Senior ITS/TSMO Manager

Role Description

We are seeking an experienced Program Director to lead our Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS), Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO), and traffic engineering practice.

The ideal candidate brings 15+ years of progressive experience across traffic engineering, transportation planning, and operations, with demonstrated expertise in:

• Traffic signal design and optimization
• Corridor and intersection capacity analysis (HCS, Synchro, VISSIM)
• Traffic impact studies
• Microsimulation/travel demand modeling

This individual will direct a portfolio of ITS/TSMO and traffic engineering projects, including:

• ATMS/ATDM deployments
• Signal system design
• Multimodal corridor studies

Responsibilities include:

• Managing staffing, budgets, and schedules across concurrent projects
• Leading proposal development and technical pursuits for public agency clients (state DOTs, MPOs, cities, and transit agencies)
• Serving as senior technical authority for traffic engineering design, signal timing/optimization, and TSMO strategy development
• Directing traffic studies and impact assessments
• Guiding peer review of technical deliverables
• Ensuring quality across engineering design, analysis, and planning work products

The candidate should hold a Bachelor's degree in Civil Engineering or related field (PE license preferred) and have a strong track record of:

• Client management
• Technical mentorship
• Public agency coordination

This role also requires strong communication and leadership skills to represent the firm before public stakeholders, agency review boards, and professional organizations (e.g., ITE, ITS America, TRB).

The Program Director will:

• Lead public consultation presentations
• Facilitate stakeholder workshops
• Coordinate agency meetings
• Support grant funding strategy and eligibility reviews
• Mentor staff to build organizational capacity in traffic engineering, ITS planning, and TSMO strategy

Qualifications

• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering or related technical/business field
• Typically 20+ years of related work experience
• Broad general technical and business background
• Previous project management experience on similar or related large-scope project types
• Professional registration may also be required

Requirements

• Acts as the Company representative with the client and selected subcontractors during program execution
• Negotiates changes to the scope of work with the client and key subcontractors
• Collaborates with Business Development to market and secure additional work with clients
• Oversees establishment of Project Execution Plan, Health and Safety Plan, Quality Assurance/Quality Control Plan, and other documents as required
• Establishes program requirements for all areas of the project
• Plans, directs, supervises, and controls execution of all business, technical, fiscal, and administrative functions of the assigned project
• Mobilizes company resources to create project teams capable of completing effective, quality work
• Works with other managers, project engineers, and discipline leads to develop budgets, schedules, and plans for various elements of a project
• Promotes technical and commercial excellence on the project through application of Quality Assurance processes

Benefits

• Medical, dental, and vision insurance
• Paid time off
• Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
• 401(k)
• Life insurance
• Flexible work schedules
• Holidays to fit your busy lifestyle

Company Description

For more than 80 years, our experts have designed and delivered the critical infrastructure that connects and protects communities around the world. We work in collaborative teams, both within the company and with our partners and customers, to plan, design, build, and modernize infrastructure. We take special pride in projects and solutions that improve communities as well as people’s quality of life by promoting economic growth, enhancing mobility, and increasing sustainability and resiliency.