Cultural Resource Lead

We are seeking an experienced Cultural Resource Lead to lead and grow cultural resource services across the Pacific Northwest, Mountain West, and Great Basin, including Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming, Colorado, and California while supporting projects in other regions as needed. This senior leadership role combines business development, client development, staff supervision, technical leadership, and operational accountability. The Cultural Resources Lead will oversee regional staff and operations, cultivate public- and private-sector clients, shape capture and proposal strategies, and ensure strong project delivery and financial performance.

The ideal candidate is a recognized cultural resources leader with strong knowledge of archaeology, historic preservation, tribal consultation, and applicable federal and state regulatory requirements across the region.

• Lead business development for cultural resource services across the Pacific Northwest, Mountain West, and Great Basin, with emphasis on Washington, Oregon, Idaho, Nevada, and Utah, and support growth and project pursuits in other regions as needed.
• Identify, qualify, and pursue federal, state, tribal, municipal, utility, transportation, energy, and private-sector opportunities.
• Develop capture strategies, client-specific growth plans, teaming relationships, and go/no-go recommendations.
• Lead or support proposals, statements of qualifications, scopes of work, fee development, interviews, and contract negotiations.
• Coordinate with company leadership and adjacent environmental disciplines to cross-sell services and expand strategic accounts.
• Maintain an active pipeline and provide reliable forecasting of pursuits, backlog, staffing demand, and revenue opportunities.

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with existing and prospective clients, agency representatives, tribal governments, and teaming partners.
• Serve as a senior client contact, understand client priorities, anticipate needs, and develop practical solutions that support compliance, schedule, and mission objectives.
• Monitor client satisfaction, resolve elevated concerns, and ensure commitments are communicated and fulfilled.
• Represent the company at industry events, professional associations, conferences, and client meetings.

• Provide operational leadership for the Pacific Northwest, Mountain West, and Great Basin cultural resources practice, including workload planning, staffing, scheduling, quality, risk, and financial performance.
• Oversee project budgets, labor utilization, subcontractors, invoicing, collections support, profitability, and corrective actions when performance varies from plan.
• Balance project delivery demands with business development priorities and available staff capacity.
• Partner with regional and corporate leadership to establish annual operating goals, business development priorities, hiring plans, and investment needs for the Pacific Northwest, Mountain West, and Great Basin practice.
• Implement consistent project management, quality control, health and safety, records management, and regulatory compliance practices.

• Provide executive and technical oversight for archaeological investigations and cultural resource projects, coordinating with appropriately qualified Principal Investigators when project or agency requirements apply.
• Oversee the development and review of research designs, work plans, field methods, testing and data recovery strategies, monitoring plans, inadvertent discovery plans, and technical reports.
• Provide senior review and technical direction for archaeological inventory, evaluation, mitigation, monitoring, historic property documentation, and related studies.
• Ensure work complies with applicable requirements, including Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act (NHPA), the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), the Archaeological Resources Protection Act (ARPA), and relevant regional laws, permits, and agency guidance.
• Support consultation and coordination with tribes, agencies, clients, landowners, and other interested parties using respectful and culturally informed practices.
• Ensure recommendations regarding eligibility, effects, avoidance, minimization, and mitigation are technically sound, defensible, and clearly documented.

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