Director of Curb Planning and Management

Transportation Planning and Management (TPM) is responsible for the safe, efficient, and environmentally responsible movement of people and goods on the City's streets, supporting the larger goals of economic and social vitality for people living, working, and doing business in New York City. The Division's responsibilities include planning, street design, technical analysis, signs, transit development, freight mobility, and markings, ensuring the safety of motor vehicle occupants, pedestrians, and cyclists. The Office of Curb Management within TPM is seeking a motivated Director of Curb Planning and Management. In this role, the candidate will oversee programs that plan and operate in the curb space, including Parking Planning and Policy, Carshare, taxi stands, waste containerization, and a newly formed time-lapse data collection and photography unit. The candidate will establish agency direction, with partners, related to parking policies, and will oversee the creation of parking plans to support Street Improvement Projects (SIPs). The candidate will also partner with programs that utilize the curb space, helping to organize this valuable asset in ways that accommodate waste containerization, Carshare, taxi stands, and other uses so a variety of people can benefit from the space. They will also oversee time-lapse data collection processes and before/after photography of SIPs and other projects. The candidate should have a solid foundation of experience in transportation planning and data collection of parking and transportation metrics. The candidate should have experience managing staff and should be comfortable with public speaking. They should also be comfortable with and proficient in creating reports and presentations that distill complex information for both technical and non-technical audiences. The candidate will have latitude for independent judgment and will be relied upon to keep the work in their portfolio moving. The successful candidate will also participate in the general strategic planning/problem-solving sessions and assist in the development and deployment of new technologies, programs, processes, and other strategies. The candidate may also be asked to support special initiatives, projects, and other duties assigned to the Unit. STRATEGIC INITIATIVE SPECIALIS - 13389 1. A master's degree in transportation planning, transportation engineering, mathematics, urban planning, architecture, landscape architecture, urban studies, or related physical and social science fields; or 2. A baccalaureate degree in engineering from an accredited college and one year of full-time satisfactory experience performing technical work on roadway transportation and traffic studies and area-wide traffic programs; or 3. A baccalaureate degree from an accredited college and two years of full-time satisfactory experience as described in "2" above; or 4. An associate degree or completion of 60 semester credits from an accredited college and four years of full-time satisfactory experience as described in "2" above; or 5. A four-year high school diploma or its educational equivalent and six years of full-time satisfactory experience as described in "2" above. The City of New York is an inclusive equal opportunity employer committed to recruiting and retaining a diverse workforce and providing a work environment that is free from discrimination and harassment based upon any legally protected status or protected characteristic, including but not limited to an individual's sex, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, age, religion, disability, sexual orientation, veteran status, gender identity, or pregnancy.