Senior Project Manager - Transit-Oriented Development

Salary range is $81k to $186k, with a midpoint of $133k. New hires typically receive between minimum and midpoint, however, we may go slightly higher based on experience, internal equity and market.

Sound Transit also offers a competitive benefits package with a wide range of offerings, including:

• Health Benefits: We offer two choices of medical plans, a dental plan, and a vision plan all at no cost for employee coverage; comprehensive benefits for employees and eligible dependents, including a spouse or domestic partner.
• Long-Term Disability and Life Insurance.
• Employee Assistance Program.
• Retirement Plans: 401a – 10% of employee contribution with a 12% match by Sound Transit; 457b – up to IRS maximum (employee only contribution).
• Paid Time Off: Employees accrue 25 days of paid time off annually with increases at four, eight and twelve years of service. Employees at the director level and up accrue additional days. We also observe 12 paid holidays and provide up to 2 paid floating holidays and up to 2 paid volunteer days per year.
• Parental Leave: 12 weeks of parental leave for new parents.
• Pet Insurance.
• ORCA Card: All full-time employees will receive an ORCA card at no cost.
• Tuition Reimbursement: Sound Transit will pay up to $5,000 annually for approved tuition expenses.
• Inclusive Reproductive Health Support Services.
• Compensation Practices: We offer competitive salaries based on market rates and internal equity. In addition to compensation and benefits, you’ll find that we provide work-life balance, opportunities for professional development and recognition from your colleagues.

GENERAL PURPOSE:

Guided by Sound Transit’s Equitable Transit-Oriented Development (TOD) policy Sound Transit’s TOD team is helping to realize community-supported development outcomes on excess public land near transit stops and stations. The Senior Project Manager-TOD role relies on creative problem solving, collaboration, and project management skills to advance surplus land through the development process, including due diligence, community engagement, partnering, land lease or sale, pre-development design review, construction coordination, project closeout, and ongoing monitoring. This position continuously coordinates with internal stakeholders to ensure TOD outcomes are integrated into the Agency’s project development timeline and surplus disposition practices; conducts or reviews market and site constraint assessments for various properties within the TOD portfolio; negotiates real estate development deals; participates in regional coordination with affordable housing funders, jurisdictions, and other collaborators; educates stakeholders about TOD; and helps execute and monitor developer work progress consistent with agency development agreements.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS:

The following duties are a representative summary of the primary duties and responsibilities. Incumbent(s) may not be required to perform all duties listed and may be required to perform additional, position-specific duties.

• Provides project management of TOD program projects focusing on real estate development planning and implementation, and with special attention to affordable housing, mixed-income, and mixed-use outcomes.
• Identifies and implements development opportunities on Agency surplus property, performs transition planning for properties identified for the TOD portfolio, and leads pre-development activities, including documentation of site constraints and opportunities, and Agency design review.
• Serves as an agency representative negotiating real estate development agreements and transactions on Agency owned property.
• Supports and coordinates essential management activities for assigned TOD projects, including scope, quality, schedule, costs, personnel, consultants/contractors, contract documents, and communications; and oversees contractors and assures contract compliance on assigned projects.
• Ensures processes, policies, and practices are interpreted and applied consistently and effectively; ensures accountability and compliance with all current and applicable state and federal laws, Agency policies and procedures, rules and regulations.
• Collaborates with and shares information and implementation strategies with community stakeholders, affordable housing funders, and jurisdictions working on TOD in partnership with Sound Transit.
• Collaborates across Agency departments to implement Sound Transit’s Equitable TOD policy and TOD Strategic Plan including but not limited to coordinating with: the Capital Delivery Department, Station Area Planning, and Operations to prepare for TOD development and coordinate construction activity adjacent to transit stations; with Procurement to prepare and execute offering strategies; with Legal to draft and execute real estate transaction agreements; and with Communications and Government and Community Relations to plan and implement community engagement around TOD outcomes.
• Serves as TOD subject matter expert to staff internal and external committees and working groups; prepares and presents reports and other necessary correspondence as needed; attends and participates in professional group meetings; maintains awareness of new trends and developments in affordable housing, real estate development, and transit-oriented development.
• Provides support to the Division/Department on matters as directed.
• Champions and models Sound Transit's core values and demonstrates values-based behaviors in everyday interactions across the agency.
• Contributes to a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion in alignment with Sound Transit’s Equity & Inclusion Policy.
• It is the responsibility of all employees to follow the Agency safety rules, regulations, and procedures pertaining to their assigned duties and responsibilities, which could include systems, operations, and/or other employees.
• It is the responsibility of all employees to integrate sustainability into everyday business practices.
• Other duties as assigned.

MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:

Education and Experience: Bachelor’s degree in Urban Planning, Public Administration, Engineering – public infrastructure emphasis, Business Administration, or related field. Five years of experience in supporting or coordinating public real estate activities, capital project development, commercial or multi-family housing real estate development, commercial real estate brokerage activities, community development, brownfields redevelopment, building construction, affordable housing, or public/private finance; Or an equivalent combination of education and experience.

Required Knowledge and Skills:

• Real estate development principles and processes.
• Real estate transactions and related negotiations.
• Transit-oriented development and joint development principles and characteristics.
• Affordable housing development.
• Project and program management techniques and principles.
• Real estate property principles and practices related to the appraisal, acquisition, management, and lease or sale of real property assets.
• Pertinent federal, state, and local laws, codes, and regulations.
• Negotiation principles and practices.
• Financing or implementation of affordable housing projects.
• Local and national development incentive programs.
• Real estate brokerage principles.
• Public sector real estate considerations.
• Community engagement strategies and techniques.
• Establishing and maintaining effective working and collaborative relationships with other department staff, management, vendors, outside agencies, community groups, and the general public.
• Interpreting and administering policies and procedures sufficient to administer, discuss, resolve, and explain them to staff and other constituencies.
• Overseeing, coordinating, and managing the services and activities of transit-oriented and joint development real estate projects.
• Supporting large, complex projects and making decisions in fast-paced environments.
• Preparing and analyzing complex data and comprehensive reports.
• Maintaining confidentiality and communicating with tact and diplomacy.
• Responding to inquiries and in effective oral and written communication.
• Researching, analyzing, and evaluating new service delivery methods and techniques.
• Monitoring and/or coordinating program/project operating budgets, costs, and schedules.
• Principles and practices of customer service.
• Principles of business letter writing and report preparation.
• Modern office procedures, methods, and equipment including computers and computer applications such as word processing, spreadsheets, and statistical databases.
• Utilizing personal computer software programs affecting assigned work and in compiling and preparing spreadsheets and reports.

Physical Demands / Work Environment:

• Work is performed in a hybrid environment with an expectation of working in office a minimum of 3 days per week.
• The Agency promotes a safe and healthy work environment and provides appropriate safety and equipment training for all personnel as required.

Sound Transit is an equal employment opportunity employer. No person is unlawfully excluded from employment action based on race, color, religion, national origin, sex (including gender identity, sexual orientation and pregnancy), age, genetic information, disability, veteran status or other protected class.