Senior Archaeology & Cultural Resources Lead

Verdantas LLC; California; Hybrid; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible Work Environment

Paid Parental Leave

Medical

Dental

Vision

Life and AD&D Insurance

Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

401(k) with Company Match

Paid Time Off + Holidays

Job summary

Verdantas LLC is seeking a Senior Technical Manager, Archaeology to lead complex cultural resources projects, guiding scope, budget, and schedule while maintaining strong client relationships. You will develop technical approaches for surveys, analyses, and regulatory documentation, ensuring QA/QC across deliverables.

The role requires an advanced degree, 7+ years in cultural resources, and leadership experience.

Qualifications

• Advanced degree in archaeology, anthropology, historical archaeology, or a related field.
• Minimum of 7 years of progressively responsible cultural resources management experience, including project leadership, supervision, or management.
• Demonstrated experience leading archaeological field investigations and technical studies.
• Strong experience preparing and reviewing archaeological reports and regulatory documentation.
• Knowledge of federal, state, Tribal, and local cultural resources regulations and agency processes.
• Experience managing project scopes, budgets, schedules, staffing, and proposals.
• Strong client management, business development, technical writing, and communication skills.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor and develop technical staff.
• RPA certification strongly preferred.
• PI or comparable archaeological leadership experience preferred.
• Experience with Tribal Nations, THPOs, SHPOs, federal agencies, and other reviewing agencies preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead complex archaeological and cultural resources projects, overseeing scope, budget, schedule, staffing, and client service.
• Serve as primary client contact and build long-term client relationships.
• Develop technical approaches for surveys, monitoring, testing, evaluation, data recovery, and investigations.
• Lead and oversee field investigations with senior technical direction.
• Prepare, review, and QA/QC technical reports, research designs, regulatory documentation, proposals, and deliverables.
• Provide technical guidance on NEPA, NHPA Sections 106 and 110, CEQA, ARPA, NAGPRA, and related requirements.
• Apply California requirements including CEQA, AB 52, and SB 18.
• Identify project risks and develop practical solutions across technical, regulatory, budget, schedule, and staffing aspects.
• Mentor Project Managers, Technical Specialists, and archaeological staff.
• Collaborate across Verdantas disciplines for multidisciplinary delivery.
• Develop scopes, budgets, schedules, staffing plans, and approaches for proposals and projects.
• Lead and support business development, client outreach, proposal efforts, and pursuit strategies.
• Identify opportunities to expand cultural resources services with clients.

Skills

Project leadership

Client management

Business development

Technical writing

Mentoring staff

Regulatory knowledge

RPA certification

Education

Advanced degree in archaeology/related

Job description

Verdantas LLC is seeking a Senior Technical Manager, Archaeology to lead complex cultural resources projects, guiding scope, budget, and schedule while maintaining strong client relationships. You will develop technical approaches for surveys, analyses, and regulatory documentation, ensuring QA/QC across deliverables.

The role requires an advanced degree, 7+ years in cultural resources, and leadership experience.