Director of Asset Advisory

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City: remote 

State: Remote

Job Title: Director of Asset Advisory

SUMMARY: Accomplishes objectives by providing leadership, management, attention to fiscal responsibility, and quality service to internal and external clients. Serves as an available consultative resource for all clients, and may participate in sales calls, presentations and trade shows as required. Responsibilities include overseeing the delivery processes, ensuring fiscal responsibility, and maintaining high-quality service for internal and external clients. This role involves strategic planning, collaboration with leadership teams, and direct oversight of various departments, including IT Product Development, Quality, Training, Big Data Management, and Field Operations Management. The Director will play a pivotal role in driving operational efficiency, profitability, and client satisfaction along with proposal development for Client and Project specific Scopes of Work and direct interface with Sales staff to assure client’s expectations and needs are met. As new programs are developed, the Director is involved in project scope of work and costing models development and implementation. Interfaces on a regular basis with leadership team, ensuring conformance of the program standards and procedures, and provides guidance and assistance to technical and administrative support staff. The Director will work at developing its leaders, creating overall operational plans that focus on strategic priorities to deliver the yearly financial objectives and positioning the business for continued growth.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES include the following. Other job-related duties may be assigned in conformance with state and federal regulations.

1. Leads the Facility Condition Assessment, Energy, and American Disability Act (ADA) Services within the Asset Management division.

2. Designs new initiatives to ensure operational efficiency is maximized.

3. Implements and oversees standard Project Management standards in adherence to PMBOK

4. Accountable for specific business service lines profit & loss center

5. Develops and tracks against baseline cost models to ensure business profitability.

6. Responsible for managing and maximizing team’s utilization metrics and appropriate resource assignment.

7. Creates career progression roadmaps for employees under direct hierarchy.

8. Provides standardization of operating procedures across similar project types to gain operational efficiency.

9. Develops 3/6/9 month look ahead to support business growth, revenue generation, hiring plans, and resource utilization.

10. Coordinates with clients and leadership team to ensure high quality production and ensures client satisfaction.

11. Performs QA/QC review and final reviews for complex technical protocols by evaluating and interpreting data to characterize recognized architectural and engineering concerns identified at property, reviewing, and editing deliverable quality reports and accompanying correspondence for complex client protocols.

12. Meets with new and existing Clients as necessary to further strengthen and expand BV’s relationships. Serves as liaison to the Client during the performance of work and consults with the Client as needed.

13. Travel by Plane, Motor Vehicle, Train (30% of workweek) to client sites across the U.S and team visits.

14. Maintains profitability goals as established in the budgets, based on workforce capacity and revenue goals.

15. Plans departmental objectives by studying requirements, market demand, identifying and forecasting trends, conferring and collaborating with other members of management.

16. Works closely with leadership to create annual budget and quarterly updates.

17. Participates in regularly scheduled meetings and special committees and assists the leadership team as needed to help achieve operational goals.

18. Provides leadership and champions new services in support of BV growth.

19. Drives team performance based on KPIs and measurable service delivery.

20. Ascertains and communicates Client expectations/objectives within sales and operations and evaluates the opportunity to upsell.

21. Utilize data analytics to drive business decisions.

22. Responsible for the efficient and effective allocation of departmental resources.

23. Maintains departmental operations by initiating, coordinating, and enforcing project, operational and personnel policies and procedures.

24. Maintains open communication with management and staff regarding departmental and operational matters.

25. Provides technical expertise/guidance for department by monitoring technical updates/changes for department based on the industry and maintaining technical competencies requirements for department staff.

26. Assists Talent Acquisition team by performing interviews and phone screens of prospective candidates.

27. Assists in the development of training programs and provides technical training on an as-needed basis to our clients.

28. Ensures standard operating procedures are documented.

29. Upholds and guides to ensure industry standards are met.

30. Enhances professional and technical knowledge by attending educational workshops, reviewing professional publications, establishing personal networks and participating in professional societies.

31. Protects operations by keeping company information confidential.

32. Delivers outstanding customer service through timely response and proactive solutions to clients’ needs.

33. Demonstrates BV’s guiding principles in support of the company's strategic goals.

34. Follows all documented policies, Standard Operating Procedures, and Work Instructions applicable to the position and support of BV's quality standards and strategic initiatives.

35. Maintains safe and clean work area by complying with all procedures, rules, and regulations.

36. Must be able to meet the physical demands of the job.

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES:

Supervises employees on the team in a direct reporting relationship. Carries out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with the organization's policies and applicable laws. Responsibilities include training employees, planning, assigning, and directing work, appraising performance, addressing complaints, and resolving problems.

QUALIFICATIONS: 

Education and/or Experience:

Bachelor's degree (B.A. or B.S.) from four-year college or university in related field; minimum of seven years of related experience.

In lieu of degree, ten years of related experience and/or training, or equivalent combination of education and experience.

Experience with managing greater than 75 team members preferred.

Required to have a minimum of two years of P&L management.

Certificates, Licenses, Registrations:

1. Valid driver's license required with no significant MVA points/violations (clean driving record).

2. Current PMP preferred for Project Management Department.

3. Current Registered Architect, Professional Engineer, Certified Energy Manager,  Certified Energy Engineering Professional, or ADA certified (such as ADAC, CASp, TX RAS, IBC Certified Inspector Plans Inspector) preferred for Asset Management department.

Language Ability: Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and standard operating procedures. Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from clients, peers, and technical field staff.

Reasoning Ability: Ability to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions. Ability to interpret an extensive variety of instructions and deal with several abstract and concrete variables.

Technology Skills: To perform this job successfully, an individual must be proficient in operating a computer, having knowledge of word processing software, spreadsheet software, and project management software.

Knowledge, Skills, and Other Abilities:

1. Ability to motivate, develop, and direct people

1. Time management skills

2. Active listening skills

3. Critical thinking skills

4. Problem solving skills

5. Oral and written communication skills

6. Ability to work independently, as well as in a team environment.

7. Ability to work in a constant state of alertness and safe manner.

8. Ability to successfully work from remote location.

9. Ability to meet the physical demands of the job.

10. Must have a cell phone and supply your own internet service.

Equal Opportunity Employer/Veterans/Disabled. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran status or on the basis of disability. An Equal Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or protected veteran status and will not be discriminated against on the basis of disability.

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