Transport Planning - Market Lead

At Jacobs, we are challenging today to reinvent tomorrow by solving the world's most critical problems for thriving cities, resilient environments, mission-critical outcomes, operational advancement, scientific discovery, and cutting-edge manufacturing, turning abstract ideas into realities that transform the world for good. As a Transport Planning Market Lead, your role involves spearheading robust medium to long-term market growth in the Transport planning sector by leveraging emerging trends such as strategic modeling using Big data, open-source software libraries, data analytics, and spatial science tools. You will provide technical governance and leadership to the existing Transport planning team in India, ensuring improved coordination, management, and delivery of transport modeling projects of varying complexities. Additionally, you will be responsible for providing professional transport modeling services in the ANZ region and enabling transport planning capability growth in India for both domestic and global delivery projects. Your responsibilities will include leading top prospects technical pursuit, being a regional leader in core technologies within the transport planning space, and mitigating risks in the delivery of complex projects by implementing advanced project management techniques and state-of-the-art transport planning practices. You will also focus on developing talent through the Technologist Career Path, providing thought leadership by staying ahead of industry developments, and leading and sponsoring technical Communities of Practice in Transport planning. In terms of qualifications, you should possess a Bachelor's/Master's degree in Transportation Engineering/Planning or a related field, along with 15+ years of experience, with at least 10 years of extensive experience in the ME sector for large-scale Infrastructure/Highway schemes, preferably with Global delivery models. While Chartered/Professional accreditation is desirable, it is not mandatory for this role. At Jacobs, we value collaboration and believe in the importance of in-person interactions for both our culture and client delivery. Our hybrid working policy empowers employees to split their work week between Jacobs offices/projects and remote locations, allowing them to deliver their best work.,