Program Manager

Stanley Consultants, Inc.; San Antonio (TX); On-site; USD 180,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Member-Owned

Paid Time Away

Health Insurance

Financial Health

Professional Growth

Financial Rewards

Job summary

Stanley Consultants is a premier engineering firm seeking a Program Manager to build and scale its enterprise Program Management practice. The role bridges executive leadership, market leaders, client services, and project delivery to expand advisory, PMO, and CIP services across sectors.

The successful candidate will lead major client programs, develop standards, and mentor teams while collaborating with C-suite executives and project leaders to improve delivery performance and growth.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering or related field; Master’s preferred.
• Professional certifications such as PE, PMP, PgMP, CCM, DBIA preferred.
• 18+ years in program management, infrastructure delivery, or related fields.
• 10+ years leadership managing multidisciplinary teams and programs.

Responsibilities

• Lead enterprise Program Management practice across markets and geographies.
• Develop governance frameworks, tools, and best practices for program management.
• Oversee design, pre-construction phases, and cost estimation; manage GMP negotiations.
• Mentor teams and coordinate across executive leadership, clients, and delivery staff.

Skills

Engineering management

Program governance

Risk management

Scheduling

Executive communication

Strategic leadership

Mentoring

Resource management

Cross-functional leadership

Education

Bachelor’s degree in engineering

Master's degree preferred

Job description

Stanley Consultants is an award-winning and industry-leading global consulting engineering firm, with an unmatched commitment to culture, values, and ethics. We are dedicated to client experience and solve the most complex challenges to create a sustainable, connected, and enriched world for all. As the world changes, Stanley strategically evolves with it, integrating the latest technology, innovation, and resiliency practices.

With over a century of experience serving the energy, federal government, transportation, and water sectors, we have helped improve lives and shape the infrastructure systems that connect us. As an employee-owned organization with a People First approach, we stand apart from other engineering consulting and services firms. At Stanley, your voice counts, your growth matters, and your success is our success.

Stanley Consultants offers flexible work options, competitive pay and great benefits, a strong sense of community, and the chance to build a meaningful, long-term career!

Job title - Program Manager
Location -San Antonio, TX
Job type - Onsite
Requisition ID - 11390

Position Summary:

This position is contingent on contract award.

The Program Manager is a strategic leadership position responsible for building, growing, and institutionalizing Stanley Consultants' enterprise Program Management practice. This role serves as a bridge between executive leadership, market leaders, client service teams, and project delivery personnel to expand Stanley's services into higher-value advisory, program management, owner's representative, program management office (PMO), and capital improvement programs (CIP). As a practice builder you will steward existing programs and program staff, while leading the growth of this service area with existing and new clients across all sectors of our business.

The Program Manager will support and enhance major client programs across Stanley's Water, Transportation, Energy, Federal, and Infrastructure markets while developing the tools, talent, processes, and client relationships necessary to establish a scalable national program management practice.

This position requires a proven leader capable of operating at executive, client, and project levels simultaneously. The successful candidate will be equally comfortable advising C-suite executives, leading complex pursuits, improving delivery performance, developing strategic growth plans, and mentoring teams responsible for program execution.

What You Will Be Doing:

Practice Development & Strategic Leadership

• Develop and lead Stanley's enterprise Program Management practice across all markets and geographies.
• Establish strategic vision, service offerings, and operational standards for program management services.
• Develop repeatable tools, methodologies, governance frameworks, and best practices.
• Evaluate organizational capabilities and identify gaps in staffing, technical expertise, systems, and processes.

Program Management

• Provide technical, schedule, financial, and risk-management oversight during the design and pre-construction phases. Responsibilities include:
• Translating validated mission requirements into detailed Owner’s Project Requirements (OPR) and performance-based specifications.
• Establishing a project governance and decision-making framework that enables rapid, real-time Government approvals.
• Creating and maintaining an open-book risk register, risk allocation strategies, and contingency modeling.
• Performing continuous cost-estimating, independent cost analysis, and open-book cost reviews to establish a defensible, fair, and reasonable Guaranteed Maximum Price (GMP).
• Managing collaborative design progression to balance strict budgets, tight schedules, and operational training requirements.

Required Qualifications:

Education

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, Construction Management, Program Management, Business Administration, Public Administration, or a related field required.
• Master's degree preferred.

Certifications

• Relevant professional certification such as PE, Project Management Professional (PMP), Program Management Professional (PgMP), Certified Construction Manager (CCM), Design-Build Institute of America (DBIA), or equivalent advanced credential preferred.

Experience

• Minimum of 18 years of progressively responsible experience in program management, project management, infrastructure delivery, engineering consulting, construction management, or owner's advisory services.
• Minimum of 10 years of leadership experience managing multidisciplinary teams, programs, or business units in support of Federal/DoD clients.
• Experience managing complex stakeholder environments involving Federal/DoD clients, contractors, and executive leadership.
• Experience managing $500M+ mega-scale programs.

Skills & Competencies

• Strong understanding of engineering consulting operations, project delivery, financial performance, and resource management.
• Expertise in program governance, program controls, risk management, scheduling, and organizational change management.
• Ability to influence and lead across organizational boundaries without direct authority.
• Exceptional communication, facilitation, and executive presentation skills.
• Strategic thinker capable of balancing long-term growth initiatives with immediate client and operational needs.
• Strong coaching and mentoring capabilities with demonstrated success developing future leaders.

Work-Life Balance

We realize there’s more to life than just work. We help you meet the demands of work, family and personal life through several flexible options.

What we offer:

Member-Owned. Member-ownership is at the heart of our culture, aligning client satisfaction, company performance, and personal reward.

Paid Time Away. Stanley Consultants offers numerous paid holidays, generous paid time off (PTO), parental leave, and professional development leave.

Health Insurance. We provide a comprehensive insurance package including medical, dental, vision, FSA, HSA, Doctor On Demand, wellness reimbursement, and mental health resources.

Financial Health. We offer life insurance, short- and long-term disability insurance, identity theft protection, and many other benefits.

Professional Growth. When your skills grow, so do we, which is why we offer tuition assistance, professional society membership, and more.

Financial Rewards. We share our prosperity with members through company stock ownership, a generous 401K match, incentive compensation, and profit-sharing contributions to retirement 401K plans.

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