Integrated Watershed Management Business Class Director

In this role you will lead HDR's Integrated Watershed Management practice, guiding technical capabilities and project quality across markets. You'll build cross-functional relationships, drive risk management, and shape strategic plans to meet client needs. You'll mentor technical leaders, support proposals, and elevate HDR's presence in industry forums. This is a chance to influence large, multi-disciplinary water projects and advance sustainable outcomes.

• Provide company-wide leadership of technical capabilities within the business class
• Build close working relationships with related business classes, market sectors, business groups and operations
• Lead and participate in technical risk management through process and resource reviews, providing technical advisory services on projects
• Drive quality assurance and control processes and coordinate with the WBG Quality Manager
• Oversee development and application of technical tools, standards, and techniques to enhance service quality and efficiency
• Ensure staff are aware of emerging technologies and monitor their adoption
• Develop strategic plans for the business class in collaboration with market sector directors
• Facilitate teamwork and information sharing across offices, management, marketing and staff
• Monitor direction, policies, quality assurance, tool usage and resource/workload allocation
• Recruit and train staff to build technical expertise and production capacity; coordinate strategic hires
• Support client development and project pursuits through technical experts and industry involvement
• Represent HDR in industry organizations, presentations, and publications
• Oversee Technical Networking Groups sponsored by the business class
• Facilitate lessons learned for project delivery and process improvement
• Monitor performance and implement corrective actions across the business class

• Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field
• Minimum 10 years of experience in the related field
• For leadership roles overseeing technical design, must maintain professional or Architecture/Engineering registration and have related technical experience
• Experience in developing and managing diverse teams
• Collaborates effectively with other business class directors, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers
• Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values
• Active participant in HDR's employee-owned culture

• collaboration
• leadership
• strategic thinking
• risk management
• quality assurance/quality control
• development and application of technical tools, standards, and techniques