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AECOM is seeking a Rail/Transit Program Manager to work out of our Sacramento Office. This role is hybrid.

JOB SUMMARY:
The appropriately qualified applicant will demonstrate an established career in the rail transit industry and have experience with California transit clients. The ideal candidate will have a successful track record of business development, client service, and program management. Experience needs to include the direct management of professional services consulting contracts on major rail transit projects, representing engineering companies that hold prime contracts with rail transit clients.

JOB RESPONSIBILITEIS:

• Supports the Rail/Transit Division for the West Region in the execution of rail/transit contracts for program management, design, and construction management.
• Manage staff and tasks associated with rail/transit contracts.
• Support various rail professional services pursuits related to major rail capital programs including light rail, heavy rail, or commuter rail.
• Manage multidiscipline teams to meet scope, schedule, and budget on multi-million tasks or projects.
• Lead meetings with clients and stakeholders.
• Mentor junior to mid-level staff.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

• BA/BS + 10 years of relevant experience or demonstrated equivalency of experience and/or education, including 2 years of leadership.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS:

• 15+ years of experience in organizational development and leadership; client service management; leading delivery of program management, design, and/or construction management services, and/or business development activities for large-scale transportation/transit clients and/or projects.
• 5 years of experience in managing the delivery of large complex rail transit projects.
• Experience must include organizational development and leadership, program management, client service management, design and/or business development activities for large-scale transportation/transit clients and/or projects.
• Experience must include continuous design management responsibility, including management of design services during construction. The experience must include interfacing with state and local jurisdictions.
• Track record of increasing market share in the transit sector.
• A recognized leader in developing and nurturing relationships with key clients.
• Experience in client pre-positioning activities, team (internal and external) and proposal development, and execution of selection interviews.
• Recognized business development/client management leader.
• A team-oriented individual that can work with operations, project and marketing staff of all levels.
• Ability to collaborate across disciplines and business lines for integrated delivery and growth.
• Excellent interpersonal skills, demonstrated team-building, and internal/external networking skills.
• Microsoft Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and other relevant software programs.

• Travel may be required for this position
• Sponsorship is provided for this role 

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AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity 

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.