DEPT OF TRANSPORTATION

Address: 4210-MPD PLANNING TEAM
1611 W. Jackson Street
Phoenix, AZ  85007

Salary: $103,800.06 - $113,800.06 

Anticipated Salary:  $108,900.06

Grade: 26

Closing Date: July 7, 2025

The Programming Group Manager is responsible for managing ADOT's transportation programming functions. Develops and coordinates the Five Year Transportation Facilities Construction Program (the Program) and the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP); provides technical expertise and management assistance to ensure ADOT fulfills its federal (23 USC 135, 23 CFR 420 and 450) and state (ARS Title 28) responsibilities for transportation planning and programming. Works in conjunction with other government entities and major stakeholders engaged in transportation planning and programming.Oversee the many elements connected to these programs including but not limited to metropolitan planning committees/rural transit planning, relevant studies and competitive applications. Oversees the Arizona State Match Advantage for Rural Transportation (AZ SMART) fund. Oversee the staff duties for all subordinate staff and consultants.

Model ADOT values through leading, coaching and developing problem solvers to implement and sustain a continuous improvement culture. Leaders are accountable, transparent, and communicative as they foster an inclusive, diverse, and safe environment.

This position may offer the ability to work remotely, within Arizona, based upon the department's business needs and continual meeting of expected performance measures.

The State of Arizona strives for a work culture that affords employees flexibility, autonomy, and trust. Across our many agencies, boards, and commissions, many State employees participate in the State’s Remote Work Program and are able to work remotely in their homes, in offices, and in hoteling spaces. All work, including remote work, should be performed within Arizona unless an exception is properly authorized in advance.

Provides leadership, coaching, and guidance to subordinate staff and monitors and evaluates performance of subordinate staff. Providing leadership for the Programming Group. Develops and supervises various components and subprograms for the Program, including but not limited to metropolitan planning and rural planning, to ensure a cohesive overall Program.

Provides important technical, program and project management expertise. Supervises, manages, and directs work of programming staff to develop the
Program and the Statewide Transportation Improvement Program (STIP). Coordinates with the Planning Manager to facilitate an efficient and effective
Planning to Programming (P2P) linkage.

Integrates all jurisdictions and modes of travel to create an integrated and holistic Arizona transportation plan and program. Build strong networking
relationships with appropriate cooperation, coordination, and communication with internal and external transportation partners, stakeholders and
customers including city, county, tribal, state, and federal groups.

Advises and assists leadership on complex, difficult, and technically demanding issues relevant to MPD Programming policies and procedures, legislative analysis and research, system performance monitoring and measurements, and funding and financial analysis.

Serves as a vital resource for the Programming Group to ensure appropriate cooperation and communication between internal and external partners,
customers, and stakeholders.

KNOWLEDGE:

• Transportation Program Management
• Standard industry practices and procedures for transportation programming.
• Executive leadership, organization, management.
• Political, economic, and environmental factors, including Arizona's political framework and ADOT's role within it.
• Principles of research, data analysis, and report drafting.
• Qualitative and quantitative data examination and reporting.
• Strategic planning, program creation, and budgeting.
• Developing major statewide transportation programs
• Federal and state laws, rules and regulations governing transportation planning and programming.
• Standard industry practices and processes in transportation planning and programming at the federal, state, and local levels, including federal-aid highway funding and fiscal constraint.
• Expert knowledge of spreadsheets and developing financial models.
• Principles, methods, and tools to conduct program studies, research, analysis, and prepare reports and presentations.

SKILL

• Manage a Transportation Program.
• Assessing organizational needs for management success.
• Formulating complex agreements with various city, county, tribal, state, and federal governmental bodies.
• Employing fundamentals of leadership, communication, decision making, problem resolution, and action plan creation.
• Public Speaking, group coordination, and meeting management.
• Customer relations and adept problem solving skills for handling delicate issues and situations necessitating considerable discretion.
• Exceptional interpersonal, written, and verbal communication skills including
• Expert organizational and time management skills.
• Interacting with subordinates, superiors, peers, officials and representatives of other agencies and the public.
• Understand, conceive, create and document accurate spreadsheet models to analyze large data sets.
• Evaluation organizational requirements for performance enhancement and successful management.
• Expert in Microsoft Office and/or Google Workspace.

ABILITY

• Lead and oversee by employing top practices and groundbreaking approaches to achieve program goals in a dynamic setting.
• Self-sufficiently manage time and intricate tasks at an advanced level.
• Successfully lead the development and management of the Program and the STIP.
• Tactfully communicate and engage with subordinate staff, executive level personnel, state and federal officials, and the public.
• Identify, propose, create, and apply efficient controls to enhance work flow and performance.
• Generate well-written documents, reports, speeches and presentations with correct grammar, spelling, punctuation and syntax.
• Coach and develop employees, including continuous improvement practices and principles.
• Manage and understand large, complex databases, spreadsheets and associated software to produce transportation program documents, reports and analyses.
• Ability to coach and develop employees, including continuous improvement practices and principles

• Master's Degree in Planning, Business Management, Public Administration, or other related/relevant field preferred.
• Prefer minimum of five (5) years experience in transportation programming and/or transportation related field.
• Experience that meets or exceeds the knowledge, skills, and abilities (KSAs) may be substituted.

Valid AZ Driver's License with acceptable 39 month MVR.
Bachelor's Degree in Planning, Business Management, Public Administration, or other related/relevant field.

This position requires driving or the use of a vehicle as an essential function of the job, and the following requirements apply. Any employee operating a motor vehicle on State business must possess and retain a current, valid class-appropriate driver’s license, complete all required training, and successfully pass all necessary driver’s license record checks. The license must be current, unexpired, and neither revoked nor suspended. Employees who drive on state business are subject to driver’s license record checks, must maintain acceptable driving records, and must complete all required driver training. An employee who operates a personally owned vehicle on state business shall maintain the statutorily required liability insurance (see Arizona Administrative Code (A.A.C.) R2-10-207.11).

All newly hired State employees are subject to and must successfully complete the Electronic Employment Eligibility Verification Program (E-Verify).

The Arizona Department of Administration offers a comprehensive benefits package to include:
• Sick leave
• Vacation with 10 paid holidays per year
• Paid Parental Leave-Up to 12 weeks per year paid leave for newborn or newly-placed foster/adopted child (pilot program).
• Health and dental insurance
• Retirement plan
• Life insurance and long-term disability insurance
• Optional employee benefits include short-term disability insurance, deferred compensation plans, and supplemental life insurance

By providing the option of a full-time or part-time remote work schedule, employees enjoy improved work/life balance, report higher job satisfaction, and are more productive. Remote work is a management option and not an employee entitlement or right. An agency may terminate a remote work agreement at its discretion.

Learn more about the Paid Parental Leave pilot program here. For a complete list of benefits provided by The State of Arizona, please visit our benefits page

Mandatory participation in the Arizona Retirement System (ASRS) is required.

For questions about this career opportunity, please contact ADOT Human Resources Recruitment via email at srecruitment@azdot.gov or phone call at (602) 712-8188 option 2.

The State of Arizona is an Equal Opportunity/Reasonable Accommodation Employer. Persons with a disability may request a reasonable accommodation such as a sign language interpreter or an alternative format by calling (602) 712-8188 option 3.

Requests should be made as early as possible to allow sufficient time to arrange the accommodation. ADOT is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer.