Planning Analysis and Performance Manager

Planning Analysis and Performance Manager

Hello, we’re Metro! Metro is dedicated to shaping a better future for the greater Portland region. The work the people of Metro do every day benefits the lives of the people who live here, today, and tomorrow.

The Planning, Development, and Research department is looking for a Transportation Analysis and Performance Manager to lead the agency’s efforts to monitor, measure, and communicate how the regional transportation system performs in support of the region’s long-range Regional Transportation Plan (RTP), Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program (MTIP), Climate Smart Strategy, and state and federal performance management requirements. It also performs these functions in support of topical transportation plans and major project planning activities.

This position manages a multidisciplinary team responsible for data-driven analysis, system performance monitoring, and reporting on outcomes related to mobility, safety, equity, congestion, and greenhouse gas emissions. The manager ensures performance information informs regional policy decisions, supports transparent reporting to the public and decision-makers, and meets state and federal compliance requirements. The team may also lead policy development related to congestion management and performance in coordination with other planning and policy teams.

The ideal candidate is a strategic thinker and collaborative leader with demonstrated expertise in analytical and communication skills and a deep commitment to improving transportation system outcomes for all users.

As the Transportation Analysis and Performance Manager you will:

Leadership and Program Management

• Lead and manage a team of planning professionals responsible for system performance measurement and data management, fostering their growth, collaboration, and innovation; ensuring staff have the resources and support to meet program goals; and cultivating a diverse and inclusive team with leadership succession opportunities.
• Provide strategic oversight of the regional transportation performance, monitoring, and reporting program, ensuring alignment with regional transportation plan (RTP) goals, modal and topical plan (e.g. Climate Smart Strategy) goals, and with the congestion management process (CMP).
• Lead and coordinate data analysis and reporting in a manner that serves as a bridge between technical data and analysis professionals in the department’s Research Center and policy-focused planners, ensuring analytical outputs effectively inform the development of regional transportation policy, program, and project priorities.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement in performance analysis, reporting practices and collaboration with internal Metropolitan Planning Organization (MPO) programs, supporting research, modeling and data teams, and the broader department work program.
• Champion diversity, equity and inclusion in decision-making and leadership processes across all projects and initiatives.
• Ensure continued federal certification of the regional transportation planning program related to transportation performance management, and continued compliance with state transportation performance monitoring and reporting requirements.
• Coordinate with Metro’s Transportation System Management & Operations (TSMO) Program, the Regional Travel Options (RTO) Program, and Transit Oriented Development (TOD) Program, and staff managing data and analysis tools on topical transportation issues such as safety on the management, analysis, and reporting of data sources.
• Participate in forums and initiatives on transportation performance activities to track emerging trends and identify opportunities for program improvement.
• Contribute to department budgeting, reporting, strategic planning, and other executive management efforts and collaborate with department leadership to integrate performance monitoring and reporting into the broader regional transportation planning work program.

Transportation Performance Management (TPM) and Compliance Reporting

• Lead implementation of federal transportation performance management requirements, including target setting, coordination with ODOT and transit agencies, and federal reporting.
• Oversee preparation of federally required reports and documentation (e.g., system performance reports, Congestion Mitigation – Air Quality project funding assessments, safety performance and pavement/bridge condition).
• Ensure consistency between updates and reporting on regional performance targets and the performance goals adopted in the Regional Transportation Plan and the Metropolitan Transportation Improvement Program.

Federal Congestion Management Process (CMP) Compliance

• Oversee implementation of the region’s federally-mandated CMP, ensuring ongoing monitoring of travel trends, congestion, reliability, and multimodal system performance and use of travel demand reduction and operational management strategies.
• Guide development and application of performance measures to evaluate congestion reduction strategies and investments to inform updates to the RTP and MTIP.
• Collaborate with ODOT, transit providers, local jurisdictions and other agencies to integrate CMP findings into project selection and updates to the RTP and MTIP.

Data management and coordination

• Coordinate data collection and performance analysis to track progress toward regional climate and greenhouse gas reduction goals.
• Partner with environmental, land use, economic development and equity staff to develop performance frameworks linking transportation, climate, and community outcomes.
• Support and use of the RTP and MTIP project databases in transportation performance analysis.
• Collaborate with Metro’s modeling and data resource program managers to maintain long-term strategies to meet our growing and evolving transportation and demographic data needs.

Analysis and Communication

• Collaborate with MPO Policy and Program leadership and staff to define research and analytical methods to support policy planning and decision-making.
• Support integration of climate, resilience, land use, equity, and economic development metrics into regional transportation planning and investment decision-making.
• Support preparation of state required reports and documentation about Climate Smart Strategy implementation (e.g., annual Climate Friendly and Equitable Communities Implementation Reports) in collaboration with RTP program.
• Collaborate with data resource and travel forecasting leadership and staff to help define how to utilize analytical tools and data in support of planning, policy, and program development.
• Lead RTP and MTIP performance analysis and reporting, ensuring consistency between RTP goals, CMP findings, and federal target-setting and performance reporting requirements.
• Direct development of analytical tools, dashboards, and reports that communicate system performance and outcomes to policymakers and the public.
• Ensure high-quality visualization, interpretation, and storytelling from complex data sets to support decision-making.
• Represent Metro in regional and statewide committees, technical workgroups, and public forums related to MPO- and state-required performance monitoring and reporting.

