NY​/NJ Resiliency Lead

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HDR has an exceptional career opportunity for an experienced Resiliency Professional to lead the growth and delivery of climate adaptation, flood risk reduction, stormwater management, green infrastructure implementation, and coastal resiliency services across the New York/New Jersey area. The NY/NJ Resiliency Lead will help shape and execute a coordinated resiliency strategy that responds to the needs of public agencies, utilities, communities, and infrastructure owners facing climate, flooding, aging infrastructure, and regulatory challenges.

This position will work with the NY/NJ Water Business Group Manager, Business Development, Market Sector leadership, and Business Class leaders, Client Managers, Project Managers, and technical staff. The successful candidate will serve as a trusted client advisor, senior project leader, and mentor while connecting local opportunities with HDR’s national expertise.

The role is intended for a collaborative, entrepreneurial leader who can convert market insight and client relationships into successful pursuits and well-delivered projects. Depending on the candidate’s background, the position may also include client management, principal-in-charge, project management, program management, and/or technical leadership responsibilities on strategic assignments.

• Provide technical direction and thought leadership in areas aligned with the candidate’s expertise, such as climate risk and adaptation, coastal and inland flooding, stormwater, green infrastructure, nature-based solutions, water resources, or infrastructure resilience.
• Mentor project managers, technical staff, and emerging leaders; support career development, succession planning, and growth of resiliency capabilities across NY/NJ offices.
• Coordinate with regional and national practice leaders to bring best practices, tools, research, and subject-matter experts to NY/NJ clients and projects.
• Support recruiting and retention of high-performing staff needed to expand the resiliency practice.
• Foster a collaborative, safety-focused, quality-driven, and employee-owned culture.

• Build and maintain trusted relationships with public agencies, utilities, municipalities, authorities, infrastructure owners, and partner firms across New York and New Jersey.
• Serve as client manager or executive sponsor for selected resiliency clients and programs, with responsibility for understanding client needs, advancing account strategies, and coordinating HDR resources.
• Lead or support capture planning, teaming, positioning, proposal development, interviews, and negotiations for strategic resiliency pursuits.
• Develop differentiated technical approaches and value propositions that connect planning, engineering, program management, implementation, and long-term asset resilience.
• Partner with marketing and business development staff to maintain opportunity pipelines, pursuit priorities, and go/no-go recommendations.

• Serve as principal-in-charge, project manager, program…