Senior Capital Program Manager, Design & Configuration (Hybrid)

WMATA; Alexandria (VA); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

WMATA in Alexandria, VA seeks a Senior Capital Program Manager for the Design & Configuration Management team to oversee a portfolio of engineering and construction initiatives from inception through archiving. You will lead a team ensuring design records are accurately documented and preserved across projects.

The role requires strong construction/engineering delivery knowledge, visible leadership, and collaboration across departments.

Responsibilities

• Oversees program/project phasing coordination activities to establish schedule priorities, access requirements (where applicable) and to ensure work is performed in a safe manner.
• Maintains close contact with all program/project stakeholders, including Executive Management Team (EMT), Federal and state and local agencies to provide timely and accurate status updates and critical project information requiring EMT level decisions and acknowledgement.
• Leads the review and resolution of any design, construction, and strategic issues to assure adherence to program scope, schedule and budget
• Manages issues, changes and conflicts, and provides timely escalation. Recommends and obtains approvals or concurrences in collaboration with local jurisdictions, Federal agencies, Executive Management Team, External Relations Team and other stakeholders as needed to assure project schedule and goals are met and visibility is maintained at the highest appropriate level in the WMATA organization
• Supervises staff including recommending applicant selection, assigning duties, directing work, conducting performance evaluations, championing professional development activities, handling disciplinary actions, and resolving grievances, with support from appropriate WMATA departments to ensure compliance with all human capital policies and guidelines and to support Metro’s position as an Employer of Choice.
• During planning and implementation phases, identifies resource needs by evaluating project performance and allocation of work across staff. Recommends staffing plans and adjustments utilizing additional resources and/or consulting services. Maintains project performance and meets project objectives (on time, on budget, within scope and in a safe manner).
• Leads program development efforts, including preparation of programming/bridging documents, collaboration with procurement office and support of contract negotiations to ensure close alignment to capital program goals and objectives.
• Prepares program schedules, estimates and budgets that are complete and accurate for review and approval by department Directors / Vice Presidents.
• Coordinates with WMATA stakeholders from other departments and oversees major implementation activities and service outage events required by projects in assigned portfolio, to ensure collaboration with WMATA departments and timely resolution of issues.
• Demonstrates Diversity Equity & Inclusion (DE&I) behavior and promote DE&I principals to ensure an inclusive and diverse workplace
• Leads project teams, creating and maintaining a proactive safety culture while, adhering to WMATA’s quality management standards. Ensures that safety and quality are maintained as the top values for the project/program and that all safety and quality concerns and issues are addressed before they become significant issues or impact to the project.
• Maintains and promotes awareness and accountability with safety policies and procedures while performing job functions. Promotes a positive safety culture and encourages reporting of safety concerns consistent with our Agency Safety Plan, other regulatory requirements within the Safety Management System and just culture principles.

Job description

WMATA in Alexandria, VA seeks a Senior Capital Program Manager for the Design & Configuration Management team to oversee a portfolio of engineering and construction initiatives from inception through archiving. You will lead a team ensuring design records are accurately documented and preserved across projects.

The role requires strong construction/engineering delivery knowledge, visible leadership, and collaboration across departments.