Transportation Technology Development Strategist, Senior

The Challenge:

Are you passionate about guiding a project through the complexities of its life cycle? Do you have what it takes to identify challenges and mitigate risks? Every project needs a skilled manager to guide a team with vision and focus. That's why we need you, a leader for an integrated team of engineers and transportation experts within the firm's transportation practice focused on helping to solve complex challenges associated with delivering innovative transportation options to improve multimodal road safety.

As a program manager at Booz Allen, you'll design, implement, and maintain impactful programs by applying technical subject-matter and market knowledge to guide the seeding and growth of publicly financed R&D programs. You will help characterize the state of a technical field, including identifying state-of-the-art technologies and promising new technological approaches. you will also lead efforts to evaluate costs and benefits of technologies and analyze policy solutions to help drive future investments. Your clients will trust you to identify key technical experts across academia, industry, and research institutions, perform technical outreach, and facilitate the formation of new multi-disciplinary technical communities.

As a leader in the climate and infrastructure account, you'll identify opportunities to grow the business by supporting your client's mission. You'll also facilitate solutions developed in response to requests for proposals, including defining the problem space, discovery and elicitation of the customer vision, and the overall technical solution.

This is your chance to impact complex R&D projects in the transportation field while sharing your knowledge and expertise of program management methodologies. Work with us as we help provide expert advice on project plans and technical milestones to improve safety outcomes on roadways across the nation by leading research on infrastructure and traffic safety engineering and road safety management.

Join us. The world can't wait.

You Have:

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•5+ years of experience in postdoctoral, academic, or industry roles, including transportation safety planning, highway and roadway safety, or innovative transportation technologies relating to intersection safety
* 2+ years of experience with authoring technical papers, reports, or program plans for technical and non-technical audiences on research for surface transportation safety
* Experience with leading research teams exploring and developing innovative solutions to reduce fatalities at intersections, leveraging machine perception, artificial intelligence, machine learning, real-time decision-making, and active warning systems
* Knowledge of multimodal road safety and current research and best practices in infrastructure and traffic safety engineering and road safety management
* Ability to demonstrate creativity and resourcefulness when dealing with uncertainty and ask insightful questions that challenge traditional thinking
* Ability to obtain a security clearance
* Doctorate degree

Nice If You Have:

* Experience with transportation safety planning, and transportation analytic methods
* Experience in working with diverse transportation stakeholders, including state highway safety offices, the private sector, NCHRP panels, advocacy groups, and safety-related nonprofits and professional associations
* Experience with State DOT safety plan development or strategic planning in the public sector
* Experience in a consulting environment
* Knowledge of safety as it relates to vehicle design, autonomous vehicles, vulnerable road users, and impaired driving and safety legislation
* Knowledge of safety strategies and plans aimed at assessing and mitigating risks associated with Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS) and Transportation Systems Management and Operations (TSMO) and developing Safety Performance Functions (SPF) or Crash Modification Factors (CMF) for ITS and TSMO strategies
* Ability to develop and present briefings and presentations to support internal program audiences and senior client staff, including technical and non-technical audiences
* Possession of excellent data gathering, analytical, problem-solving, and client service skills
* Possession of excellent verbal and written communication skills

Clearance:

Applicants selected will be subject to a security investigation and may need to meet eligibility requirements for access to classified information.

Build Your Career:

Consulting at Booz Allen means empowering you to provide your customers with the best support. With a consulting career at Booz Allen, you'll have access to:

* a large business consulting community
* experts in virtually every field
* a culture that focuses on supporting our employees

We have opportunities that provide stability while offering variety, so you can find the right fit for your career - and your life. You'll also have access to a wealth of training resources through our Consulting University, an online learning portal where you can access more than 5000 functional and technical, certifications, and books. Build your skills through hands-on training on the latest tools and tech from our in-house experts. Pursuing certifications that directly impact your role? You may be able to take advantage of our tuition assistance, on-site courses, vendor relationships, and a network of professionals who can give you helpful tips. We'll help you develop the career you want as you chart your own course for success. With contracts across the globe in multiple industries, no matter where you want to go with your consulting career, we have the path the takes you there.

Compensation

At Booz Allen, we celebrate your contributions, provide you with opportunities and choices, and support your total well-being. Our offerings include health, life, disability, financial, and retirement benefits, as well as paid leave, professional development, tuition assistance, work-life programs, and dependent care. Our recognition awards program acknowledges employees for exceptional performance and superior demonstration of our values. Full-time and part-time employees working at least 20 hours a week on a regular basis are eligible to participate in Booz Allen's benefit programs. Individuals that do not meet the threshold are only eligible for select offerings, not inclusive of health benefits. We encourage you to learn more about our total benefits by visiting the Resource page on our Careers site and reviewing Our Employee Benefits page.

Salary at Booz Allen is determined by various factors, including but not limited to location, the individual's particular combination of education, knowledge, skills, competencies, and experience, as well as contract-specific affordability and organizational requirements. The projected compensation range for this position is $81,800.00 to $186,000.00 (annualized USD). The estimate displayed represents the typical salary range for this position and is just one component of Booz Allen's total compensation package for employees.

Work Model

Our people-first culture prioritizes the benefits of flexibility and collaboration, whether that happens in person or remotely.

* If this position is listed as remote or hybrid, you'll periodically work from a Booz Allen or client site facility.
* If this position is listed as onsite, you'll work with colleagues and clients in person, as needed for the specific role.

EEO Commitment

We're an equal employment opportunity/affirmative action employer that empowers our people to fearlessly drive change - no matter their race, color, ethnicity, religion, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation, or related medical conditions), national origin, ancestry, age, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, disability, veteran status, military or uniformed service member status, genetic information, or any other status protected by applicable federal, state, local, or international law.