Senior Program Manager II - Mobility Safety

• Develop and execute safe mobility strategies including training products, advocacy, public education, and other evidence-based behavior change programming to align with the Council’s strategy to reduce injuries and fatalities on the roadway and in the workplace.
• Provide thought leadership on employer-based traffic safety education. Serve as a key subject matter expert, building strong relationships within the transportation community, among state and federal. Act as a key stakeholder for roadway safety to internal NSC shared service groups, operations, and practice areas as well as external partners, funders, and potential funders.
• Manage staff including responsibility for personnel actions including hiring, performance management, and termination of assigned team(s) of supervisory staff.
• Provide subject matter expertise and technical review of NSC-produced materials including impairment and/or traffic safety, NSC public education materials, products, programs, website, grant projects, news releases, and other internal and external public announcements

Requisite Technical Expertise (20%)

• Proficiency in various evidence-based strategies, theories and best practices related to transportation safety promotion for workplaces and public audiences.
• Expertise in program evaluation and measurement to demonstrate results of short, intermediate and long term impact.
• Knowledge of public policy issues, regulatory requirements, scientific research, and recent reports to address roadway safety issues.

• Ability to direct the development of strategic communication to support the execution of NSC corporate goals.
• Both internally and externally – to employees, shared audiences, and stakeholders.
• Develop strategic partnerships to drive growth and impact for Roadway Practice.
• Demonstrate the translation of evidence-based research-to-practice in the development of transportation products and programming.

• Provides leadership for optimal program management, project delivery, evaluation, and reporting with minimal oversight.
• Accountable for managing multiple complex projects simultaneously, initiating problem-solving strategies, and demonstrate teamwork to deliver on project deliverables, objectives, and impact.
• Anticipate challenges with the ability to independently and/or collaboratively develop proposed solutions and execute them.

• Represent NSC to state and national government agencies, transportation safety organizations, relevant divisions, networks, partners, and potential partners.
• Demonstrate effective people management in all directions (peers, supervisors, funders, stakeholders, and volunteers) Provides staff leadership including employee training and/or development to support NSC goals.
• Supports and encourages an environment that appreciates the diversity of employees and stakeholders styles, opinions, and perspectives.
• Collaborates internally to understand and incorporate work cross-functionally across NSC.

Business/Financial Acumen (10%)

• Participate in budget development, forecasting, and tracking along multiple fiscal years for roadway project responsibilities.
• Collaborate with finance and accounting staff to ensure stewardship of program budgets, making adjustments to ensure accountability and ensure roadway program impact.
• Demonstrate understanding of the budget process and the relationship to project, program, practice, and organization goals.

Travel Approximately 10%

• Managers of people spend a significant portion of job directly managing the work of at least three employees for whom hire, fire, and performance decisions are made.

• Bachelor's degree in public health, education, safety, or a related discipline and at least 8 years of relevant experience as a transportation safety subject matter expert, with experience in working with governmental and private organizations under multiple funding models.
• Master’s degree preferred
• Proven ability to communicate in a persuasive and compelling way.
• Proven ability to write technical articles, research findings, white papers and funding proposals.
• Proven ability to manage research activities.
• Proven ability to develop outreach activities to identified audiences.
• Utilizes positive leadership skills to engage diverse stakeholders, support professional development of subordinate staff, and achieve desired organizational results.
•  Proven ability to manage and execute multiple complex projects and teams.
• Proven flexibility in a reasonably fast-paced and constantly changing environment.
• Demonstrates good judgment, decision-making skills with an ability to relate effectively with internal and external stakeholders and customers.
• Advanced knowledge of safety-related optics pertaining to passenger vehicles, pickup trucks, vans, school buses, and commercial motor vehicles.
• Knowledge of impairment, including but not limited to cognitive and substance use and its effects on driving.
• Knowledge of fatigue, distraction, and risky driving behaviors (such as speeding and aggression) and their effects on driving.
• Knowledge of bicycle and pedestrian safety, as well as emerging mobility issue.
• This is a remote position
• Salary for this role is $85,000 - $94,000 DOE

• At least 20 PTO days accrued 1^st year and 11 paid holidays
• Flexible work arrangements
• Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and life insurance plans
• Flex spending accounts for medical and dependent care
• 403(b) & Roth 403(b)  with employer match up to 6%
• Reimbursable training
• Student loan pay-down
• Dress for your day