Technical Director – Transportation

Jobtailor; Deutschland; Remote; EUR 120.000 - 180.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Jobtailor in Germany seeks a high-level Practice Area Lead to steer strategic direction, governance, and organizational performance across a major practice. You will drive standards, risk management, and continuous improvement while shaping innovation and capability development.

The role requires deep experience in professional services, strong leadership, and the ability to influence executives within a matrixed organization. 12–15 years in related technical disciplines is expected.

Qualifikationen

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred.
• Applicable professional licensure, registration, or discipline-specific certifications.
• Minimum of 12-15 years of progressive experience in consulting, engineering, scientific, architectural, forensic, construction, or related technical disciplines.
• Leadership responsibility for complex technical organizations, practices, programs, or service areas.
• Recognized technical expertise and industry credibility.
• Significant experience establishing and governing technical standards, methodologies, quality programs, and professional practice requirements.
• Proven success developing technical capabilities, leading innovation initiatives, strengthening organizational performance, and driving strategic growth within a professional-services environment.
• Ability to lead technical leaders, build high-performing teams, influence executive stakeholders, and operate within a matrixed organization.
• Strong understanding of business operations, financial performance, resource planning, and client engagement.
• Experience supporting strategic pursuits, executive-level client relationships, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Advanced technical expertise, strategic thinking, sound professional judgment, governance, quality management, capability development, business acumen, stakeholder management, communication, relationship-building, innovation, adaptability, professionalism, integrity, and accountability

Aufgaben

• Lead the strategic direction, growth, technical excellence, and organizational performance of a Practice Area
• Establish standards, methodologies, governance frameworks, and quality expectations
• Serve as the technical escalation point for complex, high-risk, high-value, and strategically significant engagements
• Lead technical governance, quality assurance, peer review, audit, risk-management, and continuous-improvement initiatives
• Drive innovation, capability development, technical differentiation, thought leadership, and investments in services, technologies, and methodologies
• Monitor industry trends, regulatory developments, emerging technologies, and client needs
• Develop organizational technical capability and promote knowledge sharing and professional standards
• Partner with Growth, Commercial, and People & Delivery leaders on growth strategy, market opportunities, workforce investments, and client needs
• Build strategic relationships with clients, industry partners, and key stakeholders
• Support strategic pursuits, account expansion, integrated client solutions, and commercialization of new capabilities
• Lead and develop Technical Managers and technical professionals through performance expectations, mentoring, and leadership development
• Align staffing strategies, workforce planning, technical capabilities, and resources with client demands and strategic priorities
• Support recruiting, succession planning, talent management, and project delivery escalation efforts
• Foster communication, collaboration, continuous learning, inclusion, professionalism, and client service

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Governance

Quality Management

Strategic Growth

Stakeholder Management

Ausbildung

Bachelor's degree

Advanced degree

Tools

Technical Standards

Risk Management

Capability Development

Jobbeschreibung

• Lead the strategic direction, growth, technical excellence, and organizational performance of a Practice Area
• Establish standards, methodologies, governance frameworks, and quality expectations
• Serve as the technical escalation point for complex, high-risk, high-value, and strategically significant engagements
• Lead technical governance, quality assurance, peer review, audit, risk-management, and continuous-improvement initiatives
• Drive innovation, capability development, technical differentiation, thought leadership, and investments in services, technologies, and methodologies
• Monitor industry trends, regulatory developments, emerging technologies, and client needs
• Develop organizational technical capability and promote knowledge sharing and professional standards
• Partner with Growth, Commercial, and People & Delivery leaders on growth strategy, market opportunities, workforce investments, and client needs
• Build strategic relationships with clients, industry partners, and key stakeholders
• Support strategic pursuits, account expansion, integrated client solutions, and commercialization of new capabilities
• Lead and develop Technical Managers and technical professionals through performance expectations, mentoring, and leadership development
• Align staffing strategies, workforce planning, technical capabilities, and resources with client demands and strategic priorities
• Support recruiting, succession planning, talent management, and project delivery escalation efforts
• Foster communication, collaboration, continuous learning, inclusion, professionalism, and client service

Requirements

• Bachelor's degree required; advanced degree preferred
• Applicable professional licensure, registration, or discipline-specific certifications
• Minimum of 12-15 years of progressive experience in consulting, engineering, scientific, architectural, forensic, construction, or related technical disciplines
• Leadership responsibility for complex technical organizations, practices, programs, or service areas
• Recognized technical expertise and industry credibility
• Significant experience establishing and governing technical standards, methodologies, quality programs, and professional practice requirements
• Proven success developing technical capabilities, leading innovation initiatives, strengthening organizational performance, and driving strategic growth within a professional-services environment
• Ability to lead technical leaders, build high-performing teams, influence executive stakeholders, and operate within a matrixed organization
• Strong understanding of business operations, financial performance, resource planning, and client engagement
• Experience supporting strategic pursuits, executive-level client relationships, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Advanced technical expertise, strategic thinking, sound professional judgment, governance, quality management, capability development, business acumen, stakeholder management, communication, relationship-building, innovation, adaptability, professionalism, integrity, and accountability

Core Competencies

Demonstrates advanced technical expertise and strategic thinking in leading complex technical organizations, establishing governance frameworks, and driving innovation and growth within professional services. Capable of building high-performing teams, fostering client relationships, and ensuring quality management and continuous improvement.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Leadership In Technical Organizations
• Governance Frameworks
• Quality Management
• Strategic Growth Initiatives
• Stakeholder Management

ATS Optimization Keywords

Hard Skills

• Technical Standards
• Quality Programs
• Capability Development
• Risk Management
• Innovation Initiatives
• Business Operations
• Resource Planning
• Client Engagement

Soft Skills

• Communication
• Relationship Building
• Adaptability
• Professionalism
• Integrity

Certifications & Qualifications

• Professional Licensure
• Discipline-Specific Certifications

Industry Keywords

• Consulting
• Engineering
• Scientific
• Architectural
• Forensic
• Construction
• Professional Services