Watershed Management Director, Integrated Programs

HDR; Saint Louis Park (MN); On-site; USD 179,000 - 336,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Employee ownership

Job summary

HDR seeks a Business Class Director for Integrated Watershed Management to lead development and delivery of HDR’s technical capabilities, coordinating with related business classes, market sectors and operations to meet client needs across diverse projects.

The role will mentor technical leaders, manage risk on large multi-disciplinary programs, and drive QA, standards, and strategic planning within the business class while engaging in professional organizations and client development.

Qualifications

• Experience in a Business Class or Professional Services leadership role.
• Experience working cooperatively with HDR business class directors, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers on business class efforts.

Responsibilities

• Provide company-wide leadership of technical capabilities within the business class.
• Build close working relationships and coordinate with related business classes, market sectors, business groups and operations.
• Lead and participate in technical risk management through process and resource reviews, providing technical advisory services on selected projects, and maintain quality standards and delivery expectations.
• Drive quality assurance and control processes and coordinate with the WBG Quality Manager in those areas.
• Oversee development and application of technical tools, standards, and techniques to enhance service quality and efficiency.
• Work with market sector directors to develop strategic plan for the business class and provide strategic and tactical business trend input to business group leadership at the national, regional, area and local levels.
• Facilitate business class teamwork, communication and work sharing between offices, business classes, management, marketing, and staff.
• Monitor business class direction, adherence to policies and practices, quality assurance, technical tools, project staffing and resource to workload allocation.
• Build technical expertise and production capacity through recruitment and training. Coordinate all strategic hires within the business group.
• Facilitate business class technical experts in support of client development and project pursuits.
• Ensure that business class technical experts represent HDR by involvement in industry organizations and functions including presentations and publications.
• Oversee Technical Networking Groups sponsored by business class.
• Facilitate “lessons learned” for project delivery, processes, trends, successes, strengths, and weaknesses.
• Monitor company-wide performance within business class to achieve defined goals and support operational managers in monitoring project performance and implementation of corrective actions.

Skills

Leadership experience

Cross-functional collaboration

Strategic planning

Technical advisory

Education

Bachelor's degree in professional/architecture/engineering or related field

Job description

HDR seeks a Business Class Director for Integrated Watershed Management to lead development and delivery of HDR’s technical capabilities, coordinating with related business classes, market sectors and operations to meet client needs across diverse projects.

The role will mentor technical leaders, manage risk on large multi-disciplinary programs, and drive QA, standards, and strategic planning within the business class while engaging in professional organizations and client development.