Deputy Project Director

The Transbay Joint Powers Authority (TJPA) has an exciting employment opportunity for an individual seeking significant responsibility as part of the leadership team delivering Phase 2 of the Transbay Program, the Downtown Rail Extension (DTX), also known as The Portal, a multi-billion-dollar investment to connect the Bay Area’s and State’s transportation infrastructure. The successful candidate for the Deputy Project Director will report directly to the Project Director and indirectly to the Caltrain Project Director and engage at a leadership level within The Portal Integrated Delivery Team (IPDT).

The IPDT includes TJPA, consultant and Caltrain dedicated delivery staff who are responsible for day to day decision making and delivery of The Portal, a multi-billion-dollar transportation project extending Caltrain electrified rail and future high-speed rail service into the Salesforce Transit Center known as the “Grand Central of the West.”

Working effectively within the IPDT construct, the Deputy Project Director will provide clear and consistent leadership to effectively address and resolve design and construction related matters, oversee environmental compliance and right-of-way requirements, engage stakeholders and agencies as part of a multi-agency partnership, and other technical matters aligned in accordance with TJPA and Caltrain requirements, while facilitating California High Speed Rail Service once the program reaches the peninsula, to deliver The Portal as scheduled and within the prescribed budget.

TJPA oversees the Transbay Program - a multibillion-dollar investment to connect the Bay Area’s and the State’s transportation infrastructure. The Program is being developed in two phases in coordination with local, regional, and state strategic plans.

Phase 1 of the Program delivered the Salesforce Transit Center in downtown San Francisco, a 1,000,000-square-foot state-of-the-art facility that currently serves multiple local and regional bus transit operators from across the Bay Area. The transit center, which contains 100,000 square feet of retail space and a 5.4-acre rooftop park, among other amenities, was developed in tandem with San Francisco’s Transit Center District Plan and Transbay Redevelopment Plan to create a high-density transit-oriented district in the area surrounding the transit center.

The Transbay Program spurred the development of millions of square feet of office space, thousands of residential units, and several acres of open space, and now anchors a vibrant mixed-use neighborhood.

The Portal will extend Caltrain commuter rail and future California high-speed rail from its current terminus 1.3 miles south of downtown San Francisco into the transit center, providing a critical inter-regional and statewide link for Peninsula commuters and eventually travelers on the State’s future high-speed rail system.

The Portal is the link that will allow regional and statewide high-speed trains to travel between downtown San Francisco, Silicon Valley, Sacramento, Central Valley, and Southern California. It is essential to the State’s strategic plan to build a coordinated statewide rail system that will improve mobility as California’s population and economy expand.

The TJPA recognizes that The Portal is a critical rail link in the Bay Area, Northern California megaregion, and state transportation system and that it will be most efficiently and effectively developed through a multi-agency partnership among local, regional, and state stakeholder agencies with expertise in developing, funding, and implementing major infrastructure projects. Therefore, the TJPA entered the San Francisco Peninsula Rail Program Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) and subsequent Implementation Agreement with The Portal partner agencies:
California High-Speed Rail Authority, City and County of San Francisco (Mayor’s Office), Metropolitan Transportation Commission, Peninsula Corridor Joint Powers Board (Caltrain), and San Francisco County Transportation Authority to deliver The Portal.

Under this MOU, an Executive Working Group (EWG) consisting of executives of the partner agencies has been…