New Mobility Practice Lead

Description

Toole Design Group is seeking an experienced and visionary New Mobility Practice Lead to join our team full-time. Are you passionate about helping communities improve people’s access to shared and electric mobility? Do you have experience integrating emerging technologies and smart tech into local and regional transportation systems? Are you helping lead the industry on transformative topics like mobility hubs, micromobility design, and curbside management? If so, we encourage you to apply.

This position may be based in any of our office locations* and works a hybrid schedule of up to 2 days per week from home.

*Office locations: Atlanta, GA; Austin, TX; Bentonville, AR; Boston, MA; Columbus, OH; Denver, CO; Kansas City, MO; Los Angeles, CA; Madison, WI; Minneapolis, MN; Oakland, CA; Orlando, FL; Philadelphia, PA; Pittsburgh, PA; Portland, OR; Raleigh, NC; Seattle, WA; Silver Spring, MD; Spartanburg, SC.

About Toole Design

Toole Design is the leading planning, engineering, and landscape architecture firm specializing in multimodal transportation. We are committed to delivering high-quality work that meets the needs of all people, regardless of age, ability, race, or gender. With one of the lowest staff turnover rates in the industry, we foster a supportive, inclusive culture where innovation thrives.

Position Overview

As our New Mobility Practice Lead, you will be responsible for the continued growth and success of one of our signature service areas focused on advancing transportation options, sustainability, and equity through emerging and non-traditional modes of travel. You will help cultivate existing and new client relationships that expand our practice. You’ll use a variety of communications platforms to elevate fresh ideas related to shared micromobility, new modes, electrification, connected and automated vehicles, smart technology, mobility hubs, curbside design, and more. You will oversee the delivery of New Mobility projects and help support and train staff across the U.S. on innovative research, evaluation, planning, policy, and design solutions that keep our New Mobility practice at the leading edge of the industry.

Responsibilities

• Collaborate with company leadership to implement a short- and long-term strategy for the growth and success of the New Mobility practice.
• Leverage your network to build client relationships and partnerships that expand our reputation in New Mobility across North America.
• Identify future/upcoming opportunities, lead proposals and interviews, support teaming decisions, and guide overall pursuit strategy.
• Be a vocal representative of the company on social media and at conferences, to help advance an innovative point of view related to shared, electric, and emerging modes of travel.
• Oversee the delivery of high-quality projects involving New Mobility research, evaluation, planning, policy, and design.
• Mentor and support other team members in expanding their New Mobility expertise and business development capabilities.
• Bring forward ideas that expand our New Mobility service offerings in new directions and pilot fresh approaches.

We Will Support You by Providing

• Marketing support to help you pursue and win new work, including proposal development and interview preparation.
• Company leadership guidance in building your practice.
• A travel budget to attend key conferences and New Mobility events.
• Technical support from multimodal planning and design teams across the firm.
• Opportunities to pitch New Mobility projects through existing on-call contracts.
• Robust administrative and operations support, including IT, accounting, legal, and HR.

Work Schedule and Compensation

This is a full-time, flexible position (40 hours/week), that works a hybrid schedule out of any of our offices, with up to 2 remote days per week. All of our offices are easily accessed on foot, by bicycle, and via transit.

Target salary range for Portland: $125,000 - $165,000. Candidates at the high end demonstrate exceptional expertise and nationwide industry leadership.

Ready to Join our Team?
We understand your time is valuable, so we have a quick and easy application process. If you feel that you would be right for this position, please fill out our application by clicking on the link on this page.

At Toole Design, we have a collaborative culture where people of all backgrounds come together to share ideas and build better, more inclusive communities. We encourage everyone, including those from underrepresented communities - women, people of color, LGBTQIA+, immigrants, first-generation college students/graduates, thos