Program Director, Aviation (Airport Terminals)

Location: Washington, DC, United States; full-time on-site role. Relocation assistance is available for qualified candidates moving to the Washington, DC metropolitan area.

Base compensation: $200,000–$275,000 annually, depending on skills, experience, education, competencies, and local market.

Company

hirify.global is a global infrastructure consulting firm with more than 3,000 employees across the Americas, Asia, and Europe, delivering sustainable and resilient transportation infrastructure.

What you will do

• Lead planning and delivery of major airport terminal design, redevelopment, and expansion programs.
• Act as the primary executive interface with airport owners, program management teams, contractors, design partners, and other stakeholders.
• Direct multidisciplinary teams of architects, engineers, planners, and specialty consultants.
• Develop execution strategies addressing cost, schedule, quality, governance, reporting, and risk.
• Provide executive oversight across planning, design, procurement, and construction support.
• Mentor project managers and technical leaders while supporting client relationships, business development, and strategic growth.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, architecture, planning, or a related discipline.
• 15+ years of progressive experience delivering major aviation infrastructure projects.
• Leadership experience on large airport terminal design programs in the United States or internationally.
• Experience managing complex multidisciplinary consultant teams and concurrent workstreams.
• Strong executive communication, stakeholder management, technical credibility, and commercial awareness.
• Understanding of airport planning, terminal design, passenger experience, operational requirements, and alternative delivery methods such as Design-Build, Progressive Design-Build, CMAR, or P3.

Nice to have

• Professional Engineer, Registered Architect, or AICP certification.
• Experience with major international hub airports and terminal programs valued at hundreds of millions or billions of dollars.
• Relationships with North American airport owners and aviation stakeholders.
• Experience leading geographically dispersed project teams.

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to lead nationally significant airport terminal programs.
• Collaboration with internationally recognized aviation experts.
• Career development opportunities within a global infrastructure consulting firm.
• Comprehensive benefits may include medical, disability and life insurance, paid time off, continuing education, employee assistance, and retirement savings with company matching.
• Inclusive workplace with equal employment opportunity and support for veterans, service members, and military spouses.