Performance Management Lead

Cordoba Corporation • Sacramento, CA

4d • $130,000 - $241,000 • Hybrid

About The Position

Cordoba Corporation is a leading engineering and design firm based in California. We are seeking a Performance Management Lead to join our Transportation Sector. Under the general direction of the Chief of Project Controls, the Performance Management Lead oversees our client's Capital Baseline, encompassing both funded and unfunded components of the program. Serving as a senior manager within the Program Management Oversight (PMO) Branch, the incumbent collaborates closely with the Cost, Schedule, and Risk Unit leads to consolidate, monitor, and report performance against the established baseline. This role ensures overall program performance remains on track and provides the Project Controls Office with forward‑looking assessments and trend analyses. Responsibilities include developing, maintaining, and reviewing project controls data—such as budgets, cost forecasts, schedules, and risk information—and delivering accurate, timely performance reporting and variance analysis. Additionally, the position manages the technical documentation required for Business Plans, Project Update Reports, and other stakeholder‑mandated reporting.

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree in Construction Management, Engineering, Business Management, Project Management, or related technical field and 10 years experience in related fields of transit and or program controls.
• Have expertise in the principles and practices of project management, data management and cost control; project cost planning and reporting techniques; construction project phases and disciplines
• Use analytical techniques to provide cost analysis and provide solutions; research and compile data and maintain accurate and complete project records; meet deadlines; work and communicate effectively with others using courtesy, respect, and sensitivity; and follow and adhere to company policies
• Experience of managing and motivating controls teams on major programs.
• Have significant experience with the liaison, coordination, and negotiation with departmental and external stakeholders to elicit timely and consistent responses to program controls requirements
• Have experience in leading and developing reporting, controls and baseline management methodology, procedures and presentation
• Project Management, data analytics, technical writing and presentational skills

Nice To Haves

• Proficient with Microsoft Office applications (Excel, Word, PowerPoint)
• Proficient in desktop publishing software, Visio and professional graphics software
• Proficient with Data Analytics tools such as PowerBI, and a working knowledge of Primavera P6
• Ability to communicate effectively with various personnel, including dealing with people effectively and tactfully in difficult and stressful situations
• Excellent time management and organizational skills, attention to detail and ability to work under time pressure, good understanding of project controls functions, data structures and baseline management

Responsibilities

• Key PMO resource in charge of our client's Capital Baseline, including the technical supporting documents, systems, and data underling the baseline.
• Responsible for integration of the baseline across functions and branches via coordination with PMO Cost Control team
• Supports definition of how progress is measured against the Capital Baseline
• Controls against changes to the Capital Baseline per the the client's Governance processes
• Assess estimates, costs, risks, and schedule updates across the program for adherence to the Capital Baseline
• Support with the development of annual budgets for specialist sections of the program, taking ownership of articulating and tabulating year on year movements and the multi-year forecasts.
• Compare and analyze trends and risks against the original cost estimates and budgets within the Capital Baseline. Identify opportunities to bring costs trends to prompt mitigations to bring cost trend in line with estimates and budgets.
• Drive process, procedure and systems related improvement across the Risk Management Office working with the wider business to fully integrate these requirements
• Work with the wider Controls team, to build out a scalable Work Break-Down Structure, Asset Break-Down Structure, and other necessary project specific data structures required to better enable rolled up reporting across the organization
• Work in partnership with the Reporting function to provide strategic direction to, the monthly and-annual reporting requirements so that information is appropriately prioritized for its audience, is accurate, appropriately detailed, submitted timely to enable key decision making and is aligned to the requirements of key stakeholders
• Operate as the big picture expert on the Capital Baseline to ensure consistency and robustness of data, and reporting
• Continually review the existing baseline processes, structures, and data to provide any recommendations for improvements

Benefits

• We offer multiple medical and dental insurance plans, as well as vision insurance. Plans are subsidized for both employees and dependents with coverage effective the first month after hire.
• Additionally, Cordoba provides employees with paid AD&D and life insurance, a 401k with an industry leading employer match, generous vacation and sick leave accruals, 9 paid holidays, and other forms of paid time off.
• We also offer flexible spending accounts (FSA’s) including medical care reimbursement, dependent care reimbursement, and commuter benefit plans.
• Employees are also eligible for our employee assistance program and well-being benefits that include stress management, nutrition, and financial well-being.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Number of Employees: 101-250 employees