ITS / Intelligent Mobility Services Market Lead

Company: Arcadis
Location: Irvine
Posted on: April 4, 2025

Job Description:

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

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We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Arcadis is seeking an experienced ITS / Intelligent Mobility Services Market Lead to join our mobility technologies and Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) team in Southern California. This role will work alongside Arcadis senior leaders, managers, and engineers to lead the strategy for programs and projects serving roadway, transit, ports, and freight clients leveraging emerging technologies and digital mobility infrastructure. The IMS Market Lead will utilize Arcadis' strong national and international reputation to support the growth of practice, opportunities, and services provided in the Transportation Market.

This is a hybrid position. Candidates will have the ability to work a remote/hybrid schedule but will be required to travel as needed to attend in-person internal and external client meetings.

The IMS Market Lead will sit within the larger Global Mobility Business Area. We partner with our clients across the globe to design thriving and connected cities and communities that enable opportunity for all and keep the world moving. Climate change, urbanization and digitization trends are requiring today's mobility projects and systems to address an evolving set of demands from the world's growing population. We design connected, sustainable solutions that integrate existing infrastructure with new technologies, and optimize the mobility of people and goods.

Role accountabilities:

The IMS Market Lead will work with the national management team to develop and achieve local performance targets including project financials, individual staff growth, and revenue growth. Candidates will also assist project specific pursuit leaders with developing pursuit strategy and improving client relationships. As a client-facing project and people manager in transportation, the IMS Market Lead will be involved in developing relationships between potential clients and Arcadis to enhance Arcadis's opportunities in traffic and ITS projects.

Role Accountabilities:

Growth: Coordinate with account leaders and regional management to lead the growth with local and state agencies by identifying and positioning for future opportunities. This includes maintaining relationships across a variety of clients, tracking and leading project pursuits, and identification of additional resources to meet future project needs.
Operations: Work with regional and national management to develop and achieve operational performance goals and adhere to standards related to the Arcadis Way of Project Management. This will include providing regular oversight of project financials for project managers in your team, monitoring team financial billability, workload and project pipeline forecasting, and quality assurance program oversight. Additionally, you will coordinate with Market Leaders from other states across the organization to balance resources and share technical knowledge to assist in overall organizational growth.
Project Delivery: Collaborate with project managers and production team to define schedules and methodologies for local and regionally significant ITS / TSMO / Traffic Operations projects including those for public and private sector clients. Additionally, directly, and indirectly oversee technical execution of complex projects including engineering analysis, design, and operations.
Internal Campaigns/Initiatives: Champion/assist internal initiatives including those related to staff growth, strategic positioning, office operations, and global strategy.
People Management and Development: This position would be responsible for the development of local team members to assist them in achieving their career goals and project needs. Additionally, you would be responsible for working with the Recruiting Team to identify and on-board team members necessary to meet project needs.

Qualifications & Experience:

Required Qualifications:

10+ years of relevant work experience
Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Transportation Field or similar field.
Must possess a PE in CA
Must possess a U.S. Driver's License
Experience with Caltrans or LADOT design standards and common industry tools/software
Experience in TSMO, ITS Design or Traffic Operations
Experience with Industry leading transportation and Engineering principles.

Preferred Qualifications:

Master's Degree in Transportation Engineering or Business.
Experience managing large tasks and/or projects
Experience managing projects for Caltrans or LADOT

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It's why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You'll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 20 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $157,227-$275,148.00. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

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