Director, Highways & Bridges

Director, Highways & Bridges

Date: Jul 1, 2026

Company: Hatch

Requisition : 100646

Job Category: Infrastructure

As a Regional Director, Highways & Bridges in our growing USA Infrastructure business unit, you will be responsible for the establishment and growth of a Highways & Bridges practice in the USA and will be a key member of both our global Highways & Bridges and USA Transportation leadership teams. This position can be based out of our Brooklyn, NY or Seattle, WA offices.

The successful candidate will have a demonstrated track record of business growth, have held senior technical or executive leadership positions in consultant or client organizations, and have delivered large multi-disciplinary engineering projects.

• Set priorities in collaboration with the Business Unit and Regional Leadership
• Develop and implement strategic direction for one-and five-year business plans in support with Hatch's overall goals.
• Ensure effective key client engagement with the leadership team
• Drive and support business development by winning and delivering projects
• Develop and manage relationships with key partners
• Keep abreast of technology and delivery developments, industry trends and initiatives of competing firms
• Accountable to identify potential mergers and acquisitions for targeted growth areas
• Hold, share, and support the vision for the Business Unit
• Positioning Hatch as a recognized and credible leader.

• Build a vibrant and effective team of leaders aligned with regional plans and collaboration models
• Encourage capability and knowledge development and regional access
• Encourage and develop Hatch culture and values
• Work actively to promote all of Hatch’s capabilities
• Balanced attention to the regional business
• Advocate and support stretch roles for future leaders.

• Be aware of transportation industry technical requirements, trends, and opportunities
• Connection and visibility with industry business and technical leaders
• Function as a source of innovative ideas and work with teams to implement
• Play a prominent role in external conferences
• Write and encourage others to write and present papers
• Support individual and corporate technical and project awards
• Lead professional excellence groups and thought leadership
• Promote continuing education and competence.

• Be aware of capabilities/competencies of staff
• Identify and develop knowledge of key staff and participation in succession planning
• Lead staff development and recruitment
• Promote knowledge of Hatch technical skills and expertise; internally and externally.

• Accountable for own area staff’s participation in safety initiatives
• Accountable for accuracy project performance and forecasting
• Accountable for engagement governance and intervention and support on problem issues
• Drive use of Digital Project Delivery on all engagements to meet adoption key performance indicator
• Support KPI targets for the Business Unit, including connectivity, utilization, multiplier, margin, volume
• Oversee engagements for commercial, financial, and technical performance
• Support the assignment of staff and/or work amongst regions/practices to optimize staff utilization, support project delivery.
• For key engagements, serve as Project Sponsor and/or participate on engagements steering committee.

• Oversee account management
• Setting direction and strategy for contract negotiations in collaboration with regional and global leadership
• Accountable for pricing strategies, including minimizing discounting, engagement of delivery practices and global resourcing
• Support in development of contingencies on fixed price pursuit
• Review and participation in Global Pursuit Reviews (GPRs)
• Initiate and participate in pursuit Win Strategy Review
• Drive collaboration with business practices (advisory, technologies, digital, climate change, environmental) and KPIs with respect to growth on current and future work.

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering or related technical discipline
• A minimum 15 years’ related experience delivering transportation projects.
• A minimum 10 years’ project management…