Senior Director of Planning

Description

At Jaunt, People. Service. Connection. are more than words. They guide how we serve our employees, passengers, communities, and partners every day.

The Senior Director of Planning leads Jaunt's short and long-range transportation planning, service analysis, GIS, and performance analytics functions to support safe, efficient, and responsive transportation services throughout the communities Jaunt serves. Reporting to the Chief Executive Officer, this position provides strategic leadership to the Planning Department and serves as a key advisor to executive leadership on service planning, regional mobility needs, and the future development of Jaunt's transportation services.

The Senior Director uses operational, demographic, geographic, financial, and customer data to evaluate transportation needs, identify opportunities for service improvement and expansion, and develop data-driven recommendations that support organizational decision-making and long-range strategy.

Working collaboratively with Operations and other departments, local governments, regional planning organizations, funding partners, and community stakeholders, the Senior Director helps position Jaunt to anticipate changing mobility needs, align service and capital planning with organizational priorities, and strengthen Jaunt's role within the regional transportation network.

• Provide strategic leadership for Jaunt's planning, GIS, data analysis, and performance management functions and establish short and long-range departmental priorities.
• Serve as a strategic advisor to the CEO and executive leadership on transportation planning, service development, regional mobility trends, and opportunities affecting Jaunt's future.
• Supervise and develop the GIS Analyst and Administrative/Data Assistant, establishing clear expectations, accountability, and opportunities for professional growth.
• Coordinate departmental workload and resources while promoting collaboration, accuracy, innovation, and continuous improvement.

• Lead Jaunt's short and long-range transportation and service planning efforts, including evaluation of opportunities to improve, expand, redesign, or introduce transportation services.
• Analyze ridership, service performance, demographic, geographic, financial, and community data to identify transportation needs and develop recommendations.
• Partner with Operations and other departments to evaluate service design, schedules, routes, service delivery models, and emerging mobility needs.
• Lead or support major planning studies, grant initiatives, strategic projects, and long-range plans that advance Jaunt's organizational, service, and capital priorities.

• Oversee GIS, mapping, data analysis, and performance reporting used to support organizational decision-making.
• Promote accurate, consistent, and reliable collection, analysis, and presentation of operational and planning data.
• Develop reports, maps, dashboards, and other tools that communicate service trends, performance, and community needs to leadership and stakeholders.
• Identify opportunities to strengthen Jaunt's use of data and technology in planning and service evaluation.

• Serve as a senior representative of Jaunt with local governments, regional planning organizations, funding partners, community organizations, and other transportation stakeholders.
• Build and maintain strategic relationships that strengthen regional coordination and support Jaunt's short- and long-range transportation priorities.
• Represent Jaunt in planning meetings, regional studies, committees, public engagement…