Mobility Practice Leader

TSW; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

TSW, based in Atlanta, GA, seeks a Mobility Practice Leader to shape the future of its mobility work. You will lead innovative, people-centered transportation planning and design for multimodal plans, corridor studies, safe streets, streetscapes, and connected networks.

The role requires building client relationships, mentoring teams, and coordinating across four regional offices to expand services. Strong leadership and project delivery experience are essential.

Qualifications

• At least 7 years of experience in mobility, transportation planning, engineering, or a related field.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in planning, engineering, urban design, or related field.
• Strong verbal, graphic, and written communication.
• Knowledge of the relationship between transportation, land use, urban design, development patterns, and community character.
• Knowledge of multimodal planning, complete streets, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and context-sensitive solutions.
• Established network of clients and strong project delivery history.
• Business development experience: identifying opportunities, developing scopes and fees, proposals, interviews, and securing new work.
• Experience leading, supervising, and mentoring planners, designers, engineers, and other professionals.
• Strong portfolio and professional references.

Responsibilities

• Lead the Mobility Practice Area across offices.
• Pursue work in the Mobility Practice Areas.
• Mentor Mobility Practice Area staff and other staff across the four offices.
• Collaborate with principal group and studio leaders on staff utilization and business development.

Skills

Mobility planning

Transportation planning

Leadership

Client relationships

Mentoring

Business development

Communication

Urban design

Project management

Team leadership

Education

Bachelor's or Master’s degree in planning

Related field experience considered

Job description

TSW is a full-service planning, architecture, and landscape architecture firm comprised of talented professionals who work collaboratively to provide our clients with extraordinary designs for communities, buildings, and greenspaces. We were founded in Atlanta, Georgia, as a corporation in 1990 and have regional offices located in Lexington (KY), Tulsa (OK), and Chattanooga (TN). For more than 30 years, we have been proud to create award-winning plans that embody the principles of livable communities: walkability, sense of place, compelling public spaces, human-scaled buildings, and connectivity. We are involved in all stages of community planning and design, including outreach, visioning, coding, site planning, architecture, streetscapes, and open space design, and are proud to see many of our projects move from concept to completion in a range of diverse locations throughout the United States.

Position Overview

TSW is seeking a talented Mobility Practice Leader with a passion for creating connected and accessible communities at a variety of scales and across a range of project types. The ideal candidate will bring a creative, context-sensitive approach to mobility, balancing transportation planning and design with land use, urban design, placemaking, and community vision.

This position offers the opportunity to shape and grow TSW’s mobility practice, including its strategic direction, services, project portfolio, and team. The position will be based in our Atlanta, GA office while supporting the growth of mobility work across our regional offices in Tulsa, OK; Lexington, KY; and Chattanooga, TN.

Your Role

As the Mobility Practice Leader, you will help define the future of TSW’s mobility practice, identifying new opportunities, building client relationships, expanding our capabilities, and developing a team to support its continued growth. You will lead innovative, people-centered transportation planning and design for projects such as multimodal transportation plans, corridor studies, safe, complete streets, streetscapes, bicycle and pedestrian networks, SS4A projects, and community planning projects.

You will also work closely with TSW’s planning, urban design, and landscape architecture teams to develop creative mobility solutions that respond to the land use vision, development pattern, and context.

Responsibilities

You will be responsible for

• Leading and maintaining the company-wide Mobility Practice Area
• Pursuing work in the Mobility Practice Areas.
• Mentoring Mobility Practice Area staff and other staff across the company’s four offices.
• Collaborating with company principal group and other studio leaders on staff utilization and business development

Qualifications

• At least 7 years of experience in mobility, transportation planning, engineering, or a related field.
• Bachelor’s or master’s degree in planning, engineering, urban design, or a related field. Relevant professional experience may be considered in lieu of an advanced degree.
• Ability to communicate ideas and concepts verbally, graphically, and in writing.
• Strong understanding of the relationship between transportation, land use, urban design, development patterns, and community character.
• Knowledge of transportation planning and design principles, including multimodal planning, complete streets, bicycle and pedestrian facilities, and context-sensitive transportation solutions.
• Established network of clients and professional contacts, with a history of strong client relationships and successful project delivery.
• Business development experience, including identifying opportunities, developing scopes and fees, writing proposals, participating in interviews, and securing new work.
• Demonstrated experience leading, supervising, and mentoring planners, designers, engineers, and other professionals.
• Strong portfolio of relevant work and excellent professional references.
• Critical thinking and creative problem-solving skills, with the ability to integrate mobility facilities with planning, urban design, and landscape architecture projects.
• Proven ability to build or grow a successful mobility, transportation, or related practice within an interdisciplinary environment.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary teams and coordinating work across multiple offices or geographies.
• Experience managing large-scale and complex projects.