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Role Description

As Manager - Transit Integration, you will develop and facilitate strategic institutional relationships with:

• Sound Transit
• Washington State Department of Transportation
• The City of Seattle
• King County Metro
• Pierce Transit
• Everett Transit
• Washington State Ferries
• Snohomish County
• Multiple cities within Snohomish County

You will oversee major programs, plans, and projects being conducted by external partners to protect and ensure consideration and incorporation of Community Transit priorities and mobility needs.

• Develop, advocate, and negotiate Community Transit’s interests in multiple highly visible and complex operating and capital transportation programs, plans, and projects.
• Manage and facilitate ongoing coordination and communication throughout the region on projects and potential impacts.
• Organize, plan, and manage the activities of internal working groups or committees to address specific issues of concern or opportunity.
• Supervise staff, prioritize and assign work, conduct performance evaluations, and ensure staff is trained.
• Advise the Chief Planning & Development Officer, CEO, Executive Team, and Board on Regional Integration strategies.
• Negotiate and develop contracts and interlocal agreements regarding regional initiatives.
• Perform other duties of a similar nature or level.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Urban Planning, Transportation Planning, Public Administration, or a related field.
• 5 years of progressively responsible experience in transit, public works, transportation, or land use planning.
• 3 years of experience organizing, presenting, facilitating, and negotiating with diverse stakeholders and user groups.
• An equivalent combination of education and experience to successfully perform the job duties is also accepted.

Requirements

• Principles and practices of transportation service and system planning and their relationship to land use planning.
• Public policy planning processes.
• Supervision and management principles.
• Performance management and review process.
• Federal, state, and local legislation and regulations governing land use, environmental impact, and transit operations.
• Transportation industry practices and transit operations.

Benefits

• Employees (and their families) are covered by medical, dental, vision, basic life and disability insurance.
• Employees participate in the Public Employees Retirement System (PERS) and have the option to enroll in the agency’s deferred compensation plan.
• In addition to WA Paid Sick Leave, employees in this position accrue 24 days of Paid Time Off (192 hours) in their first year and ten (10) paid holidays throughout the calendar year.