Senior Project Manager – Asset Lifecycle & Capital Planning – Denver International Airport

City and County of Denver • Denver, CO

1d • Onsite

About The Position

With competitive pay, great benefits, and endless opportunities, working for the City and County of Denver means seeing yourself working with purpose as others benefit from your passion, skills and expertise. Join our diverse, inclusive and talented workforce of more than 11,000 team members who are at the heart of what makes Denver, Denver. What We Offer The City and County of Denver offers competitive pay commensurate with education and experience. New hires are typically brought into the organization between $109,134.00 and $170,000.00. We also offer generous benefits for full-time employees which include but are not limited to: A guaranteed life-long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service 457B Retirement Plan 140 hours of PTO earned within first year + 12 paid holidays, 1 personal holiday, 1 Wellness Day and 1 volunteer day per year Competitive medical, dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date Location & Schedule In this position you can expect to work at the Denver International Airport 5 days a week. Who We Are & What You’ll Do Since opening on Feb. 28, 1995, Denver International Airport (DEN) has become one of the world’s busiest airports. In 2025, 82,427,962 passengers passed through DEN, making DEN 4th busiest airport in the U.S. and the world’s 10th busiest airport. DEN is Colorado’s primary economic engine, generating $47.2 billion in annual economic impact for the state. At DEN, we are committed to fostering a diverse, inclusive, and equitable workplace. We celebrate individuality and strive to keep Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Accessibility (EDIA) at the center of all that we do. The DEN Asset Management program consists of three strategic pillars: Asset Data & Governance, Lifecycle Planning, and Infrastructure Reliability which includes elements such as Planning, Estimating, Scheduling, and Analytics, and Digital Facilities and Infrastructure. The successful candidate will demonstrate the ability to effectively lead teams, improve organizational governance through effective change management, deploy innovative programs, support continuous improvement activities, and promote operational excellence through world-class asset management practices. The Senior Project Manager will report to DEN’s Senior Director of Asset Management and serves as a key leader within the Lifecycle Planning pillar, with strong integration across Asset Data & Governance and Infrastructure Reliability. This role translates asset data into actionable, risk-based investment decisions that protect infrastructure reliability, optimize capital deployment, and support Vision 100 growth. Specifically as the Senior Project Manager you will:

Requirements

• Education requirement: Bachelor’s degree in business, management, public administration, or a related field.
• Experience Requirement: Three (3) years of professional project management experience in the related occupational group including planning, managing, and scheduling projects and preparing and reviewing contract documents.
• Education/Experience Equivalency: One (1) year of the appropriate type and level of experience may be substituted for each required year of post-high school education.
• License/Certifications: Requires a valid Driver's License at the time of application.
• Additional appropriate education may be substituted for the minimum experience requirements.
• Licenses and certifications must be kept current as a condition of employment.

Nice To Haves

• Demonstrated expertise in end-to-end asset lifecycle management from project inception through construction handover through lifecycle costing, renewal, and long-term capital planning (3-, 5-, and 10-year horizons).
• Proven ability to lead, mentor multidisciplinary teams, holding teams and consultants accountable for data quality, accuracy, and delivery of actionable outcomes.
• Experience procuring and managing professional services contracts, defining scopes aligned to strategic outcomes, and ensuring high-quality, usable deliverables including developing, prioritizing, and defending multi-year capital investment plans using risk, condition, and lifecycle data.
• Advanced knowledge of CMMS platforms, condition assessments, IoT integration, GIS, and digital facility models to support data-driven decisions.
• Ability to partner effectively with engineering, construction, operations, and finance to ensure assets are designed, delivered, and managed for long-term reliability.
• Strong communication skills, with the ability to translate complex infrastructure and asset data into clear recommendations for executive and enterprise audiences.
• Ensures enterprise asset data integrity and translates complex infrastructure information into clear, strategic recommendations for leadership.

Responsibilities

• Lifecycle Planning & Capital Strategy Lead development, maintenance, and continuous refinement of 3-, 5-, and 10-year lifecycle-based capital replacement and infrastructure investment plans, expanding toward longer-term forecasts as data maturity improves.
• Apply condition, risk (LOF/COF), remaining useful life, and performance data to prioritize capital and AM‑CIP projects, ensuring investments are optimally timed and financially defensible.
• Act as an advocate for lifecycle-driven projects by partnering with Finance, Design Engineering & Construction (DEC), Maintenance, and Operations to ensure recommendations move from analysis to execution.
• Support capital planning reviews for new construction, rehabilitation, and expansion projects by validating asset condition assumptions, scope completeness, and long-term O&M impacts.
• Asset Performance, Data Integration & Governance Lead and mentor a multidisciplinary team responsible for managing asset lifecycle information within DEN’s centralized CMMS and related enterprise systems, including asset onboarding, warranty tracking, condition assessments, and lifecycle costing.
• Ensure asset assessment and performance data is validated, decision-grade, and governed, and integrated across CMMS, BIM, GIS, and digital facility platforms.
• Partner with Asset Data & Governance teams to enforce asset standards, acceptance workflows, and data quality expectations throughout the project lifecycle.
• Translate complex asset and infrastructure data into clear, strategic insights for executive leadership and enterprise stakeholders.
• Infrastructure Reliability & Innovation Identify asset performance risks and recommend capital or operational interventions that reduce unplanned failures and improve levels of service for critical systems.
• Champion innovation aligned g and decision-making.
• Program Delivery & Professional Services Oversee procurement, scoping, and administration of professional services contracts supporting condition assessments, lifecycle modeling, and data collection.
• Ensure consultant deliverables meet DEN standards, integrate cleanly into enterprise systems, and directly inform capital and maintenance decisions.
• Workforce & Growth Enablement Support expansion initiatives by forecasting long-term asset-related workforce, maintenance, and capital impacts of new facilities, equipment, and infrastructure.
• Mentor staff to build lifecycle planning, data analytics, and asset management capability across the organization.
• Other duties as assigned

Benefits

• A guaranteed life-long monthly pension, once vested after 5 years of service
• 457B Retirement Plan
• 140 hours of PTO earned within first year + 12 paid holidays, 1 personal holiday, 1 Wellness Day and 1 volunteer day per year
• Competitive medical, dental and vision plans effective within 1 month of start date

What This Job Offers

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