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

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 Canada is looking for a Senior Program Manager to lead the delivery of major and complex programs, liasing with senior internal/external stakeholders to ensure needs are met and providing strong leadership to all projects team withing the Mobility Global Business Area (GBA).  

In Mobility 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.

This role will report into the Mobility Canada Business Unit Director in Design & Engineering. 

Role accountabilities:

In this role you will be expected to lead project delivery teams, designers, engineers and other professionals who are essentials to a project’s success, plan information and communication processes, identify, analyse and establish risk treatment and controls, and communicate risk and opportunities effectively, both internally and externally. You will lead a diverse functional team, setting objectives, managing performance, and ensuring staff have the necessary skills to deliver project/program and organizational objectives. You will manage, motivate, and provide direction to senior specialists and managers to develop a driven and well-informed team. 

This person will also lead the overall financial management for projects and programs, including developing performance targets and budgets and helping to develop key commercial strategies, to meet and exceed profit generation targets. You will drive performance by leading the definition and implementation of complex projects and programs, managing multidisciplinary teams and working to project or program  to ensure delivery standards meet client expectations. You will manage relationships with key internal and external stakeholders to identify opportunities for improved efficiencies, both program-wide an in cross-organizational working, to ensure commercial viability and customer satisfaction. 

Additionally, you will be responsible to educate and influence senior colleagues about risk policies and governance processes to instill a culture of awareness and commitment to risk management and ensure compliance with organizational policies and codes of conduct. You will analyze and review recommendations and analysis from multiple sources to make informed, authoritative technical decisions to improve business performance. You will direct, define and lead the development and continuous improvement of program-wide processes, systems and policies and contribute to wider organizational initiatives to improve performance. 

Qualifications & Experience:

Bachelors or masters degree 15+ years of relevant experience, with at least 10 years program management experience  Experience leading major programs with a diversity of deliverables across large client businesses  Experience managing business relationships at an executive level Experience leading and implementing complex business change solutions  Subject matter expertise in own discipline  Leading program management expert within area of specialism 

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.

Join Arcadis. Create a 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.

 

The salary range for this position is $133,490 - $247,910. The base salary represents Arcadis’ hiring range for this position. Actual salaries will vary and will be based on various factors, such as location, skills, experience, and qualification for the role.