Project Delivery Lead

Onterris•Los Angeles, NV

4d•$125,000 - $175,000•Remote

About The Position

As a Project Delivery Lead at Onterris, you will help project managers deliver safe, profitable, high-quality environmental consulting projects and strengthen financial performance across an assigned portfolio. You will provide proactive oversight and practical coaching, helping project managers identify risks early, navigate challenges, and develop their commercial and financial capabilities. The role focuses on portfolio performance and project manager development rather than technical project work. This is a matrix leadership role. Project managers retain their existing reporting relationships, while you provide delivery oversight, guidance, and mentoring. You will partner with regional, operations, program, finance, and project controls leaders. The position reports to the Vice President of Project Delivery Excellence for Environmental Consulting, with a dotted line to the VP Ops Leader. It may be performed remotely within the United States. The compensation range is $125,000 to $175,000, plus an annual bonus of 12%, commensurate with experience, skills, and geographic location.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, environmental sciences, finance, accounting, business, or a related technical or business discipline.
Relevant experience in project management, project controls, project finance, or consulting operations, with demonstrated ability to assess project performance and guide project managers.
Strong financial and commercial judgment, including ability to interpret project budgets, costs, forecasts, margins, billing, and contract requirements and turn findings into practical actions.
Clear written and verbal communication, confident presentation skills, and ability to build relationships, coach colleagues, and influence outcomes within a matrix organization.
Strong organization, problem-solving, and prioritization skills, including ability to work independently and make sound decisions with incomplete information.

Nice To Haves

Eight or more years of experience is preferred; candidates with fewer years and strong, directly relevant skills and results will also be considered.
Experience supporting environmental consulting projects from pursuit through closeout through project delivery, finance, project controls, or operations.
Familiarity with fixed-price, fixed-unit-rate, time-and-materials, and other contract models; scheduling concepts; earned value management; and risk and contingency management.
Experience with proposal development, pricing, financial systems, process improvement, and coaching teams through change.
Familiarity with Onterris systems and processes.
Project Management Professional (PMP) certification.

Responsibilities

Oversee safe and efficient delivery of projects against scope, schedule, quality, risk, and financial commitments, aiming to achieve or improve the financial performance established at sale.
Lead regular portfolio reviews, typically monthly with each assigned project manager, to assess project health, identify emerging risks, agree on corrective actions, and follow through.
Analyze project costs, billings, schedules, estimates at completion, and forecasts; address root causes of performance issues to reduce write-offs, protect margins, and improve cash flow.
Partner with project managers and finance teams on timely invoicing, unbilled balances, accounts receivable, and collection strategies to improve Days Sales Outstanding.
Coordinate with Operations or Program Managers to provide guidance on assigning projects and pursuit efforts to project managers.
Review client-facing cost estimates and proposal pricing within the assigned portfolio before submission, checking pricing guidance, rate schedules, resource plans, and allowances for safety, quality reviews, project oversight, and other delivery requirements.
Help project managers interpret client contract terms and translate them into delivery plans, budgets, and risk controls; identify commercial risks and route exceptions through the appropriate approval process.
Support proactive scope and change management, including change orders, budget and schedule adjustments, stakeholder communication, and dispute resolution.
Help teams budget appropriate project review and oversight effort and recover that effort where permitted by contract.
Coach project managers and emerging project managers through client communication, team coordination, financial, and delivery challenges, strengthening judgment, accountability, and confidence.
Partner with operations and program leaders on project and pursuit assignments, project manager development, and performance feedback without replacing existing line-management responsibilities.
Work with project controls leadership and Project Support Specialists to establish effective scheduling, progress tracking, reporting, and financial monitoring, including earned value methods where appropriate.
Promote consistent project kickoffs, milestone reviews, and closeout practices; share lessons learned and help teams adopt project management tools, processes, and improvements.