Director of Program Development / HPM

Description

The Program Development Manager is responsible for analytical support required for HPM’s Program Development team to provide strategic leadership and direction for new or developing client engagements. In this role you may be required to travel up to 50% of the time.

Responsibilities:

• Works with VP Program Development on developing best-in-class front-end services to internal and external clients.
• Actively participate and in certain cases take leadership role in sales and business development efforts as well and relationship development with new and existing clients.
• Keeps VP Program Development informed as to all open or unresolved program development issues prior to transition to HPM Operations.
• Provide strategic and clear communication in all formats (written, spoken, social media, public presentations, etc.) on behalf of HPM to clients and public audiences.
• Conduct interviews, performance evaluations, and maintain active recruiting and overall talent assessment duties for Program Development team as applicable.
• Coordinate with Regional HPM Operations leadership to ensure that teams are leading budget process and participate in budget review meetings to ensure that proper documentation is made to confirm budget issues.
• Coordinate with regional operations leadership that all applicable internal cost reporting is performed in a timely fashion and submitted to accounting for approval and that projections are properly documented monthly. Ensure consistency with HPM’s volume/fee reporting monthly.
• Collaborate and coordinate with Regional leadership in development of service proposals, business plans, staffing requirements, and other related materials to initiate the start-up of new programs. Attend and/or conduct regular program meetings (kickoff meetings, risk point meetings, quarterly meetings, etc.) with program teams and Regional leadership to insure consistency and quality of program development efforts.
• Coordinate transition of pursuits to programs and handoff of contract negotiations, preconstruction and other planning efforts to the project management and field coordinator team.
• Ensure that the program team in collaboration with regional operations teams have the capability to work closely with a Client to develop solutions to complex design/construction challenges though various techniques including but not limited to the following: Comparisons of various design/construction delivery methods (design-bid-build, design-build, CMR, CMA, IPD, etc.); Development of detailed cost/benefit analyses and risk assessments for various delivery method options ; Review and analysis of various forms of design, construction, and consultant contracts & services; Develop fundamental responsibility matrices for teams and ensure that Owner’s risk is being addressed properly among team members; Oversee and manage planning and design phases and key information required to advance design development to completion; Develop procurement strategies for a given project or program to insure best practices for design, consultant, and construction services; Ability to anticipate or foresee phasing challenges, parallel or overlapping design/procurement/construction issues; Develop conceptual budgets including land acquisition, direct construction costs, soft costs (A/E, Consultants, etc.), fees, etc.; Develop Master Schedules to include multi-phasing, planning, design, procurement, construction, turnover/startup, etc.
  
  
  

Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in architecture, Construction Management, or similar disciplined
• Master’s Degree preferred but not required. (MBA, M-Arch, etc.)
• Minimum 5-7 years professional experience preferably in the design and construction industry with prior positions in Planning Departments, Preconstruction, Project Management
• Professional Certifications preferred but not required (CPM, PMP, PE, NCARB, AIA, etc.)
  
  
  

Physical Demands and Working Environment:

The conditions herein are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential job functions.

Environment: Work is performed primarily in a standard office environment with extensive public contact and frequent interruptions.

Physical: Primary functions require sufficient physical ability and mobility to work in an office setting; to stand or sit for prolonged periods of time; to occasionally stoop, bend, kneel, crouch, reach, and twist; to lift, carry, push, and/or pull light to moderate amounts of weight 50 lbs; to operate office equipment requiring repetitive hand movement and fine coordination including use of a computer keyboard; to travel to other locations using various modes of private and commercial transportation; and to verbally communicate to exchange information.

Vision: See in the normal visual range with or without correction.

Hearing: Hear in the normal audio range with or without correction.

EOE - Vets/Disabilities

HPM does not accept unsolicited resumes from search firms or agencies. Any resume submitted to any employee of HPM without a prior written search agreement will be considered unsolicited and the property of HPM.