VICE-PRESIDENT OF PROGRAM & PROJECT DELIVERY – Location: Chicago
Application link: https://www.fitzii.com/apply/21823
Company: Headquartered in Chicago, IL, Fresh Coast Capital (“Fresh Coast”) is a mission-driven, for-profit project developer of green infrastructure for stormwater management. Our experienced team is comprised of community organizers, engineers, environmental scientists, and finance professionals. Fresh Coast is committed to equitably installing green infrastructure at scale, helping all communities become more resilient against the impacts of climate change while maximizing the positive social and economic benefits green infrastructure can offer. Fresh Coast partners with both private landowners and public agencies to finance, implement and manage green infrastructure projects that create positive environmental, social and economic impact. Fresh Coast is a certified B-Corp.
Keywords: Project Development, Infrastructure, Public Private Partnerships (P3s), Stormwater, Civil Engineer, Environmental Engineer, Project Manager, Project Director, Program Manager, Program Director, Professional Engineer (PE), Construction Manager, Sustainability, Environmental Impact, Social Impact, B-Corp
Title: Vice-President of Program Delivery (Reports to CEO)
The Vice-President of Program Delivery is a senior management role that will lead the technical development and delivery of green infrastructure program and project portfolios in Fresh Coast’s partner communities by working with National, Regional and Local delivery partners to design, build, operate and maintain sustainable assets. This role will work to co-deliver projects and programs in close partnership with the VP of Community Partnerships. Additionally, this role will require an entrepreneurial drive and approach to scalability, deal development and structuring, with a lot of flexibility to define the path and future team strategy.
Duties and requirements include, but are not limited to:
Duties
- Project/Program Development (30%)
- Support and lead key aspects of business and market development to establish new green infrastructure programs for both municipal/public clients via public-private partnerships and private customers via private property incentive programs
- Identification, engagement and partnership development of strategic delivery partners (e.g. engineering firms, design-build firms, maintenance providers)
- Lead planning, budget development, scoping and contract negotiations with community and delivery partners
- Work closely with the VP of Finance to develop financial, budgeting, forecasting and projection tools and reports
- Perform ad-hoc market research and analysis to support ongoing business development strategies
- Project/Program Implementation (30%)
- Lead project/program startup efforts, including planning, scheduling and contracting
- Establish project controls and operational procedures
- Proactively identify risk and create mitigation strategies
- Project manage/supervise the performance of strategic delivery partners
- Train and educate project/program team members, including new hires and partners, on project administration requirements
- Deliver projects and associated deliverables/key milestones while achieving schedule, budget, safety and quality goals
- Work with the VP of Finance to track project financials, create reports and develop supporting strategies to achieve goals
- Facilitate regular project/program team meetings for coordination, progress updates and resource alignment
- Support project/program evaluation, measurement and verification
- Ensure compliance with policies and procedures for the business
- Relationship Management (20%)
- Serve as the key point of contact for our community engineering/technical counterparts, as well as our technical delivery partners
- Facilitate identification, outreach, engagement and teaming agreements with supporting technical delivery partners
- Lead, manage, supervise and develop supporting team members (e.g Project Managers, Project Associates)
- Company Culture (20%)
- Contribute to collaborative or priority projects to support the full Fresh Coast team
- Proactively contribute to fostering a culture of treating municipal partners, key stakeholders, and investors as crucial to our mutual success while developing and growing cherished professional relationships
- Proactively contribute to fostering a mission-driven and values-driven culture that prizes mutual respect, honest dialogue, teamwork, shared accountability, and exceptional financial and impact performance
- Proactively and appreciatively bring in new ideas, raise challenges and push colleagues to improve our work and keep our triple bottom line priorities in balance
- Represent the clients, investors, partners, self, and Fresh Coast with integrity at all times
Requirements
- Based primarily out of Chicago office during normal business hours
- Expectation of 30-50% domestic travel
- Willingness to attend and represent Fresh Coast at industry conferences and associated events
- Proficient in the use of Microsoft Office
- Experience utilizing project management and scheduling software (i.e. Microsoft Project, Smartsheets, Primavera, or similar)
Qualifications
- Demonstrated commitment to the mission of Fresh Coast
- Eight (8) plus years of professional experience and demonstrated potential for excellence in partnership development and increasing roles of responsibility
- The passion, flexibility and motivation to thrive in a start-up environment as part of a highly collaborative management team
- Direct experience in project/program management, including personnel and partner (subcontractor) oversight
- Must have an applied understanding of stormwater management, general construction terms, scheduling and planning concepts
- High level of personal initiative
- Demonstrated willingness and ability to balance big picture with day-to-day details, both in ways of thinking and willingness to complete tasks
- Superior verbal and written communication skills
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment, managing multiple projects and collaborating with cross-functional teams under tight deadlines
- Additional specialized skill sets that contribute to Fresh Coast’s work generally, such as landscape design or urban planning, a plus
Education: Bachelor’s Degree or greater in Civil/Environmental Engineering, Construction Management, Environmental Science, Urban Planning or a similar field with related experience.
Note: Experience and Education are not intended to represent hard baselines; preference will be given to those that demonstrate intelligence and intangibles specific to the role’s duties for continued growth and development purposes.
Compensation: Salary commensurate with experience. Benefits include health insurance, 401k, transit benefits, flexible work environment, great PTO policy and more.
Fresh Coast is an equal opportunity employer. We will not discriminate and will take affirmative action measures to ensure against discrimination in employment, recruitment, advertisements for employment, compensation, termination, upgrading, promotions, and other conditions of employment against any employee or job applicant on the bases of race, color, gender, national origin, age, religion, creed, disability, veteran's status, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression. Fresh Coast is committed to building a culturally diverse workforce and strongly encourages applications from female and minority candidates.