Program Director, Roads and Highways, Houston

US - TX, Houston; US - Remote (Any Location) · Remote
Full-time
$157,500.00 - $283,500.00
Posted Nov 9, 2026

Skills

Operations
Payroll
Procurement
Teamwork

Job description

In a world of possibilities, pursue one with endless opportunities. Imagine Next!

At Parsons, you can imagine a career where you thrive, work with exceptional people, and be yourself. Guided by our leadership vision of valuing people, embracing agility, and fostering growth, we cultivate an innovative culture that empowers you to achieve your full potential. Unleash your talent and redefine what’s possible.

Job Description:

Program Director Road & Highway

The Mobility Solutions Market provides planning, design, program management, construction management, and software solutions to a wide range of infrastructure clients, mainly in North America. We’re an industry leader in successfully delivering complex, challenging, and high-profile infrastructure projects across all project delivery models, including integrated delivery (public-private partnership, design-build, construction management at-risk) and traditional delivery.

Ready to take your engineering and management experience to the next level to work on complex construction problems that will have a huge impact on the local community? Parsons is now hiring a Program Director who can lead a team of professionals overseeing every phase of large-scale projects or programs.

The job is in our Houston, Texas office.

Parsons’ extensive experience in this field, combined with your significant management and technical experience, will propel your career forward with opportunity for advancement with top performance. We need our Program Director to be versatile as well as have exceptional communication, analytical and management skills. In this role you provide management and direction for the Houston regional office of the infrastructure group and with other discipline groups reporting to the Houston Office. You will recruit, interview, and evaluate prospective employees as well as hire, offer personnel development, conduct performance evaluations, counsel employees, takes corrective actions (as required), and approves terminations. One of your roles will include ensuring that new employees receive orientation on company policies and procedures.

Responsibilities:

•Acts as the Company representative with the clients and selected subcontractors during the program execution.

•Acts as the company representative in the Houston region working in collaboration with other disciplines at association meetings, luncheons, political functions and other activities in which we are members or participate in.

•Acts as a Functional Manager for project managers within the Houston infrastructure group.

•Provides input on TxDOT/regional client pursuits, being PM as needed and participate in proposals where your specific discipline experience is needed.

•Negotiates changes to the scope of work with the clients and key subcontractors.

Collaborates with Business Development to market and secure additional work with client.

•Responsible for following up on instructions and commitments associated with the assigned projects.

•Participates in negotiations with regulatory agencies and in public meetings in support of clients.

•Oversees establishment of Project Execution Plan, Health and Safety Plan, Quality Assurance/Quality Control Plan, and other documents as required working with the Houston office administrator. Establishes the program requirements for all areas of the projects under their direction and monitors the draft and final deliverables for adherence to these criteria.

•Plans, directs, supervises, and controls the execution of all business, technical, fiscal, and administrative functions of the assigned projects.

•Assigns responsibility for executing project plans to key subordinates after careful assessment of how to utilize their qualifications and strengths.

•Provides input to performance reviews and development plans for subordinates. Field responsibilities may include labor relations, local procurement and payroll operations, etc., if required.

•Mobilizes company resources, through liaison with support departments, other offices, or subsidiaries, to create project teams capable of completing effective, quality work

•Discusses the qualifications required of the key project positions in specific detail with the profit center and department managers.

•Collaborates with the office facilities staff to address project space requirements.

Works with other managers, project engineers, and discipline leads to develop budgets, schedules, and plans for the various elements of a project

•Ensures that the project meets or exceeds goals established in these plans

•Works with the key project individual to devise and execute actions plans to rectify potential cost overruns or delays, or to accommodate significant changes to the scope of work

•Advises the client and company management of any such changes. The Project Manager is specifically responsible for maintaining current and timely change orders

•Promotes technical and commercial excellence on the project through application of Quality Assurance processes

•Monitors and reports to management on the progress of all project activity within the program, including significant milestones, and any conditions, which would affect project cost or schedule.

•Establishes weekly meeting to review project status and formulate action items

Performs other responsibilities associated with this position as may be appropriate.

PREFERRED EDUCATION/EXPERIENCE:

•Bachelor's degree in Engineering (or related field)

•20 years of related work experience, including supervisory/managerial experience

•Professional Engineer License required

•Proven ability for managing a large group of engineering/technical personnel

•Directing work involving complex technical situations

•Excellent written and oral communications skills

•Thorough knowledge of industry practices and regulations are required

•Must also possess a thorough knowledge of current technology and the capabilities and efficiencies of specific engineering software for use in completing engineering assignments.

Security Clearance Requirement:

None

This position is part of our Critical Infrastructure team.

For more than 80 years, our experts have designed and delivered the critical infrastructure that connects and protects communities around the world. We work in collaborative teams, both within the company and with our partners and customers, to plan, design, build, and modernize infrastructure. We take special pride in projects and solutions that improve communities as well as people’s quality of life by promoting economic growth, enhancing mobility, and increasing sustainability and resiliency. Powered by our people, we provide the imagination necessary to support our customers’ visions—and to help them see what's next!

Salary Range: $157,500.00 - $283,500.00

We value our employees and want our employees to take care of their overall wellbeing, which is why we offer best-in-class benefits such as medical, dental, vision, paid time off, Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP), 401(k), life insurance, flexible work schedules, and holidays to fit your busy lifestyle!

This position will be posted for a minimum of 3 days and will continue to be posted for an average of 30 days until a qualified applicant is selected or the position has been cancelled.

Parsons is an equal opportunity employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, veteran status or any other protected status.

We truly invest and care about our employee’s wellbeing and provide endless growth opportunities as the sky is the limit, so aim for the stars! Imagine next and join the Parsons quest—APPLY TODAY!

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