Senior Manager, Transportation Planning (Multimodal Systems & Corridors Planning)

Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority • Los Angeles, CA

8d • Onsite

About The Position

Metro’s mission is to provide a world-class transportation system that enhances the quality of life for all who live, work, and play within LA County. This position oversees, manages, and executes work activities that may have broad organizational-wide impact in an assigned organizational unit and manages the work of assigned staff and consultants on related projects. This position will be responsible for multimodal corridor planning and program implementation across multidisciplinary teams, external agencies, local jurisdictions, community-based organizations, and others such as goods movement, passenger rail, highway, complete street, and active transportation partners.

Requirements

• Bachelor's Degree in Urban or Transportation Planning, Civil or Transportation Engineering, Business, Public Administration, Political Science, Urban Design, Public Policy, Finance, or a related field
• Six years of relevant experience or three years supervisory-level experience in transportation planning, project management, urban design, transportation system design and research, travel simulation and demand modeling, transportation finance, operations planning, or a related area
• Two years of relevant management-level experience preferred
• A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions preferred

Nice To Haves

• Master's Degree in a related field preferred
• Experience leading/co-leading the development of strategic transportation plans with multimodal features, including roadways, railways, transit, goods movement, active transportation, and/or other multimodal systems
• Experience collaborating closely with key stakeholders to develop and implement multimodal planning efforts, including Caltrans, cities, Councils of Governments, freight partners, community-based organizations, and others
• Experience managing teams to deliver planning outcomes, including consultants, interagency colleagues, external agencies, and other stakeholders
• Experience leading transportation program and project management, including hands-on, day-to-day management and organization of interrelated projects and programs, and internal-facing/public-facing accountability measurements to maintain implementation schedules for program and project deliverables
• Experience speaking publicly to governing boards, transportation-related stakeholders, community members, and partner agencies in an effective, clear, and consistent manner to share information, provide effective messaging, promote accountability, display political expertise, and lead policy and planning discussions related to multimodal transportation initiatives

Responsibilities

• Manages complex transportation planning, implementation, funding, and analytical projects and programs
• Leads and facilitates development of strategies, processes, and policies
• Develops, negotiates, and executes major cooperative and service agreements, Memorandums of Understanding, and interagency funding plans to include scopes of work, financial plans, schedules, and contracts with other agencies and private developers
• Provides technical support and policy guidance to management on Metro plans, programs, and projects
• Applies, develops, and evaluates analytical, quantitative, and statistical tools and their results
• Represents Metro and makes presentations before various public/private audiences
• Participates and takes a leadership position in committees, forums, interagency task forces, and/or technical advisory groups
• Coordinates with municipal partners and ensures compliance with relevant policy guidelines and regulations
• Supports the acquisition processes and consultant contracts; manages schedules, staffing, technical deliverables, and budgets from the end user/business unit perspective
• Develops, forecasts, and monitors budgets for plans, programs, and projects
• Evaluates proposed legislation for impact on specific plans, programs, and projects
• Evaluates the costs, benefits, and risks of alternative funding plans, programs, and projects
• Prepares comprehensive reports, correspondence, and cost estimates
• Manages and coordinates the work of staff and/or consultants
• Guides work plan, staff, resource allocation, and stakeholder engagement strategy to advance implementation of pilot projects and to implement Metro's Vision 2028 Strategic Plan
• Coordinates with municipal partners to pilot new initiatives and to implement Metro's Vision 2028 Strategic Plan
• Communicates and implements safety rules, policies, and procedures in support of the agency's safety vision and goals; and maintains accountability for the safety performance of all assigned employees
• May be required to perform other related job duties

Benefits

• Metro provides reasonable accommodation to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions
• Metro is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, creed, ancestry, national origin, gender, marital status, sexual orientation, religion, age, veteran status, or disability.
• Metro does not deny participation in the application process to anyone with prior justice system involvement, in line with Fair Chance hiring practices.

What This Job Offers

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