Metropolitan Transportation Authority · 8 hours ago
Senior Vice President MTA Regional Planning
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Director/Executive
$202K/yr - $251K/yr
15+ years expThe Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) is seeking a Senior Vice President for MTA Regional Planning to shape the long-term vision of the agency in advancing regional mobility and economic vitality. This role involves leading a multidisciplinary team to drive planning efforts that integrate strategic priorities into the transportation network while ensuring alignment with regional growth and investment opportunities.
Transportation/Trucking/Railroad
Responsibilities
Develop and champion major regional investments through the MTA Capital Planning process, ensuring alignment with long-term land use and travel behavior trends
Foster innovation in data collection and analysis, leveraging big data, real-time travel behavior insights, and open data partnerships to inform planning decisions. Plan for emerging trends, such as climate change, automation, and population shifts
Shape and manage pre-design and early project development, ensuring that strategic priorities are embedded in the earliest stages of planning for major projects that will transform the transportation landscape
Create and maintain advanced planning tools and models to evaluate long-term regional transportation needs and test investment strategies against future scenarios
Coordinate across agencies and jurisdictions to align MTA’s strategic priorities with regional, state, and federal planning frameworks, ensuring a unified approach to growth and investment
Analyze agency-wide planning needs and develop strategies to address these needs for projects that are comprehensive in scope and projected to cost billions of dollars
Conduct studies as needed to identify, analyze, and prioritize potential projects that expand capacity, reliability, reach, economic impact, and resiliency of the MTA network
Communicate MTA’s vision and planning priorities effectively to regional stakeholders, including other planning agencies, elected officials, advocacy organizations, and the public
Represent MTA as a thought leader in regional and national forums on transportation planning, sustainability, and technology integration, positioning MTA at the forefront of industry best practices
Supervise and mentor planning staff performing technical work such as modeling, project planning studies, environmental reviews, and origin and destination analysis (through survey and other data sources). Sponsor new means and methods of data collection and analysis to support multiple long-range planning needs
Ensure compliance with federal and state planning requirements, maintaining eligibility for capital funding and advancing projects through environmental review, acquisitions, conceptual design and permitting processes
Qualification
Required
A Master's degree in planning, transportation engineering, or a related field
A minimum of 15 years of experience in progressively responsible transportation planning and/or transportation engineering working in a consulting and or public agency responsible for planning and or delivering rail, bus, and or highway service to the public
A minimum of ten years of senior management experience hiring and developing staff, creating work/business plans with little to no leadership guidance
Experience in the steps involved in developing large-scale transportation plans and projects (such as conceptual planning, travel demand forecasting, environmental review, and preliminary engineering)
Experience with public engagement processes and an ability to communicate complex transportation-related concepts to the general public, elected officials, and other stakeholders
Knowledge of federal transportation planning processes
Ability to multitask and manage many projects at the same time
Superior communication/presentation skills with both leadership-level professionals inside organizations as well as with elected officials and the general public
Superior ability to successfully collaborate with agencies/entities/clients to assure a successful outcome
A high degree of judgment and professionalism; exhibiting the same both inside and outside of the MTA; commanding respect and trust in the New York planning community; and achieving the confidence of their peers and leadership across the MTA agencies, and outside authorities and government organizations
Company
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority is North America's largest transportation network, serving a population of 15.3 million people in the 5,000-square-mile area fanning out from New York City through Long Island, southeastern New York State, and Connecticut.
10001+ employees
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Late StageLeadership Team
Janno Lieber
Chair & CEO
Sam Tabikh, P.E.
Facilities Engineer and Projects CEO
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