Advisory Services Manager

The Advisory Services Manager leads the Advisory Services (AS) line for RES Region 8 under the General Manager. The role owns AS operations, growth, and resource management, including work in progress (WIP), margin maintenance, revenue projections, and developing and executing growth strategies across multiple service lines. The manager serves as the central point of coordination for the AS divisions and the coastal lead and is directly responsible for key municipal, regional, and commercial client relationships.

A Day in the Life of an Advisory Services Manager

• Own AS financial performance: review financials, correct accounting anomalies, ensure revenue and expense matching, and track collections.
• Maintain margins and protect profitability by reviewing project performance, leading rate negotiations, and driving fee schedule updates.
• Own the AS WIP and revenue projections, and build the plans that deliver growth targets across service lines.
• Lead go/no-go decisions, market and sales planning, and go-to-market strategies.
• Lead qualification and FAR audit activities for key municipal and public entities.
• Direct the four AS divisions and the coastal lead, coordinating work across groups.
• Run recurring business-driving meetings with project managers, division managers, and supervisors to keep projects on track, staff utilized, and delivery on schedule.
• Own client relationships for key municipal, regional, and commercial accounts.
• Make hiring decisions for the AS group, manage performance and progressive discipline, and recognize strong performance.
• Support M&A evaluation and integration activity when appropriate.

We want to speak with you if you have these skills and competencies:

• 12 years of related experience leading a professional services or advisory business line, including P&L, WIP, and resource management.
• Bachelor's Degree in Science or Engineering 
• Experience with public-sector and municipal clients and qualification processes is preferred.
• Financial acumen: a logical approach to financial management, margin evaluation, and WIP adjustments.
• Agile leadership: strong time management, with the ability to monitor many moving parts and move quickly into and out of high-priority issues.
• Talent development: a proven ability to assess people in interviews, identify structural gaps, delegate effectively, and enforce accountability.
• Approachable, patient, and an active listener.
• Resilient, able to have direct, difficult conversations and to receive criticism objectively.
• Culturally sensitive and self-aware.