Practice Lead - Mitigation

Summary

Join Tidal Basin as a Practice Leader for its national Mitigation practice. This leadership role requires enhancing existing business, attracting new clients, and developing a market strategy. Responsibilities include delivering high-quality mitigation projects, supporting disaster mitigation efforts, and mentoring team members. The ideal candidate possesses deep experience in mitigation, strong leadership skills, and excellent client relations. A Bachelor's degree and 15 years of relevant experience are required, along with specific licenses and certifications. This position involves significant travel.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s Degree in Emergency Management, Planning, Engineering/Architecture, Environmental, Finance or related degree
• 15 years of progressively increasing responsibility and experience delivering mitigation projects and programs at the Federal, State, Local, Tribal or Territorial Levels
• Licensure in Field of Study (i.e. CEM, AICP, PE, AIA, CPA)
• Project Management Professional (PMP)
• Experience leading diverse technical and geographic teams

Responsibilities

• Support the State, Local and Commercial (SLC) division leadership in providing high quality, timely, and profitable delivery of the Mitigation project portfolio
• Develop, influence and implement a Mitigation market strategy, utilizing Tidal Basin’s national teams and capabilities
• Support the SLC leadership by providing recommendations and guidance on a portfolio of projects or programs of significant size, complexity, and significant financial impact
• Help grow the Mitigation planning, design, grants management, and consulting practice
• Work closely and collaboratively with the SLC leadership to share resources, augment capabilities, and bring the best of Tidal Basin to each and every project
• Support disaster mitigation projects by providing expertise and guidance
• Support the SLC leadership in identifying new staff for hiring and cross-train existing staff to deliver mitigation projects, fostering a culture of trust, accountability, leadership, and ownership within the organization
• Participate in and help drive innovative workstreams to differentiate Tidal Basin and address market changes, challenges, and opportunities
• Support production of winning proposals (both technical and cost)
• Prepare and lead client presentations and interviews
• Support the refinement of existing delivery strategies to improve predictability, quality, and efficiency
• Build relationships with senior leaders at Federal, State, Local, Territorial, Tribal and commercial entities alongside company leadership
• Attract and secure new Mitigation clients and build the opportunity pipeline alongside SLC leadership
• Travel as-needed to support project, client, and team needs (estimate 50% of time)
• Provide thought leadership ideas internally and externally
• Serve as a Subject Matter Expert and mentor for Mitigation projects across the organization

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s Degree
• Deep understanding of project management and consulting service model
• Deep experience in all facets of Mitigation including but not limited to federal grant and reimbursement programs from FEMA, HUD, and others
• Experience working to deploy solutions to support clients in project and program management in one of the Tidal Basin Service Lines (Public Assistance, Response, Preparedness, Housing, Financial and Program Management, Mitigation)
• Provide strong, dynamic leadership that mentors, develops, and guides team members, staff, and client relationships
• Excellent oral, written, organizational, and time management skills, with ability to multi-task and work with minimal or no supervision
• Experience working with federal grant-funded programs
• Excellent client relations and an understanding of local, state, and federal government