Program Controls Lead

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OVERVIEW The Program Controls Lead is a senior leadership role within the Center of Excellence (COE), responsible for integrating cost controls, estimating, scheduling, forecasting, and program-level financial visibility across the portfolio. This role leads both the Cost Controls and Scheduling functions and establishes the operational rigor, governance standards, and analytical frameworks required to support predictable program delivery and long-term capital planning alignment.

Reporting directly to the COE Lead, the Program Controls Lead drives consistency across estimating, schedule governance, forecasting, benchmarking, and portfolio analytics. The role partners closely with Project Delivery, Design Enablement, PMO, Innovation, and client stakeholders to improve program predictability, support financial stewardship objectives, and strengthen integration between cost, schedule, and capital planning activities.

The role operates as an enterprise enablement and governance function. It provides leadership oversight, portfolio-level visibility, and strategic controls integration while supporting early-phase planning, program forecasting, and continuous improvement initiatives.

Job Summary /Goals This role provides program-wide leadership for integrated controls functions within the COE. Key goals include:

Lead and integrate the Cost Controls and Scheduling teams under a unified program controls structure

Establish and enforce program-wide controls governance, estimating standards, scheduling discipline, and forecasting methodologies

Improve cost and schedule predictability through benchmarking, analytics, and risk visibility

Support client financial stewardship objectives through disciplined controls processes and reporting alignment

Strengthen integration between estimating, scheduling, constructability, and delivery planning

Support evolving capital planning and portfolio forecasting capabilities through program-level controls insights and analytics

Provide leadership focus on recovery planning, forecasting accuracy, process efficiency, and continuous improvement

Partner closely with COE functional leaders and client stakeholders to align priorities, staffing, reporting, and operational focus areas

Essential Duties and Responsibilities Program Controls Leadership & Governance Own program-wide controls governance frameworks across estimating, scheduling, forecasting, and reporting

Establish integrated controls standards, methodologies, and performance expectations across the portfolio

Ensure alignment between cost, schedule, scope, and delivery assumptions at all major program milestones

Provide leadership oversight for estimating rigor, schedule integrity, forecasting accuracy, and controls consistency

Serve as the senior escalation point for program controls risks, variances, recovery concerns, and confidence gaps Drive accountability for timely, defensible, and data-driven controls outputs

Cost Controls & Estimating Leadership Lead program estimating functions across scoping, engineered drawing, and final pricing phases

Ensure consistent application of estimating assumptions, exclusions, qualifications, and risk documentation

Oversee development and validation of scoping budgets, engineered drawing budgets, and final pricing estimates

Support bid review processes focused on pricing reasonableness, scope completeness, and benchmarking consistency

Lead portfolio-level benchmarking initiatives, market intelligence tracking, and pricing trend analysis

Identify recurring cost drivers, scope gaps, and estimating accuracy trends to improve predictability

Support future-state change order benchmarking and unit pricing analysis initiatives

Scheduling & Planning Leadership Lead program scheduling governance and standards across the portfolio

Establish consistent schedule development, milestone management, reporting, and forecasting practices

Ensure alignment between schedule assumptions,…