Manager Long Range Planning

The Manager, Long-Range Planning supports Metro’s long‑range planning and scenario analysis efforts by developing concepts, resources, and implementation plans for capital and operating transit projects. The role focuses on analyzing future conditions, tradeoffs, and implementation readiness to inform leadership decision-making related to sustaining and evolving the Metro transit system over a three- to ten-year outlook. Job Responsibilities • Collaborates regularly with other Agency staff (especially but not limited to staff from Planning System Development, Economic Development, and Program Development/Engineering Systems) • Coordinates with external organizations, service agencies, and the general public to support initiatives that meet shared goals of improving mobility options for various demographic and socioeconomic populations in the region • Supports and maintains working relationships with civic, community, local government, philanthropic, and private stakeholders to share data and build services/programs that meet partner needs • Participates in interagency and technical discussion, coordinating with agency leadership as needed. • Supports and coordinates major planning projects, leading analytical components of service enhancement projects, including: customer and community engagement, service scenario development/alternative analyses, and final recommendation reporting and presentation delivery. • Develops and applies scenario planning tools to evaluate service, capital, and policy alternatives under varying future conditions, clearly articulating tradeoffs, risks, and implementation considerations for leadership. • Supports integration of Title VI, equity, and environmental justice considerations into long‑range and scenario planning efforts, including analysis of potential disparate impacts and benefits associated with proposed service or capital alternatives • Meets with local officials and community groups to determine service needs, then develops and recommends service solutions to fulfill local demand in a cost-effective manner • Working closely with Metro staff and community partners, supports development and evaluation of capital enhancement projects including place-making, service expansion, and multimodal infrastructure investments • Teams with Bi-State Development staff and external partners on transit-oriented development (TOD) initiatives and projects • Collaborates with Metro staff and planning partners to develop and provide regular updates of Metro’s long-range planning activities • Supports identification of new opportunities and supports grant development and resource planning efforts (e.g. – grants, funding, personnel) needed to implement operational projects and capital enhancements • Tracks and supports project implementation to ensure they meet Agency goals