Asset and Performance Management Program Manager (Manager 2- Information Technology)

Seattle Department of Transportation; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 78,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits package

Job summary

The Seattle Department of Transportation seeks a Program Manager (Manager 2) for Information Technology to lead the Asset & Performance Management portfolio. You will drive strategy, data governance, and enterprise asset systems modernization with GIS integration and analytics for executives and the public.

You will oversee a team delivering lifecycle costing, risk-based decisions, and performance reporting, partnering across SDOT divisions, and advancing equity in investment outcomes.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, public administration, business, information systems, or related field.
• 7+ years of asset management leadership in public-sector or large infrastructure.
• 2+ years of supervisory or management experience.
• Experience implementing enterprise asset/work order systems with governance.
• Experience integrating asset systems with ESRI ArcGIS and analytics.
• Credentials such as IAM, PMP, or Prosci.
• Direct experience with municipal asset portfolios and transit assets.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise asset and work order management modernization from planning through stabilization.
• Own enterprise asset data governance, inventories, data dictionaries, QA/QC.
• Integrate asset systems with ESRI GIS and analytics for dashboards and decisions.
• Advance lifecycle plans and deterioration models with cost/risk frameworks.
• Direct enterprise performance reporting to leadership and external stakeholders.
• Chair governance forums and ensure cross‑division alignment.
• Mentor the Asset and Performance Management team and recruit as needed.
• Collaborate with SDOT divisions on budget, capital planning, and investments.
• Champion diversity, equity and social justice.

Skills

Asset management leadership

Data governance

ESRI ArcGIS integration

Stakeholder communication

Mentoring

Education

Bachelor's degree in civil engineering, public administration, business, information systems, or related field

Tools

Infor

IBM Maximo

Trimble Unity

ESRI ArcGIS

Job description

Position Description

Join us in shaping Seattle’s streets!

At the Seattle Department of Transportation (SDOT), we don’t just move people—we connect communities, build safer streets, and create a more sustainable city.

With a bold vision for the future, we’re tackling big challenges: making travel safer, cutting carbon emissions, and ensuring reliable, affordable transportation for everyone—no matter who they are or where they live.

Seattle is growing fast, and we’re growing with it. Thanks to a historic voter-approved $1.55 billion investment in transportation in 2024, we’re building sidewalks, fixing bridges, and improving transit connections to keep our city moving.

We’re a team of problem solvers, planners, engineers, communicators, and field crews—bringing purpose‑driven work to life. Now, we need passionate, innovative talent like you. Let’s build a Seattle that works for everyone—together!

Position Overview

This Program Manager (under the City's classification title of Manager 2‑ Information Technology) leads SDOT’s Asset & Performance Management portfolio within the Technology & Innovation team. The role is accountable for strategy, people leadership, and delivery of enterprise asset management capabilities across SDOT. Responsibilities include driving system modernization, advancing asset data stewardship, embedding lifecycle cost analysis and risk‑based decision‑making, and ensuring integration with GIS and analytics to produce transparent, actionable performance insights for executives, City Council, and the public. The position reports to the Data & GIS Manager.

Job Responsibilities

• Lead Enterprise Asset and Work Order Management modernization from planning through stabilization. Responsibilities include requirements management, vendor oversight, and coordination of configuration, testing, migration, change management, training, go‑live, and post go‑live optimization with business stakeholders.
• Own enterprise asset data governance. Establish authoritative inventories, condition assessment standards, asset hierarchy, data dictionaries, QA and QC controls, and ongoing maintenance processes.
• Integrate asset systems with ESRI GIS and analytics. Enable spatial analysis, dashboards, and operational decision support for maintenance, capital planning, and performance reporting.
• Advance lifecycle plans and deterioration models for high value assets. Standardize Levels of Service targets and incorporate triple bottom line considerations in investment decisions.
• Direct enterprise performance reporting. Deliver required updates and reports to external stakeholders and internal leadership.
• Chair and coordinate governance forums including the APMSC, the Asset Maintainers Data User Group, GIS workplan, and data governance meetings. Ensure timely decisions and cross‑division alignment.
• Manage and mentor the Asset and Performance Management team including analysts, economists, and advisors. Set goals, develop staff, and recruit to fill critical skill gaps.
• Represent Asset and Performance Management in interactions with other SDOT divisions. Prepare executive briefings and recommendations for budget, capital planning, and technology investments.
• Champion our goals around diversity, equity and social justice

Qualifications

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelor’s degree in civil engineering, public administration, business, information systems, or a related field.
• Seven (7) or more years of progressively responsible asset management leadership in a public‑sector or large infrastructure organization.
• Two (2) or more years of supervisory or management experience.

OR A combination of education and/or training and/or experience, which provides an equivalent background required to perform the work of the class.

Successful candidates will possess many of these additional qualifications or be able to demonstrate comparable experience and expertise:

• Demonstrated success leading an enterprise asset and/or work order system implementation from vendor selection through adoption, including data governance and change management.
• Experience integrating asset systems with ESRI ArcGIS and/or analytics platforms. Strong understanding of lifecycle costing and risk‑based decision frameworks.
• Professional credentials such as IAM, PMP, or Prosci.
• Direct experience with municipal asset portfolios including pavements, bridges, signals, and sidewalks, and transit asset management processes.
• Hands‑on expertise with enterprise asset management and/or EAWOMS platforms such as Infor, IBM Maximo, or Trimble Unity.
• Familiarity with StreetSaver and/or BridgeWorks and their integrations to ESRI ArcGIS.
• Proven ability to lead data stewardship initiatives and deliver public facing performance dashboards and reports.
• Experience aligning investments to equity and/or climate outcomes using structured performance frameworks.
• Thrive in a multi‑cultural workplace and serve a diverse customer base with professionalism and inclusivity.

Work Environment/Physical Demands

• Work is performed in an office environments with hybrid options at this time.
• The position requires sitting or standing for extended periods and occasional lifting of up to 25 pounds.

Additional Information

Offers of employment are contingent on verification of information provided by the applicant as part of the application process, including background check.

This hiring process involves a background check of conviction and arrest records in compliance with Seattle’s Fair Chance Employment Ordinance, SMC 14.17. Applicants will be provided with an opportunity to explain or correct background information.

Please note this job advertisement is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

The full salary range for this position is $56.57 - $84.88 per hour.

The City of Seattle offers a comprehensive benefits package including vacation, holiday, and sick leave as well as medical, dental, vision, life and long‑term disability insurance for employees and their dependents.

More information about employee benefits is available on the City’s website at: "https://www.seattle.gov/human-resources/benefits".

Who May Apply: This position is open to all candidates that meet the minimum qualifications. The City of Seattle values diverse perspectives and life experiences. Applicants will be considered regardless of race, color, creed, national origin, ancestry, sex, marital status, disability, religious or political affiliation, age, sexual orientation, or gender identity. The Department encourages people of all backgrounds to apply, including people of color, immigrants, refugees, women, LGBTQ+ people, people with disabilities, veterans and those with diverse life experiences.

Accommodations for people with disabilities are provided on request.

The City is a Drug Free Workplace.