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[Remote] Sr. Program Manager – Rail and Transit

Remote, USA Full-time Posted 2026-06-21

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Hill International is seeking a Sr. Rail & Transit Program Manager to support multiple pursuits and programs throughout the United States. The role involves driving growth by capturing key opportunities, overseeing project management workloads, and ensuring compliance with various regulations while leading a team of project managers.

Responsibilities

  • Drives growth by positioning and capturing key opportunities, including new business as well as the renewal and extension of existing opportunities within the account
  • Organizes heavy/complex workloads, establishes/adjusts priorities and accomplishes objectives within established scopes, budgets, and schedules
  • Organizes heavy/complex project management workloads, establishes/adjusts priorities and accomplishes objectives within established scopes, budgets and schedules
  • Oversees consultants/contractors and facilitates communication/coordination between these entities
  • Partners with Client Account Manager and pursuit team to support management of Capture Plan
  • Leads development of compelling PM content for persuasive/compliant proposals/presentations that incorporate project management best practices
  • Develops and oversees regular preparation of project status reports, including monthly reports for leadership/member agencies, as well as required quarterly reports for client executive staff/BOD
  • Ensures project compliance with all federal, state, and local laws, regulations, codes and standards
  • Applies PM best practices that address project management principles/practices, construction regulations/standards, civil engineering, architectural/systems design/construction, project budget/estimating and contractual compliance/administration
  • Sets schedules with milestones for short/medium/long-term goals, including reviews, deliverables and delivery of the bid/proposal, while managing the budget
  • Ensures communication between members of multi-disciplinary project management, using excellent technical/procedural writing, verbal/presentation, and numerical/graphic skills
  • Provides guidance, coaching and mentoring for assigned project managers throughout the project
  • Motivates project managers and pursuit team, demonstrating a determination/desire to succeed
  • Creates innovative approaches to work-related issues
  • Monitors performance to assure successful delivery of KPIs and client contractual requirements
  • Champions ethical and safe working practices while focusing on Inclusion, Diversity and Equity (IDE) endeavors, striving to align Hill initiatives with those of the client

Skills

  • Approximately 15 years of senior-level project management experience in construction management of heavy civil engineering projects
  • Approximately 5 years of project management/construction management experience on light rail transit projects of at least $500 million
  • Exhibits excellent working knowledge of Word, Excel and PowerPoint, as well as a strong user skill level with project management information system (PMIS) software programs
  • Possesses exceptional communication/interpersonal skills, establishing/maintaining strong multidisciplinary working relationships with pursuit team, subconsultants and clients
  • Possesses excellent technical/procedural writing skills and professional verbal/presentation skills
  • Understands contract elements and negotiation of commercial contracts to successful close out
  • Has strong market, marketing and technical knowledge relevant to rail and transit within the US
  • Willing to travel throughout the United States
  • Bachelor's degree in engineering or construction management
  • Professional Engineer License
  • Alternative delivery experience (progressive design-build, CM/GC, P3)

Benefits

  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Employer Paid Life and Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurances
  • Business Travel Accident Insurance
  • Short-Term Disability
  • Long Term Disability
  • Flexible Spending Account
  • Health Savings Account
  • Dependent Care Flexible Spending Account
  • Commuter Benefits
  • Legal Assistance
  • Identity Theft Protection
  • Pet Insurance
  • Auto & Home Insurance
  • Critical Illness Insurance
  • Accident Insurance
  • Hospital Indemnity Insurance
  • Voluntary Life & Accidental Death & Dismemberment Insurance
  • Paid Time Off (PTO)
  • Holidays
  • 401(K) Retirement Savings Plan
  • Employee Referral Program
  • Professional Certification Incentive Program
  • Hill University Learning and Development
  • Tuition Reimbursement
  • EAP
  • Years of Service Awards Program

Company Overview

  • Hill International provides program, project, and construction management services for clients in a range of sectors undertaking major construction projects across the world. It was founded in 1976, and is headquartered in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA, with a workforce of 1001-5000 employees. Its website is http://hillintl.com.
  • Company H1B Sponsorship

  • Hill International, Inc. has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 1 in 2026, 9 in 2025, 8 in 2024, 14 in 2023, 6 in 2022, 4 in 2021, 5 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.
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