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Water Optimization Global Solution Program Manager (Finance)



Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 36,000 people, in over 70 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world's most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Water Optimization Global Solution Program Manager

At Arcadis we focus on attracting, retaining and developing people who share our passion and commitment to improve quality of life. In return we offer you the opportunity to transform your world and the world around you, that could be through client work, upskilling yourself, championing equality and inclusion or getting involved in charity work, to name just a few. Our people value different perspectives, they care about the sustainability of our planet and dare to shape the future.

One of our core values is 'people first', and supported by our Lovinklaan foundation, we invest in you for the long term, to ensure you reach your full potential. You'll have the opportunity to own your career and work on industry-defining projects, finding solutions to real challenges that make a difference to people's lives. You're encouraged to have a growth mindset and are given the space to develop personally and professionally, building a flexible career that works for you.

Role Description:

We are currently seeking to fill the role of Program Manager to support the Arcadis Global Solution Director for Water Optimization within the Arcadis Resilience Global Business Area. This is a leadership position with high growth potential reporting to the Global Solution Director for Water Optimization with dotted-line collaboration to the US National Water Optimization Solution Leader. This is an exciting opportunity to provide professional support across a wide range of technical, managerial, leadership, and administrative activities. This role will interface with Global Business Area Senior Leadership, Global Solution Directors, Global Service Directors, Regional Client Development Directors, Business Area Solution Leaders, Business Area Executive Teams, Product Owners, and members of the Water Optimization Solution.

The Water Optimization Solution is an area in which Arcadis is recognized as an industry leader and represents our longstanding core disciplines including without limitation, Planning, Design, Business Advisory, Program and Construction Management services for the delivery of Water and Wastewater Treatment, Wastewater Collection and Water Distribution, Water Reuse, Intelligent Water, Asset Management, Innovation and Digitization.

Role Responsibilities:

Collaborate with the Global Solution Director and the Water Optimization leadership team to 1) develop and maintain a deep understanding of our clients' needs in the areas of emerging issues, evolving market trends, and regulatory drivers focused on business growth, 2) assess the position of our competitors and 3) develop industry-leading insights to drive development of differentiated, value-added technical solutions in alignment with our global strategy. Serve as a point of contact for in-country teams to provide insight into emerging challenges and market opportunities and to connect teams to global resources. Support the Global Water Optimization Director by stimulating collaboration between global business areas and capability by organizing cross-regional meetings and improving the use of our Global Excellence Centers.

Foster collaboration across our global presence in Water Optimization through coordination with leaders across other geographies and exchanging innovative approaches and compelling value propositions to accelerate growth and enhance our position in the respective markets. Leverage a deep understanding of Water Optimization and digital solutions to support Arcadis Digital Intelligence, our digital products teams, the Innovation team and other ecosystem partners.

Support teams on strategic pursuits that drive value to our business. The Program Manager will build recognition in the market and can be client-facing during the pursuit, proposal, and presentation phase of capturing an opportunity. Where applicable, collaborates with the Solution Director to bring global knowledge and share innovative views on technological and business model developments that enhance our brand and reputation to secure strategic pursuits. Share Arcadis insights at conferences, industry events, and on social media.

Work with the Marketing Team and Account Teams to support the development of collateral and thought leadership material to leverage and differentiate our position as market leaders. Evolve and grow our focus on Water Optimization by effectively supporting our technical and client teams, building in-depth understanding of the market needs, capturing data, insights and generating discussion that drive the client experience. Collect information on significant project wins and completed case studies and maintain a reference library for Arcadis water leadership and staff. Work with GBA and Global Shared Services Center support staff to develop and disseminate quarterly newsletters to inform all Arcadis water staff on the activities of the Global Solution.

Success and Role Accountabilities:

  • Support visibility of Arcadis at and participate in industry conferences and meetings.
  • Actively participate on social media promoting Arcadis' people, projects, campaigns, thought leadership and global strategy
  • Actively participate in and contribute to the Global Solution team, supporting the export of industry-leading insights and expertise to other countries.
  • Meetings and Fostering Collaboration -coordination and meeting management, support global Community of Practice meetings, coordinate regular team meetings within the Water Optimization Global Solution.
  • Technical Support - As-appropriate technical and task support on projects; Internal presentation development; Support meeting logistics and coordination.
  • Sales and Opportunities Reporting - Develop reports and communicate on global and country project opportunities and wins. Organize and coordinate requests with Solution Director, Pursuit Managers, and Account Leaders.
  • Internal and External Content and Marketing Support - Support website updates, content approvals and requests through client managers; manage collateral and assist in the development of new technical collateral; coordinate global content and pursuit requests with Global Solution Director and Business Area Solution Leaders.
  • Actively participate in and contribute to the Global Resilience Business Area team.
  • Present the outcomes of analysis at team meetings to ensure the insights gained are clearly communicated and to propose ways in which these may be leveraged to add value.
  • Readiness to take on tasks as needed to support the goals of the business and the needs of the Solution.

Qualifications & Experience:
  • Bachelor's degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline
  • Advanced proficiency in Microsoft Office (Outlook, Teams, PowerPoint, SharePoint, PowerBI, Excel, Visio, OneNote),
  • Excellent business English both written and oral, proficient in grammar and sentence structure to support technical writing,
  • Exercise independent judgment and evaluation,
  • Demonstrate developed problem solving skills,
  • Demonstrate developed written and verbal communications skills,
  • Demonstrate interpersonal and organizational skills,
  • Demonstrate a high level of discretion and confidentiality,
  • Deal effectively with rapidly changing priorities and last minute deadlines,
  • Detail oriented, dependable, proactive and ability to work with minimum supervision,
  • Identify and comply with the main principles, including legal and regulatory controls, relevant to Arcadis policies that govern work practices,
  • Build trusted relationships with internal customers to ensure appropriate quality and service,
  • Effective research, data gathering and analysis skills,
  • Public speaking
  • Meeting facilitation
  • Effective time management and multi-tasking skills,
  • Positive attitude and willingness to learn, Professional and proactive approach.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It's why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You'll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you'll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We are an equal opportunity and affirmative action employer. Women, minorities, people with disabilities and veterans are strongly encouraged to apply. We are dedicated to a policy of non-discrimination in employment on any basis including race, creed, color, religion, national origin, sex, age, disability, marital status, sexual orientation, gender identity, citizenship status, disability, veteran status, or any other basis prohibited by law.

Arcadis offers benefits for full time and part time positions. These benefits include medical, dental, and vision, EAP, 401K, STD, LTD, AD&D, life insurance, paid parental leave, reward & recognition program and optional benefits including wellbeing benefits, adoption assistance and tuition reimbursement. We offer nine paid holidays and 15 days PTO that accrue per year. The salary range for this position is $94,944 - $145,581. Actual salaries will vary and are based on several factors, such as experience, education, budget, internal equity, project and location.

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