Community Transportation Strategy Director

At HDR, our employee-owners are fully engaged in creating a welcoming environment where each of us is valued and respected, a place where everyone is empowered to bring their authentic selves and novel ideas to work every day. As we foster a culture of inclusion throughout our company and within our communities, we constantly ask ourselves:
What is our impact on the world?

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We believe transportation is more than movement, it’s the foundation of connected, thriving communities. As part of HDR’s Transportation Business Group, you’ll help shape the systems that move people and goods safely, efficiently, and sustainably. From designing resilient highways and iconic bridges to advancing transit, passenger and freight rail, aviation, federal transportation ports and marine infrastructure, your work will directly support economic vitality, public safety, sustainable and resilient communities and quality of life.

We bring together planners, engineers, architects, construction management staff, environmental, strategic communications, economists, management consultants and specialists across disciplines to solve complex mobility challenges with innovation, technical excellence, and a deep understanding of community needs. Whether you're modernizing aging infrastructure or pioneering next‑generation transportation solutions, your contributions will help define the future of mobility. This isn’t just a job, it’s a chance to lead progress, drive meaningful impact, and leave a legacy of smarter, more connected transportation networks.

We are all employee‑owners at HDR, which is the foundation of our collaborative culture that connects employees around the world.

The primary duty of the Community Transportation Strategy Director will be to grow HDR’s global Community Transportation Strategy practice that helps our clients and our projects keep the communities they serve top of mind. This growing practice has been responsive to the needs of our clients to provide community‑focused solutions across our transportation market sectors. This individual will partner with other business leaders in similar areas to coordinate activities that are tied to achieving goals across the enterprise.

The Community Transportation Strategy Director will work to expand our existing transportation services that identifies HDR staff resources and market sector opportunities to raise HDR’s technical excellence in developing and delivering compliant solutions that are responsive to the needs of communities. HDR seeks greater prospective and existing client visibility to the full breadth of advisory and technical services HDR can offer in the development of plans, projects, and programs through a community‑focused lens.

The Director will regularly engage with existing and prospective clients across our markets and office areas to deepen the company’s market penetration in this area, foster growth strategies through geographic and market sector expansion, and identify key project opportunities.

The Director will be a recognized industry leader that will be active in industry events and committees to identify best practices based on industry changes and market trends to elevate HDR in this field. The Director will collaborate with others at HDR to present at events/conferences, publish in journals and/or magazines on equity topics, and broaden our presence by helping other staff make industry connections.

The Director will collaborate with HDR’s Advisory Services team, including Strategic Communications, Funding and Finance, Sustainability and Resilience, Economics and Statistics, Environmental Sciences and Planning, and others, as well as market sector leaders and area technical experts to understand and develop innovative tools and methods to offer our clients.

More specific duties include: the Director will lead HDR’s Community Transportation Strategy practice that provides strategies, tools, and analyses for organization policies and frameworks; project‑level outcomes; community‑informed decision‑making; federal, regional, and local compliance; and community benefits and workforce development…