Community Transportation Strategy Director

Community Transportation Strategy Director Join HDR as a strategic leader who shapes community-focused transportation solutions. HDR is a national architecture & engineering firm that values employee ownership and a collaborative culture.

Primary Responsibilities The primary duty of the Community Transportation Strategy Director will be to grow HDR’s global Community Transportation Strategy practice that helps our clients and our projects keep the communities they serve top of mind. This growing practice has been responsive to the needs of our clients to provide community-focused solutions across our transportation market sectors. This individual will partner with other business leaders in similar areas to coordinate activities that are tied to achieving goals across the enterprise.

The Director will work to expand our existing transportation services that identify HDR staff resources and market sector opportunities to raise HDR’s technical excellence in developing and delivering compliant solutions that are responsive to the needs of communities. HDR seeks greater prospective and existing client visibility to the full breadth of advisory and technical services HDR can offer in the development of plans, projects, and programs through a community-focused lens. The Director will regularly engage with existing and prospective clients across our markets and office areas to deepen the company’s market penetration in this area, foster growth strategies through geographic and market sector expansion, and identify key project opportunities.

The Director will be a recognized industry leader that will be active in industry events and committees to identify best practices based on industry changes and market trends to elevate HDR in this field. The Director will collaborate with others at HDR to present at events/conferences, publish in journals and/or magazines on equity topics, and broaden our presence by helping other staff make industry connections.

The Director will collaborate with HDR’s Advisory Services team, including Strategic Communications, Funding and Finance, Sustainability and Resilience, Economics and Statistics, Environmental Sciences and Planning, and others, as well as market sector leaders and area technical experts to understand and develop innovative tools and methods to offer our clients.

More specific duties include:

Program Leadership : Lead HDR’s Community Transportation Strategy practice that provides strategies, tools, and analyses for organization policies and frameworks; project-level outcomes; community-informed decision-making; federal, regional, and local compliance; and community benefits and workforce development planning.

Project and Program Support Responsibilities : Serve as a technical focal point for our transportation market sector to deliver community-centered solutions to our clients and to create alliances. Work closely with other technical Directors, Regional Directors, Market Sector Directors, and Client Managers to help fulfill long-term growth goals while maintaining high-quality deliverables.

Marketing and Business Development : Support all transportation market sector directors in developing community-focused initiatives to inform and support strategic visions. Assist in client relationships, pursue major opportunities, and support project capture planning and proposal preparation.

Technical Staff Development and Alignment : Serve as the transportation subject‑matter expert on community-centered and community-informed decision-making strategies and execution; lead and define initiatives and best practices; develop an HDR educational program and internal presentations and webinars.

Preferred Qualifications

A Bachelor's degree in urban, city, or regional planning, engineering, economics, marketing, communications, public relations, sustainability, or other related field;

15 years with practical experience in the Architecture & Engineering industry;

Experience in the development and management of a wide range of client relationships and specific programs and/or project pursuits;

Demonstrated industry leadership in associations and in maintaining a visible profile in the relevant markets;

Demonstrated ability to work cooperatively with client managers, technical practice directors, market sector directors, and operations staff;

Proven experience recruiting and leading staff; strong history of mentoring;

Demonstrated commitment to HDR values and an attitude and commitment to being an active participant in our employee‑owned culture;

An understanding of HDR’s Business Classes, Cross Sectors, Market Sectors, and Business Groups. Demonstrated relationships with Area Management teams;

An understanding of HDR’s ID&E initiatives and corporate responsibility report process;

Master’s degree in a related field preferred.

Required Qualifications

Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field;

A minimum of 10 years of experience in related field;

Maintains a professional or Engineering registration and has related technical experience;

Experienced in development and management of diverse teams;

Works cooperatively with other business class directors, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers on business class efforts;

Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values;

An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee‑owned culture is a must.

Location United States—Nebraska—Omaha

Compensation Salary range varies by location (e.g., California: $199,738–$297,662).

Benefits HDR provides a comprehensive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, disability, life insurance, employee assistance program, paid time away, parental leave, holidays, retirement savings plan with employer match, referral bonus, and tuition reimbursement.

Employment Equity Statement At HDR, we are committed to the principles of employment equity. We are an affirmative action and equal opportunity employer: https://www.hdrinc.com/equal-employment-opportunity-employer. We consider all qualified applicants, regardless of criminal histories, arrest and conviction records.

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