Attributes for success

• Passion for utilizing transportation and land use planning and programs to improve people’s lives and advancing equitable, sustainable, and multimodal transportation outcomes.
• Skilled at translating and curating complex technical information into strategic action planning and clear, compelling messages that resonate with people.
• Effective communicator who is experienced with public speaking, presentations and facilitating difficult conversations.
• Ability to build and maintain positive and effective working relationships with staff, jurisdictional partners, community members and community partner organizations who have different opinions and life experiences.
• Empathetic listener who can inspire and engage a diverse range of staff and managers across the department/agency.
• Professional or lived experience improving equity outcomes in procedures, programs and/or evaluation tools.
• Expertise in data analysis, performance metrics, and visualization related to transportation system monitoring (i.e., travel speed reliability, safety, emissions, multimodal access and mobility).
• Understanding of the federal congestion management process (CMP) principles and methods.
• Familiarity with greenhouse gas accounting, climate action monitoring, and equity-based performance evaluation.
• Expertise in managing transportation projects and programs within a local, regional, state or federal government or organization of similar complexity. Strategic thinker skilled at processing complex issues into actionable long-term plans.
• Highly organized, with the ability to develop realistic timelines when working across teams.

DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION

At Metro, we strive to cultivate diversity, advance equity, and practice inclusion in all its work. This means attracting and empowering a workforce that is inclusive of a broad range of human qualities. Workplace diversity is both a moral imperative and a business strength, essential to providing quality support and services to our region. Metro’s goal is to hire, develop and retain highly skilled and talented individuals across all departments and programs who best reflect the diversity of our community.

Learn more about Metro’s Diversity Action Plan

TO QUALIFY

We will consider any combination of relevant work experience, volunteering, education, and transferable skills as qualifying unless an item or section is labeled required. Please be clear and specific in your application materials on how your background is relevant.

Minimum qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in urban or regional planning, transportation planning, civil engineering, public policy, data science, or a related field, AND
• Five (5) years leading major projects and leading teams, AND
• Two (2) years direct supervisory experience in area of responsibility; OR
• Any combination of education and lived or working experience that provides the necessary knowledge, skills, and abilities to perform the duties and responsibilities of the position.

If this statement is true for you, then you may be ineligible to apply

• If you were terminated for cause during any employment with Metro, or resigned in lieu of termination, you may be ineligible for rehire for a minimum of 3 years.

Hybrid Telework

At this time, this position is designated as “hybrid telework.” You will be required to work in the office two days a week and as needed for in-person meetings, trainings and other work identified by your supervisor. The supervisor will work with you to identify a schedule that balances the operational needs of the department and your needs. Employees must reside in Oregon or Washington to work at Metro.

Like to have qualifications

You do not need to have the following preferred qualifications/transferable skills to qualify. However, keep in mind we may consider them when identifying the most qualified candidates. Your transferable skills are any skills you have gained through education, work experience, including the military, or life experience that are relevant for this position.

• Master’s degree and experience working with MPOs, local, state, or federal transportation agencies, transit agencies, or regional governments.
  Familiarity with analytical and visualization tools such as Geographic Information Systems, Tableau/Power BI, Python/R, Excel or SQL.
  Budget development and management skills.
• Knowledge of federal and state transportation performance management regulations or demonstrated ability to learn and implement performance management practices.

SCREENING AND EVALUATION

The application packet: The application packet consists of the following required documents. Please ensure that you upload these documents in your online application. Make sure your application is complete, missing any part of these items could result in an incomplete application and will not be moved forward in the recruitment.

• A completed online application
• Responses to supplemental questions

The selection process: We expect to evaluate candidates for this recruitment as follows. The selection process is subject to change.

• Initial review of minimum qualifications
• In-depth evaluation of application materials to identify the most qualified candidates
• Consideration of top candidates/interviews
• Testing/assessments (if applicable)
• Reference check
• Background, driving records check for finalist candidate (if applicable)

COMPENSATION, BENEFITS AND REPRESENTATON

The full-salary range for this position is step 1: $118,785 to step 6: 151,603.70. However, unless a candidate’s qualifications justify, based on the Oregon Pay Equity Act requirements and Metro’s internal equity review process, the appointment will likely be made between Step 1: $118,785 to the equity range Step 4: $137,508.58.

This position is not eligible for overtime and is non-represented. It is classified as a Manager I classification.

Classification descriptions are typically written broadly and do not include the specific duties and responsibilities of the positions. View the classification description.

Questions?

Recruiter: Christina Rentas

Email: Christina.Rentas@oregonmetro.gov

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

Equal employment opportunity

All qualified persons will be considered for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, marital status, familial status, gender identity and expression, sexual orientation, disability for which a reasonable accommodation can be made, or any other status protected by law.

Accommodation

Metro will gladly provide a reasonable accommodation to anyone whose specific disability prevents them from completing this application or participating in this recruitment process. Please contact the recruiter outlined in the job announcement in advance to request assistance.

Veterans’ preference

Under Oregon Law, qualified veterans may be eligible for veterans’ preference when applying for Metro positions. If you are a veteran and would like to be considered for a veterans’ preference for this job, please provide qualifying documents as instructed during the application process.

Hybrid Telework

Positions designated as “hybrid telework,” meaning you will have the option to work away from the office, although there may be times that coming into the office will be required. The designation of Hybrid Telework may be subject to change at a future time. All employees must reside in Oregon or Washington; Metro cannot support ongoing telework from other locations.

Pay equity at Metro

No matter who you are or where you work at Metro, you deserve to be paid fairly for the work you do. Every worker must get equal pay for equal work regardless of your gender, race, age, or other protected characteristics. Metro has established processes and conducts routine pay equity reviews as part of the hiring process to ensure compliance with the 2017 Oregon Pay Equity Act.

Online applications

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