Assists the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) in providing overall leadership and direction to ensure the agency achieves its vision, mission, goals, and objectives.

• Assists the CEO in providing overall leadership of Metro in formulating and achieving Metro′s objectives

• Provides counsel to the CEO on significant matters affecting Metro operations and policies

• Assists the CEO in developing and implementing short-range and long-range goals and business plans

• Formulates policy recommendations for the Board of Directors, attends Board meetings, and advises the Board

• Formulates and recommends operating policies and procedures or changes in existing policies or procedures

• Chairs and serves as a member of interdepartmental and interagency committees

• Represents Metro and the CEO as designated in meetings, as committee member, and before community and business groups

• Monitors activities of assigned departments to ensure conformance with goals and objectives of reporting unit and eliminate impediments to peak performance

• Assists the CEO in providing direction to ensure the safe delivery of quality program management projects on time and within budget

• Directs staff conducting studies, investigations, and analyses at the direction of the CEO; presents oral and written reports of findings and recommendations

• Oversees subordinate department heads and managerial staff

• Creates Metro’s safety vision; approves and adopts the agency’s safety rules, policies, procedures; communicates safety expectations; and maintains accountability for the safety performance of the entire agency

• Contributes to ensuring that the Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) policies and programs of Metro are carried out

May be required to perform other related job duties

Knowledge of (defined as a learned body of information that is required for and applied in the performance of job tasks)

• Administrative principles and methods, including goal setting, program and budget development and implementation of capital and operating budgets

• Principles, practices, and program areas related to transit operations

• Social, political, and environmental issues influencing regional mobility

• Local, state, and federal legislative processes and procedures

• Applicable local, state, and federal laws, rules, and regulations

• Principles and practices of public administration

• Modern management theory

Skill in (defined as the proficient manual, verbal, or mental utilization of data, people, or things)

• Developing and implementing objectives, policies, procedures, and internal controls

• Determining strategies to achieve goals

• Analyzing situations, identifying problems, developing and implementing solutions, and evaluating outcomes

• Exercising sound judgment and creativity in making decisions

• Communicating effectively orally and in writing

• Interacting professionally with various levels of employees, outside representatives, public officials, the media, and the community at large

• Mediating and negotiating

• Leading, supervising, training, mentoring, and motivating assigned staff

Ability to (defined as a present competence to perform an observable behavior or produce an observable result)

• Assist in planning, organizing, and controlling the integrated work of a multi-tiered public transit organization

• Handle highly confidential information

• Understand, interpret, and apply laws, rules, regulations, policies, procedures, budgets, contracts, and labor/management agreements

• Represent Metro before elected officials and the public

• Prepare complex comprehensive reports and correspondence

• Establish and maintain cooperative working relationships

• Travel to offsite locations and construction sites

• Read, write, speak, and understand English

A combination of education and/or experience that provides the required knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the essential functions of the position.  Additional experience, as outlined below, may be substituted for required education on a year-for-year basis.  A typical combination includes:

Education

• Bachelor's degree in Business, Public Administration, Urban Planning, Urban Geography, Engineering or a related field; Master's degree in Business, Public Administration, Urban Planning, Urban Geography, Engineering or a related field preferred

Experience

• Five years of relevant executive management-level experience managing large public transportation organizations with operations, planning, and program management responsibilities

Certifications/Licenses/Special Requirements

• A valid California Class C Driver License or the ability to utilize an alternative method of transportation when needed to carry out job-related essential functions

The physical demands described are representative of those that must be met by the employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.  Metro provides reasonable accommodation to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Working Conditions

• Typical office situation

• Close exposure to computer monitors and video screen

Physical Effort Required

• Sitting at a desk or table

• Operate a telephone or other telecommunications device and communicate through the medium

• Type and use a keyboard and mouse to perform necessary computer-based functions

Communicating through speech in the English language required