Manager, Planning and Strategy

3 days ago

Chicago, Illinois, United States Metra Full time
Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Manager, Planning and Strategy to join our team at Metra. The successful candidate will be responsible for leading the Planning and Strategy Division, overseeing the development of Metra's strategic planning efforts, and managing the day-to-day activities of the division.

Key Responsibilities
  • Lead the Planning and Strategy Division, including managing staff, assigning tasks, and reviewing work products.
  • Develop and implement Metra's strategic planning efforts, including public outreach and participation, administration, reporting, and updating.
  • Oversee the development of Metra's station area land-use planning, transit-oriented development planning, long-range system service planning, corridor planning, and planning activities to support capital projects.
  • Coordinate with external parties on the development of regional, corridor, station area, and strategic plans, studies, strategies, and documents to ensure consistency with Metra's plans and initiatives.
  • Lead the development and execution of planning data collection and survey efforts, including modeling efforts.
Requirements
  • Bachelor's degree in Planning, Geography, Public Administration, or related field. Master's degree in Planning will be deemed to meet the bachelor's degree requirement.
  • Minimum of six years of progressively responsible land-use planning, transportation planning, urban planning, spatial analysis, or related planning experience.
  • Considerable knowledge of the principles and practices of transportation planning, particularly public transit and commuter/regional rail and urban planning and design.
  • Considerable knowledge of data analysis, report preparation and writing, spreadsheets, and statistical software packages.
  • Strong analytical, organizational, research, and critical thinking skills.
  • Strong interpersonal skills in dealing with internal and external groups.
  • Strong verbal and written communications skills.
  • Strong math skills, specifically statistical analysis.
  • Proficient in Microsoft 365 (specifically Excel, Word, Access, and PowerPoint) and ArcGIS.
  • Familiarity with travel demand modeling software and techniques.
  • Ability to read and interpret technical materials.
  • Ability to manage projects.
  • Ability to work on multiple projects simultaneously.
  • Ability to supervise staff.
  • Ability to pay a high degree of attention to detail.
  • Ability to represent Metra to external agencies.
  • Ability to establish work processes and procedures.

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