery models (e.g., CMGC, DB, DBB).
• Demonstrated ability to manage program-level budgets, schedules, and risks at a multi-billion-dollar scale.

Benefits

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance