You will love this job if you enjoy leading complex projects that require both strategic thinking and disciplined execution.
Key Responsibilities
As Director, Bank Development, you will serve as a portfolio-level leader for complex, multi-year mitigation bank projects across your assigned territory. You will partner with sales teams and opportunity Project Managers to support technical proposals, assess project feasibility, and define budgets, schedules, staffing plans, resource needs, and key milestones. You will help PMs build strong project models and management plans, including work breakdown structures, communication plans, scope management plans, quality plans, risk management plans, procurement plans, reporting requirements, contracts, and sales assumptions.
In the course of the project lifecycle, you will meet regularly with PMs to review project status, manage critical issues, reinforce reporting expectations, and provide guidance on change control. You will coordinate closely with FP&A, General Managers, Client Solutions Managers, Operations Managers, PMs, and other support functions to keep projects moving and drive successful implementation. You will also help lead bank development strategy work, including market evaluation, opportunity conversion, bookings strategy, and project delivery optimization.
A significant part of your role will involve reviewing project financial performance, including budgets, percent complete, revenue, margin, cash, forecasts, and budget adjustments. You will evaluate projects through regulatory, technical, financial, and operational lenses to support sound go/no-go decisions. You will also introduce new practices, tools, training, and programs that strengthen PM capability, promote consistent project management discipline across the territory, and support PMs as a mentor, coach, and internal partner.
Lead through influence and build trust across cross-functional teams.
Enjoy coaching, mentoring, and developing Project Managers.
Communicate clearly with technical, financial, operational, and executive audiences.
Can navigate ambiguity while keeping teams focused on the next right action.
Please note that the “Day in the Life” section is not intended to be an exhaustive list of job duties, but rather a representative snapshot of typical responsibilities and work experiences at RES.
Requirements
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in applied sciences, engineering, construction, environmental restoration, or a related field.
7+ years of progressive experience in an applied-sciences, engineering, construction, restoration, mitigation banking, or related project environment.
5+ years of project management experience and/or team leadership experience.
Experience leading complex projects from conception through completion.
Experience managing, mentoring, coaching, or providing oversight to Project Managers or multidisciplinary project teams.
Strong understanding of project planning, scheduling, execution, reporting, and delivery.
Ability to evaluate projects based on regulatory, technical, financial, and operational requirements.
Experience estimating project work and evaluating subcontractor bids.
Familiarity with project management software, project tracking systems, proposal development, or structured reporting tools.