Senior Director of Alternative Delivery

Posting number: 26-20078

Department: MBTA - Capital Delivery

Division: 503-Capital Delivery

Job classification: Senior Director of Alternative Delivery

Posting type: Open/External and Promotional/Internal

Categories: Project Management

Summary

The Senior Director for Alternative Delivery will manage Senior Project Managers and Project Managers in the delivery  of the Authority's major capital investment projects utilizing Alternative Project Delivery Methods under MGL 149A. 

The Senior Director will support the vision of Deputy Chief for Alternative Delivery for the successful development and execution of projects that utilize alternative delivery methods as defined by MGL 149A. The Senior Director of Alternative Delivery will direct the efforts of MBTA engineering and construction professionals as well as outside consultants, to deliver multiple Transit, Bus and Commuter Rail related facilities projects. These Capital projects encompass transit stations, commuter rail stations, parking garages, bus facilities, vehicle/general maintenance facilities, and other facilities. This work will require close coordination with the Capital Delivery Transit and Commuter Rail groups as well as the Integrated Transit Program (ITP) group which manages the State of Good Repair and modernization program for heavy/light rail transit infrastructure which includes track, signal and traction power.
The Senior Director for Alternative Delivery is a strong, versatile leader who has demonstrated success managing capital projects of various sizes and complexity utilizing both Construction Manager-at-Risk (CMAR) and Design/Build (D/B). The incumbent must have a depth of experience in capital program management, the effective leadership of complex organizations, preferably in the public sector, and the political and management acumen to operate at the senior levels of state government.

The Senior Director must be adept at solving complex technical, program, and management issues, and equally adept at obtaining internal and external stakeholder acceptance of project design and delivery decisions. She/He must be particularly skilled in developing an integrated management team and in working across departments to effectively support the delivery or projects while minimizing the impact on day-to-day operations of the system. The Senior Director for Alternative Delivery will set strategic priorities, develop performance goals and metrics, apply innovative design, construction, and program management methods, make decisions, and solve problems to deliver the MBTA's alternative delivery methods program.

Examples of duties

• The Senior Director for Alternative Delivery is the senior executive accountable for the on-schedule, on-budget delivery of the MBTA's capital program utilizing alternative methods as defined by MGL 149A. 
• Develop a vision, performance goals and metrics, policies, and procedures to guide MBTA capital program delivery.
• Work in close collaboration with the Capital Delivery Transit and Commuter Rail delivery groups, Capital Contract Services Group, Operations Chief of Stations and Facilities, Integrated Track Program group, Engineering and Maintenance departments and other organizational elements of the MBTA to ensure cross-functional coordination of project activity with operational outcomes, day-to-day maintenance, finance, and administration requirements.

• Develop and maintain realistic program and project budgets, schedules and execution plans.
• Hire, direct, maintain, and lead a team of directors, project managers, project coordinators, resident engineers, inspectors, and other technical and administrative professionals who, collectively, procure, manage and/or oversee the efforts of third-party engineering, architectural, and construction firms providing design and construction services under contract with the MBTA.
• Ensure that project development, design, and construction activity is internally coordinated with operations and maintenance functions, and project management actions adhere to procurement and fiscal policy and practice.
• Collaborate with stakeholders including state and local elected officials, and federal and state regulatory agencies including the Federal Transit Authority (FTA) on planning and execution of assigned projects and the mitigation of associated issues.
• Prepare reports for and delivers presentations to MassDOT, the MBTA Board of Directors, elected officials, regulatory bodies, community groups, and the media on Transit projects including addressing issues of a potentially sensitive nature.
• Lead and manages a staff of whom most are members of bargaining units.
• Ensure staff and contractors respond to site emergencies twenty-four (2