Hybrid Program Manager

at Michael Baker International

• Job title: Program Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior, Lead
• Salary: $161,000 - $230,000 per year
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Dallas, United States

About the role

• Program Manager overseeing strategic leadership for architecture teams in Texas, enhancing Integrated Design and Advisory presence at Michael Baker International.

Responsibilities

• Actively engage in robust, consistent communication with key existing clients/programs to determine needs, preferences, and future program opportunities.
• Build rapport and establish positive relationships with existing and prospective clients to ensure client-focused performance.
• Create and manage near and long-term goals for programs in which the candidate is engaged. Consistent collaboration with Michael Baker National Market/Sector Leads and Operations is essential.
• Routinely assess our program strengths and identify areas for improvement. Continually monitor program risks and strive to address and mitigate.
• Coordinate throughout the IDA Vertical, leveraging the strength and diverse array of talents of our organization to effectively meet our client’s needs.
• Lead and manage programs to ensure projects are delivered with excellence and quality to Client and Michael Baker standards.
• Develop/implement project work plans/methodologies for complex projects, as applicable. Lead projects/task orders for programs in which the candidate is engaged.
• Establish and promote collective leadership presence within strategic market sectors (Industrial and Defense OEMs) reporting "in-person" to a physical office approximately two (2) days per week.
• This national leadership position provides oversight and direction for a broad spectrum of IDA resources, as well as evolving market sectors; and encompasses establishing and implementing goals and objectives, developing, and promoting IDA’s values and strategic plans, and positioning for growth.
• Regularly attend industry and client events representing the comprehensive capabilities of IDA to promote brand awareness.

Requirements

• Minimum of 25 years of experience in the design, documentation, and management of multi-disciplinary architecture/building engineering projects and staff resources beyond initial licensure.
• Strong business leadership and financial acumen.
• Specific experience with Design/Build and other alternative project delivery methods is highly preferred.
• Comprehensive understanding of the collaborative inter-relationships between architecture and engineering disciplines, clients, stakeholders, and constructors.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills exhibited through the ability to articulate ideas, both verbally and in writing; personable and outgoing in work relationships, both externally and internally; highly precise, detailed, and self-organized; frank and candid during all business relationships.
• Business development experience is highly preferred, including developing responses to Requests for Proposals (RFP), as well as collaboration with written and graphic marketing materials.
• Experience with digital delivery, including BIM, and the ability to collaborate and guide our team on implementing AI-driven, generative, and parametric tools.
• Excellent computer skills with proficiency in Microsoft Office Suite, including Word, Outlook, Excel, PowerPoint, Project, Adobe, and Bluebeam.

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision insurance
• 401k Retirement Plan
• Health Savings Account (HSA)
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Life, AD&D, short-term, and long-term disability
• Professional and personal development
• Generous paid time off
• Commuter and wellness benefits