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Senior Project Manager, West Coast
Cambridge Systematics, Inc.Open, United States, United States, United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 15 Mar 2025
💰 $175,000/yr($140,000/yr – $175,000/yr)
About the role
Cambridge Systematics, Inc. (CS) is shaping the future of transportation. We are industry leaders, transportation specialists dedicated to ensuring that transportation investments can deliver the best possible results. By providing innovative policy and planning solutions, objective analyses and technology applications, we help our clients anticipate and meet future transportation needs while improving the performance of existing infrastructure and operations. Above all, we are committed to our clients’ success in making transportation better for future generations.
The Freight and Economics team provides industry-leading services in data-driven planning to transportation agencies, states, cities, MPOs, ports, and railroads across the US. We apply our national knowledge and leadership while leveraging the strength of regional expertise to bring experience from across the country to provide an intimate understanding of our clients’ needs. We work with clients large and small, providing right-size solutions to the complex problems facing the industry: changing economies and climates, uncertain funding, interagency coordination, historic inequity, supply chain and infrastructure resiliency, maintaining an effective workforce, and ensuring the safety and sustainability of goods movement.
The Senior Project Manager provides leadership and support in all areas of freight and goods movement planning, including statewide and regional planning studies, multimodal and shared-use corridor studies, multimodal safety studies, financial and economic analysis, benefit-cost analysis and grant development, transportation policy analysis, asset management and environmental analysis, freight modeling and analytics, truck parking studies, resilience studies, transportation equity analyses, and transportation project implementation. They have strong relationships and qualifications with state agencies, cities, MPOs, ports, railroads, and private sector operators across the United States. They will preferably have experience and relationships in the Western United States, especially California.
The Senior Project Manager collaborates with other technical leaders and project managers across business units to develop integrated technical approaches and serve as a company-wide resource in their areas of expertise. They train, manage and mentor junior staff and motivate staff and subconsultants to deliver work products on time and within budget. The Senior Project Manager develops collaborative relationships with current and prospective clients and teaming partners, proactively identifies future leads, leads teaming negotiations with other consulting firms, and develops winning proposals that contribute to the firm’s book of work and industry reputation.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Project Management
•Delivers all projects on-time, on-budget, and to the client or project manager’s satisfaction •Provides constructive and ongoing feedback to project team members, and mentors junior staff in developing their project delivery skills •Provides clear direction to all project staff regarding project objectives and their role in achieving them •Develops and implements project delivery plan for each project
Project Delivery
•Plans, produces and delivers exceptional quality work that is thorough, polished, and reflects well on CS •Provides exceptional value-added service to project managers and/or clients and communicates consistently with internal and external team members •Actively listens and seeks to understand client or project manager needs
Business Development
•Participates in regional, business unit, practice area, and other business development initiative meetings to identify and coordinate BD and marketing activities •Contributes to sound bid/no-bid decisions •Develops effective win themes, teaming strategies, pricing strategies, and technical content for all proposals in area of responsibility •Builds and maintains long-term client relationships and actively listens to their needs •Builds strong positive relationships with management and senior consultants, and marketing & communications staff to develop winning proposals
Position Requirements
The Freight and Economics team provides industry-leading services in data-driven planning to transportation agencies, states, cities, MPOs, ports, and railroads across the US. We apply our national knowledge and leadership while leveraging the strength of regional expertise to bring experience from across the country to provide an intimate understanding of our clients’ needs. We work with clients large and small, providing right-size solutions to the complex problems facing the industry: changing economies and climates, uncertain funding, interagency coordination, historic inequity, supply chain and infrastructure resiliency, maintaining an effective workforce, and ensuring the safety and sustainability of goods movement.
The Senior Project Manager provides leadership and support in all areas of freight and goods movement planning, including statewide and regional planning studies, multimodal and shared-use corridor studies, multimodal safety studies, financial and economic analysis, benefit-cost analysis and grant development, transportation policy analysis, asset management and environmental analysis, freight modeling and analytics, truck parking studies, resilience studies, transportation equity analyses, and transportation project implementation. They have strong relationships and qualifications with state agencies, cities, MPOs, ports, railroads, and private sector operators across the United States. They will preferably have experience and relationships in the Western United States, especially California.
The Senior Project Manager collaborates with other technical leaders and project managers across business units to develop integrated technical approaches and serve as a company-wide resource in their areas of expertise. They train, manage and mentor junior staff and motivate staff and subconsultants to deliver work products on time and within budget. The Senior Project Manager develops collaborative relationships with current and prospective clients and teaming partners, proactively identifies future leads, leads teaming negotiations with other consulting firms, and develops winning proposals that contribute to the firm’s book of work and industry reputation.
Essential Duties and Responsibilities
Project Management
•Delivers all projects on-time, on-budget, and to the client or project manager’s satisfaction •Provides constructive and ongoing feedback to project team members, and mentors junior staff in developing their project delivery skills •Provides clear direction to all project staff regarding project objectives and their role in achieving them •Develops and implements project delivery plan for each project
Project Delivery
•Plans, produces and delivers exceptional quality work that is thorough, polished, and reflects well on CS •Provides exceptional value-added service to project managers and/or clients and communicates consistently with internal and external team members •Actively listens and seeks to understand client or project manager needs
Business Development
•Participates in regional, business unit, practice area, and other business development initiative meetings to identify and coordinate BD and marketing activities •Contributes to sound bid/no-bid decisions •Develops effective win themes, teaming strategies, pricing strategies, and technical content for all proposals in area of responsibility •Builds and maintains long-term client relationships and actively listens to their needs •Builds strong positive relationships with management and senior consultants, and marketing & communications staff to develop winning proposals
Position Requirements
Bachelor’s degree12+ years of industry-related experience5+ years of experience managing projects and leading proposalsProficiency in Microsoft Excel, Word and PowerPointStrong and effective communication, presentation, and technical writing skills
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