Capital Projects & Contracts (Construction) Associate Director

Protiviti • Seattle, WA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Protiviti is looking for an Associate Director to join our Capital Projects & Contracts group and support our growing Construction consulting offerings. As an Associate Director, you'll take a lead role in strengthening client relationships and providing strategic guidance across complex capital programs and construction projects. You'll partner with clients to identify construction and capital project delivery risks, technical challenges, and opportunities to enhance the efficiency, governance, and performance of capital investments. You'll develop innovative strategies to solve complex business problems and devise solutions that address client needs using leading practices, data-driven insights, and emerging tools and methodologies. You'll also help develop new business opportunities, expand existing client relationships, and contribute to the growth of our Capital Projects & Contracts practice. You'll build lasting relationships with clients and within the business community while serving as an ambassador of Protiviti in the market. You will also mentor and develop high-performing teams, provide leadership across engagements, and oversee the successful delivery of project work plans while driving quality, innovation, and exceptional client service.

Requirements

• Deep expertise across the construction project lifecycle, including planning, design, procurement, execution, and closeout.
• Ability to evaluate and enhance project governance, project controls, cost and schedule management, contract administration, and contractor oversight frameworks.
• Experience in identifying and mitigating construction risks, including cost overruns, delays, change orders, claims, and other challenges.
• Passion for serving as a trusted advisor to executive stakeholders.
• Ability to help organizations navigate complex capital project and program delivery challenges.
• Excellence in building and expanding executive-level client relationships.
• Ability to identify new opportunities and deliver long-term value to clients.
• Enjoy leading teams, developing future leaders, and fostering a collaborative, high-performance culture.
• Contribution to practice growth through business development, go-to-market initiatives, thought leadership, and client relationship expansion.
• Staying current on industry trends, project delivery models, emerging technologies, and market developments.
• Demonstrated experience with project planning, budgeting, forecasting, and cost management across the lifecycle.
• Demonstrated experience with contract strategy, procurement, and delivery models (e.g., EPC, design-build, CM at-risk).
• Demonstrated experience with contract administration, including change order management, claims mitigation, and dispute resolution.
• Demonstrated experience with project controls, including cost, schedule, and performance monitoring against KPIs.
• Demonstrated experience with construction documentation review (budgets, schedules, contracts, RFIs, submittals, and reports).
• Demonstrated experience with contractor and subcontractor performance evaluation and oversight.
• Demonstrated experience with auditing construction projects and capital programs, including governance and controls frameworks.
• Demonstrated experience identifying risks related to cost overruns, schedule delays, scope changes, and disputes.
• Demonstrated experience supporting or leading claims analysis, dispute advisory, or forensic project reviews.
• Demonstrated experience evaluating, summarizing, organizing, and interpreting data.
• Demonstrated experience establishing and cultivating business relationships and a professional network, including with senior executives.
• Demonstrated success in pursuing business development opportunities and identifying and implementing strategies to obtain new work or clientele.
• Ability to translate and communicate issues, risk, or challenges to client personnel, including executives.
• Leadership and direct supervisory experience of teams including conducting performance appraisals, mentoring and coaching, oversight and review of work, coordination across teams, and understanding how to motivate.
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant discipline (e.g., Engineering, Construction Management, Project Management, or related field).
• 10+ years of experience in Consulting, Construction, Engineering, Project Controls, or Capital Project Management.
• Proven success building executive-level client relationships, developing new business opportunities, and contributing to practice growth.
• Experience leading and developing high-performing teams, mentoring future leaders, and managing multiple concurrent engagements.
• Demonstrated experience overseeing large-scale capital projects and construction programs, including governance, project controls, risk management, contract administration, and program delivery.
• Experience with construction and project management tools (e.g., Primavera P6, Procore, e-Builder, Kahua, CMIC, or similar platforms).

Nice To Haves

• Professional certifications such as PMP, CCM, PE, or similar preferred.

Responsibilities

• Strengthen client relationships and provide strategic guidance across complex capital programs and construction projects.
• Partner with clients to identify construction and capital project delivery risks, technical challenges, and opportunities to enhance efficiency, governance, and performance of capital investments.
• Develop innovative strategies to solve complex business problems and devise solutions using leading practices, data-driven insights, and emerging tools and methodologies.
• Develop new business opportunities and expand existing client relationships.
• Contribute to the growth of the Capital Projects & Contracts practice.
• Build lasting relationships with clients and within the business community.
• Serve as an ambassador of Protiviti in the market.
• Mentor and develop high-performing teams.
• Provide leadership across engagements.
• Oversee the successful delivery of project work plans.
• Drive quality, innovation, and exceptional client service.

Benefits

• Medical coverage
• Dental coverage
• Vision coverage
• FSA and HSA healthcare accounts
• Life insurance
• Accident insurance
• Adoption assistance
• Fertility assistance
• Paid parental leave up to 10 weeks
• Short-term disability
• Long-term disability
• Company 401(k) savings and investment plan with an employer match of 50% on the first 6% of your contributions
• Choice Time Off (CTO) for vacation, personal needs, and sick time (New hires receive up to 20 days of CTO per calendar year)
• 11 paid holidays

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior