Job Description
Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.
We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role Description:
Arcadis is seeking a capital project and infrastructure Funding and Implementation - National Practice Leader to join the Resilience Water Business Area (BA) in the United States. This full-time, hybrid position reports directly to the Resilience Water Management Practice Director and can be based anywhere in the United States where Arcadis has an active office.
As the National Practice Leader, you will collaborate with the Practice Director and leaders across every Arcadis division to create innovative strategies, partnerships, and value propositions to help capital projects, infrastructure, and resilience initiatives advance nationwide. You will obtain an understanding of clients' funding, finance, and implementation blockers and needs, examine emerging issues and market trends, innovative possibilities and alternative project delivery options, evaluate partners and competitors, mentor others, and provide technical support to team leads and practitioners. The role will explore and implement emerging funding models, such as blended finance, outcome-based contracts, and incentives, while also driving success through more traditional approaches (e.g., grants and bonds). It will help clients, partners, and Arcadis develop and implement plans to maximize success.
Success in this role will be measured by project advancement, the number of new partnerships, new markets, market reputation, the value of order intake, and revenue growth attributable to new funding mechanisms, as well as a reduction in project delays due to resolved bottlenecks.
Role Accountabilities:
As a National Practice Leader, you will partner with cross-functional teams to develop successful proposals, integrate funding and implementation mechanisms with technical solutions, and support strategies that advance capital projects, infrastructure programs, and resilience initiatives for clients and partners. In this role, you will collaborate closely with practitioners and technical experts to ensure strong coordination across the National Funding Team, while serving as a trusted advisor to clients and a thought leader within the industry.
Key responsibilities include:
• Identifying and resolving obstacles to project advancement, including funding gaps, permitting challenges, and partnership issues.
• Building technical expertise in both traditional and emerging mechanisms to accelerate critical client projects and community improvements.
• Serving as Pursuit Lead for major and strategic initiatives, including those reviewed by the Pursuit Committee.
• Leading thought leadership efforts in collaboration with Communities of Practice, practitioners, the Practice Director, and the Growth team, while representing Arcadis at national forums.
• Providing mentoring, technical support, and participating in recruitment and staffing strategies to strengthen team capabilities and maintain national practice excellence.
This role also includes oversight of quality control, escalation of issues to senior leadership as needed, and approximately 40% in-person engagement for client meetings and project coordination activities.
Key Skills and Attributes:
The ideal candidate will have comprehensive knowledge of funding pursuits, program development, and/or grants and program management, including the tools, techniques, and methodologies needed to achieve successful outcomes. Strong communication skills are essential, with the ability to articulate client perspectives and convey thought leadership effectively. You must be able to clearly communicate strategic value to client executives and stakeholders, while demonstrating a proven ability to implement innovative funding and implementation initiatives that drive client success. The role also requires the ability to lead and motivate teams by influence, fostering collaboration and engagement across diverse stakeholders.
Qualifications & Experience:
Required Qualifications:
• Bachelors Degree in a related field
• 10 years of experience leading funding and implementation-related efforts, such as grants, revenue, finance, or supporting policy and initiative implementation
• 3 years of experience advancing innovative or experimental funding, financing, and implementation means to drive project progress.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Masters Degree in a related field
• One or more applicable certifications, such as PMP, PE, AICP, CP3P, Six Sigma/ Lean, PgMP, GPC, CMA
• Demonstrated knowledge and awareness of alternative forms of delivery and procurement that can support project implementation
• Capital stack fluency: Can compare pros/cons of, for example, grants, bonds, incentives, blended finance, P3s for a single program and defend the selection.
Why Arcadis?
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.
You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.
Together, we can create a lasting legacy.
Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, ****** orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
Arcadis offers benefits for full-time and part-time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program, and optional benefits, including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance, and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 20 days of PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $113,933 - $222,739. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project, and location.
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We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.
Role Description:
Arcadis is seeking a capital project and infrastructure Funding and Implementation - National Practice Leader to join the Resilience Water Business Area (BA) in the United States. This full-time, hybrid position reports directly to the Resilience Water Management Practice Director and can be based anywhere in the United States where Arcadis has an active office.
As the National Practice Leader, you will collaborate with the Practice Director and leaders across every Arcadis division to create innovative strategies, partnerships, and value propositions to help capital projects, infrastructure, and resilience initiatives advance nationwide. You will obtain an understanding of clients' funding, finance, and implementation blockers and needs, examine emerging issues and market trends, innovative possibilities and alternative project delivery options, evaluate partners and competitors, mentor others, and provide technical support to team leads and practitioners. The role will explore and implement emerging funding models, such as blended finance, outcome-based contracts, and incentives, while also driving success through more traditional approaches (e.g., grants and bonds). It will help clients, partners, and Arcadis develop and implement plans to maximize success.
Success in this role will be measured by project advancement, the number of new partnerships, new markets, market reputation, the value of order intake, and revenue growth attributable to new funding mechanisms, as well as a reduction in project delays due to resolved bottlenecks.
Role Accountabilities:
As a National Practice Leader, you will partner with cross-functional teams to develop successful proposals, integrate funding and implementation mechanisms with technical solutions, and support strategies that advance capital projects, infrastructure programs, and resilience initiatives for clients and partners. In this role, you will collaborate closely with practitioners and technical experts to ensure strong coordination across the National Funding Team, while serving as a trusted advisor to clients and a thought leader within the industry.
Key responsibilities include:
• Identifying and resolving obstacles to project advancement, including funding gaps, permitting challenges, and partnership issues.
• Building technical expertise in both traditional and emerging mechanisms to accelerate critical client projects and community improvements.
• Serving as Pursuit Lead for major and strategic initiatives, including those reviewed by the Pursuit Committee.
• Leading thought leadership efforts in collaboration with Communities of Practice, practitioners, the Practice Director, and the Growth team, while representing Arcadis at national forums.
• Providing mentoring, technical support, and participating in recruitment and staffing strategies to strengthen team capabilities and maintain national practice excellence.
This role also includes oversight of quality control, escalation of issues to senior leadership as needed, and approximately 40% in-person engagement for client meetings and project coordination activities.
Key Skills and Attributes:
The ideal candidate will have comprehensive knowledge of funding pursuits, program development, and/or grants and program management, including the tools, techniques, and methodologies needed to achieve successful outcomes. Strong communication skills are essential, with the ability to articulate client perspectives and convey thought leadership effectively. You must be able to clearly communicate strategic value to client executives and stakeholders, while demonstrating a proven ability to implement innovative funding and implementation initiatives that drive client success. The role also requires the ability to lead and motivate teams by influence, fostering collaboration and engagement across diverse stakeholders.
Qualifications & Experience:
Required Qualifications:
• Bachelors Degree in a related field
• 10 years of experience leading funding and implementation-related efforts, such as grants, revenue, finance, or supporting policy and initiative implementation
• 3 years of experience advancing innovative or experimental funding, financing, and implementation means to drive project progress.
Preferred Qualifications:
• Masters Degree in a related field
• One or more applicable certifications, such as PMP, PE, AICP, CP3P, Six Sigma/ Lean, PgMP, GPC, CMA
• Demonstrated knowledge and awareness of alternative forms of delivery and procurement that can support project implementation
• Capital stack fluency: Can compare pros/cons of, for example, grants, bonds, incentives, blended finance, P3s for a single program and defend the selection.
Why Arcadis?
We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.
You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.
Together, we can create a lasting legacy.
Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.
Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, ****** orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.
Arcadis offers benefits for full-time and part-time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program, and optional benefits, including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance, and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 20 days of PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $113,933 - $222,739. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project, and location.
#Resilience-NA
#Water-NA
💡 Quick Summary
Seeking a career-building opportunity? The Resilience Water National Practice Lead - Funding and Implementation position is now open for candidates interested in the Operations Executive Jobs sector. This role in Los Angeles offers a professional environment and growth potential.
Requirement Snapshot: Candidates should possess basic communication skills, a proactive attitude, and the ability to work in a team. Experience in Operations Executive Jobs is a plus.
