Program Management, Data & AI Applications

Brown and Caldwell; Walnut Creek (CA); On-site; USD 142,000 - 194,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) match

Paid time off

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Brown and Caldwell, a West Coast environmental engineering firm headquartered in Walnut Creek, seeks a seasoned Program Manager to lead large-scale projects. You will guide planning, initiation, execution, and closeout, coordinating software delivery with engineers, data professionals, and IT teams to meet milestones, budgets, and client expectations.

You will drive governance, risk management, and stakeholder communications while leveraging AI-assisted techniques to enhance requirements

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction, business management or related field.
• Experience in program management or project management in complex environments.
• Experience coordinating software delivery and cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead assignments on complex projects and programs.
• Apply program management practices to deliver client solutions.
• Manage planning, initiation, delivery, and closeout across projects.
• Oversee governance, risk, and stakeholder communications within programs.
• Plan resources, timelines, and quality to achieve outcomes.
• Monitor performance and benefits realization; adjust as needed.
• Support delivery negotiations and agreements with clients.
• Adapt to evolving needs with flexible assignments.

Skills

Program management

Stakeholder management

Delivery leadership

Risk management

Change management

Communication

Agile / Scrum

Cloud platforms

Regulatory compliance

AI tools in gathering

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering, construction, business management or related field

Agile, Scrum, PMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe, or similar delivery certification

Tools

GitHub Projects

Azure DevOps

Jira

Job description

The DC3, Program Management role will play a key part on program teams to support the planning and delivery of complex projects and programs that require extensive planning and execution due to larger project sizes, and complexities. The role will involve leading assignments and daily operations contributing to the execution of the programs, ensuring the program goals and benefits are achieved and driving continuous program improvements. The role will support key delivery activities in the areas of program management and delivery, program administration, monitoring and controlling performance, program controls, and benefits management. Additionally, the role will be involved in supporting activities to manage the program governance, risk management, and stakeholder management.

Responsibilities

• Lead assignments and activities on complex projects and programs.
• Utilize comprehensive understanding of our company's program management services to offer optimal solutions to clients.
• Leverage activities across program management lifecycle phases: planning, initiation, delivery, and closeout.
• Manage activities within the programs organization, including program governance and stakeholder management.
• Operate independently through effective planning, coordinating resources, managing timelines, and ensuring that deliverables meet quality standards, and the program meets the intended outcomes.
• Manage activities to support performance and benefits realization plan, monitoring progress, and making adjustments as necessary to maximize outcomes.
• Implement sales techniques for successful negotiation and transaction.
• Flexibility to adapt and execute various additional assignments based on evolving needs.

Mentorship

• May provide mentorship, guidance, support, and knowledge-sharing to help less experienced team members develop their skills and grow within their roles.

Skills and Competencies

• Ability to work effectively in cross-functional teams and communicate with program stakeholders.
• Accomplished in project management and delivery with ability to lead larger, more challenging project assignments on time and budget.
• Proven skills in program delivery lifecycle management phases, processes, and activities.
• Deep understanding of the industry and our clients.
• Skilled in program controls, commercial acumen, and performance monitoring and reporting.
• Well-versed in program planning and initiation, change management, risk management, and quality management.

Experience

• Typically, a minimum of 10 years of related work experience in project management, program management or related field.
• Experience in working under supervision to deliver moderately complex to complex projects.

Education

• A bachelor's degree in engineering, construction, business management or related field or equivalent experience is required.

Preferred Experience

• Hands-on experience coordinating software development teams through regular delivery cadences, including sprint/work planning, backlog refinement, standups, reviews, and retrospectives.
• Experience facilitating discovery, requirements clarification, and work decomposition sessions to transform ambiguous business needs into actionable work items, milestones, and deliverables.
• Experience maintaining delivery artifacts such as product backlogs, Kanban boards, acceptance criteria, release plans, decision logs, dependency trackers, and stakeholder communications.
• Experience using delivery management tools such as GitHub Projects (preferred), Azure DevOps, Jira, or similar platforms to manage work status, priorities, blockers, dependencies, risks, and commitments.
• Working knowledge of Scrum, Kanban, or hybrid delivery approaches, with a focus on keeping work visible, prioritized, assigned, and progressing toward delivery outcomes.
• Experience coordinating software releases across development, testing, deployment, change management, release communications, and post-release support.
• Ability to facilitate tradeoff discussions among stakeholders and technical teams, balancing scope, priorities, sequencing, capacity, risks, and delivery timelines.
• Experience partnering with software engineers, data engineers, cloud/platform engineers, and IT/cybersecurity teams to remove blockers and coordinate delivery dependencies.
• Working understanding of software delivery concepts including APIs, databases, cloud platforms (Azure preferred), CI/CD pipelines, version control, testing workflows, and application support.
• Experience supporting software, analytics, scientific computing, industrial controls, SCADA/OT, utility, or other engineering-focused technical solutions.
• Experience working in regulated or compliance-driven environments where traceability, documentation, quality management, operational reliability, and change control are important considerations.
• Demonstrated ability to track and drive closure of action items, decisions, risks, blockers, dependencies, costs, and next actions while maintaining transparency across distributed teams and stakeholders.
• Working understanding of how to employ AI tools to enhance requirements gathering, stakeholder communication, meeting synthesis, documentation, backlog refinement, and solution discovery while maintaining appropriate human review and accountability.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills, including the ability to adapt communication style to different audiences, build trust across multidisciplinary teams, facilitate productive discussions, and drive alignment through ambiguity and change.
• Comfortable operating as a tactical delivery lead or technical program manager, with a reputation for follow-through, organization, communication, and execution discipline.

Preferred Education

• A bachelor's or graduate degree in engineering, computer science, information systems, business management, project management, or related field.
• Agile, Scrum, PMP, PMI-ACP, SAFe, or similar delivery certification.

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Salary Range:

The anticipated starting pay range for this position is based on the employee's primary work location and may be more or less depending upon skills, experience, and education. These ranges may be modified in the future.

Location A: $129,000 - $177,000
Location B: $142,000 - $194,000
Location C: $155,000 - $212,000

Benefits and Other Compensation: We provide a comprehensive benefits package that promotes employee health, performance, and success which includes medical, dental, vision, short and long-term disability, life insurance, an employee assistance program, paid time off and parental leave, paid holidays, 401(k) retirement savings plan with employer match, performance-based bonus eligibility, employee referral bonuses, tuition reimbursement, pet insurance and long-term care insurance. Click here to see our full list of benefits.

About Brown and Caldwell

Headquartered in Walnut Creek, California, Brown and Caldwell is a full-service environmental engineering and construction services firm with 50 offices and over 2,100 professionals across North America and the Pacific. For more than 75 years, we have created leading-edge environmental solutions for municipalities, private industry, and government agencies. We strive to be the company of choice-to our clients, who benefit from our passion for delivering exceptional quality, and to our employees, present and future, who share our commitment to client service, collaboration, and innovation. Join us, and you will find a home where you can do your best work, reach new levels of expertise, and enjoy exceptional development opportunities. For more information, visit www.brownandcaldwell.com

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