Program Controls Leader

** What You’ll Do*
* ** Technical Excellence*
* ** Leadership**#
** Qualifications
* *** Qualifications
* * Required* Bachelor’s degree in project management, engineering, architecture, business, building construction, construction management, or equivalent practical experience.
* 10+ years of experience working and leading in the program controls environment.
* 5+ years of experience leading program controls for a company or a business line within a company.
* Experience developing, maintaining, and utilizing interactive dashboards and data visualization tools (e.g., Power BI, Tableau, and similar AI-enabled analytics platforms)
* Demonstrated proficiency in program controls and related interdependencies.
* Willingness to travel frequently as needed to meet project and client requirements. Preferred
* Professional Engineer (PE) or Registered Architect (RA) or Certified Construction Manager (CCM) or Project Management Professional (PMP).
* Experience developing team and professional growth path (program controls and estimators and schedulers
* Software experience with Oracle, Power BI, Excel Modeling or Power Query, SAP, Share Point, Project mates, Procore, other PMIS Databases, Tableau
* Active participation in professional organizations and continuing education.  Preference to participation in professional organization leadership roles and history of presenting at regional and national conferences. #
** About Freese and Nichols
** At the heart of our culture is our LEADS values (
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* * eliver quality, and
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* * erve always).  Each year, our employee engagement survey confirms that our leaders and our employees live our values.

We strive to be the firm of choice for clients and employees through innovative approaches, practical results, and outstanding service.  For more than 130 years, we have been planning and designing the infrastructure our communities need:  developing water supplies, designing roadways and bridges, preparing for natural disasters, and much more.

Besides our comprehensive benefits package (see more at ), we offer paid overtime for salaried employees, an annual bonus, and access to company cabins in Red River, New Mexico and Banner Elk, North Carolina.  We are proud of our flexible work environment which includes a hybrid schedule with up to 40% of remote work, and an alternative work schedule program which provides a day off every other Friday.

Join our team of 1,300+ employees as we grow from Virginia to Colorado. Learn more about working here at .Freese and Nichols is firmly committed to Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) and prohibits employment discrimination for employees and applicants based upon race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, pregnancy, genetic information, disability, status as a protected veteran, or any other protected category under applicable federal, state, and local laws.###

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** Freese and Nichols
** is looking for a
** Program Controls Leader
** to join our team. As our national footprint continues to grow, we are considering qualified candidates in **.
** This is a company-wide leadership role responsible for leading Program Controls at Freese and Nichols, Inc. Program Controls is the application of Project Controls in a Program Management context.
* Partner closely with Program Management Leadership to design and implement program controls strategies, strategic initiatives, best practices, and digital solutions that deliver maximum value to internal and external clients
* Lead and manage Program Controls staff, including recruitment, supervision, assignments, and retention.
* Promote collaboration across practices to ensure consistent execution and delivery of program controls services.
* Oversee program controls for large, highly strategic, and complex programs.
* Provide senior-level direction to ensure program controls activities align with organizational strategy.
* Coordinate multiple projects within a program to ensure integration and alignment with overall objectives.
* Drive process improvements and strengthen collaboration…