Transportation Program Director

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At Mott Mac Donald, we are driven by purpose and powered by brilliant people. As a trusted engineering, management, and development consultancy, we work with clients to solve complex challenges and deliver sustainable outcomes that make a meaningful difference for the communities we serve.

When you join us as an experienced professional, you will bring your expertise to work that matters while continuing to grow your career. You will collaborate with talented colleagues across disciplines and geographies, contribute your perspective, and help shape better outcomes through technical excellence, innovation, and integrity.

Build on your experience while helping shape what comes next. At Mott Mac Donald, you'll work alongside talented people on complex and rewarding projects that make a real difference. We value fresh perspectives, encourage collaboration, and provide opportunities to expand your skills, take on new challenges, and grow your career. Whether you're deepening your technical expertise, broadening your leadership experience, or exploring new opportunities across our business, you'll be supported by a team that is committed to helping you succeed.

Mott Mac Donald is seeking an established transportation leader to join our Western US business as Transportation Program Director.

This senior leadership role will combine client relationship management, business growth and major program delivery, with a focus on major transportation agencies across the West.

The successful candidate will build trusted relationships with senior clients, identify and shape major opportunities, and provide executive leadership through program pursuits, mobilizations, and delivery. Working across our transportation, advisory and technical teams, this individual will connect client priorities with Mott Mac Donald’s capabilities and help position our business for infrastructure programs.

The role will provide oversight across a portfilio of client projects and programs, ensuring positive performance across client satisfaction, commercial outcomes, quality, risk and delivery.

This is an opportunity to play a key role in growing Mott Mac Donald’s transportation business, while helping clients successfully deliver some of the region’s most important infrastructure investments.

• Build and maintain senior relationships with major state, regional and local transportation agencies across the Western US region.
• Develop a strong understanding of client priorities, capital programs and future investment plans to identify and shape opportunities.
• Lead client and account strategies that strengthen relationships and grow Mott Mac Donald’s market position.
• Lead and support capture strategies for major transportation pursuits and programs.
• Position and mobilize multidisciplinary teams to successfully pursue and deliver complex programs.
• Serve as an executive sponsor or senior leader for strategically important projects and programs.
• Provide oversight of program performance, including commercial outcomes, schedule, quality, risk, resourcing and client satisfaction.
• Work with project and program leaders to address delivery, commercial or contractual challenges.
• Ensure strong continuity between pursuit, mobilization and delivery.
• Connect client needs with Mott Mac Donald’s broader transportation, engineering, advisory and program management capabilities.
• Monitor market, funding and procurement activity to identify emerging opportunities.
• Represent Mott Mac Donald with senior clients and across relevant industry forums.
• Mentor future client, project and program leaders and contribute to the wider growth of our Western US transportation business.

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