Lead Program Manager

Arcadis is the worlds leading company delivering sustainable design engineering and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34000 people in over 30 countries dedicated toimproving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds together we can solve the worlds most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Arcadis is seeking an experienced Lead Program Manager to join our Chicago team. This individual will lead the planning and delivery of complex capital programs for public- and private-sector clients. Programs may include multiple concurrent projects across buildings transportation municipal infrastructure and other capital asset types.

The Lead Program Manager will serve as a trusted client advisor and provide leadership across program planning governance project controls design procurement construction commissioning and closeout. The successful candidate will be a proven program management professional who can organize complex work lead multidisciplinary teams develop staff and build lasting client relationships.

This position will play an important role in establishing and growing Arcadis Chicago program management team. Building program experience is preferred but the primary requirement is demonstrated success leading capital programs and delivering consistent results for clients.

Position Responsibilities

• Serve as program lead and primary day-to-day advisor for assigned clients.
• Lead multi-project capital programs from planning through design procurement construction commissioning and closeout.
• Establish program governance delivery procedures roles decision-making processes and reporting requirements.
• Develop and oversee program budgets integrated master schedules forecasts risks changes and performance reporting.
• Lead program planning project prioritization delivery-method selection procurement strategy and resource planning.
• Coordinate project managers designers contractors construction managers consultants vendors and client stakeholders.
• Identify program-wide risks dependencies and emerging issues and lead the development of practical solutions.
• Provide executive-level reporting and recommendations related to cost schedule risk quality safety and overall performance.
• Establish and maintain effective project controls document management change management quality and reporting processes.
• Maintain accountability for client satisfaction team performance and successful program delivery.
• Lead mentor and develop project managers assistant project managers project controls professionals and other team members.
• Support staffing decisions and bring the right technical and program management resources to each assignment.
• Lead or support proposals interviews contract negotiations and strategic pursuits.
• Build trusted client relationships and identify opportunities to expand Arcadis program and project management services.
• Collaborate across Arcadis buildings transportation water and infrastructure teams to provide integrated client solutions.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelors degree in engineering architecture construction management business or a related field.
• Minimum of 12 years of progressively responsible program management project management design management construction management or owners representative experience.
• Demonstrated experience leading complex capital programs or portfolios consisting of multiple concurrent projects.
• Experience serving as a primary client contact and trusted advisor to senior client leadership.
• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing project or program managers.
• Strong knowledge of program governance procurement contracts project controls risk management change management and executive reporting.
• Experience managing program budgets integrated schedules forecasts and performance metrics.
• Strong leadership communication presentation negotiation and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with program management information systems and web-based project management platforms.
• Ability to travel to client and project locations as required.

Preferred Qualifications

• Licensed Professional Engineer preferably in Illinois or the ability to obtain Illinois licensure through comity.
• Experience leading building capital programs involving new construction renovation modernization or occupied facilities.
• Experience leading transportation municipal institutional or other public-sector capital programs.
• Experience establishing or improving a program management office including governance standards controls and reporting.
• Experience with design-bid-build design-build construction manager at risk progressive design-build or other alternative delivery methods.
• Experience with Oracle Primavera P6 Oracle Primavera Unifier e-Builder Procore Autodesk Construction Cloud Kahua Power BI or similar systems.
• Project Management Professional Certified Construction Manager or Registered Architect credential.
• Chicago-area client relationships and knowledge of the local consulting and construction market.
• Demonstrated success supporting client development proposals interviews and account growth.

Why Arcadis

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyones contribution matters. Its why we are pioneering a skills-based approach where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

Youll do meaningful work and no matter what role youll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark on your career your colleagues your clients your life and the world around you.

Together we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality Diversity Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity employer. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race creed color religion national origin sex age disability marital status sexual orientation gender identity citizenship status disability veteran status or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical dental and vision EAP 401K STD LTD AD&D life insurance paid parental leave reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per salary range for this position is $136000 - $185000. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors such as experience education budget internal equity project and location.

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