Senior Consultant

Location: Southern California - Hybrid (Irvine or Los Angeles, CA preferred)

To be considered, please upload a cover letter with your resume.

Walker is seeking a Senior Consultant who thrives at the intersection of client delivery, relationship-building, and business growth
. This role is ideal for a strategic, entrepreneurial professional who enjoys managing complex projects and actively developing new work.

As a Senior Consultant, you will independently lead high-impact projects, deepen relationships with existing clients, and bring in new opportunities through proactive business development. You’ll be trusted to represent Walker in developing new business, leading proposals, fee negotiations, and client conversations—and to consistently elevate the quality of our work and services.

We’re looking for someone with a growth mindset
, strong professional judgment with existing private-sector consulting experience, and the ambition to expand both their own book of business and Walker’s market presence.

Walker Consultants is a financially stable, 100% employee-owned professional services firm that serves public- and private-sector clients by providing industry-leading transportation, transit, mobility, and parking planning-related services. We help provide access to and maintain the built environment. Because our firm is diverse in our services, well-established, and sought after, we work on leading-edge projects that shape our communities. In addition to contributing to your area of subject matter, you have opportunities to learn and become involved in other areas of our practice.

From small towns to large urban metros and regional agencies, we help our clients build communities where people want to live, work, and have fun. For every project, we develop creative strategies that put people first and are rooted in data aligned with overall goals for transportation, economic development, climate, and land use. We do the same for our private sector clients.

We are focused on the future, and our plans and policies are shaped by technology, data, and infrastructure that maximize today’s investments for what’s next.

As part of our West Region, you will be an integral part of growing the region while supporting our national group of experts and collaborating with planners, engineers, and urban designers across the country to serve our clients. We cover a large geographic area, so there is plenty of opportunity to travel.

You’ll have an opportunity to test ideas, shape policy directly, and see your plans implemented. At Walker, we go beyond planning—we are implementers at the forefront of real change.

Walker is 100% employee-owned! Join us and become part of a company where you have a direct stake in our success.

What makes this opportunity even more exciting is our true ownership program
. At Walker, our equity-based model allows shareholders to directly benefit from the firm’s success, rather than a traditional ESOP that focuses only on stock appreciation. It’s a unique chance to grow with a company that values its people.

Project Leadership & Client Delivery

• Independently manage complex, large-scale consulting projects from proposal through completion.
• Lead project planning, including scope, budget, staffing, schedule, and quality control.
• Serve as Principal-in-Charge for assigned projects and oversee other Consultants as needed.
• Develop proposals and agreements; represent Walker in fee negotiations.
• Select and manage outside consultants.
• Deliver high-quality project outputs and conduct peer and quality reviews.
• Clearly communicate project requirements and expectations to internal teams.
• Build and maintain long-term relationships with clients beyond project completion.

Business Development & Marketing

• Actively maintain and grow relationships with existing clients.
• Identify, pursue, and help secure new clients and project opportunities.
• Participate in interviews and presentations for new business.
• Prepare proposals and negotiate fees with leadership approval.
• Establish and expand relationships with assigned and…