Director, Bus Rapid Transit

Trans Link is seeking a senior leader to provide strategic direction and oversight for the planning and delivery of Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) and Bus Speed and Reliability (BSR) programs across Metro Vancouver. This role plays a key leadership function with cross‑functional teams in the Trans Link enterprise. division and contributes to some of Trans Link’s most visible and complex transit initiatives including advancement of the King George Boulevard, Langley Centre‑Haney Place, and Metrotown – North Short BRT corridors.

Reporting to the Vice President, Transportation Planning & Policy, the Director, BRT leads multi‑disciplinary, cross‑enterprise teams and works closely with municipalities, provincial partners, and internal stakeholders to advance priority bus corridors that improve customer experience, operational reliability, and system performance.

• The Director, Bus Rapid Transit is accountable for delivering strategic and measurable outcomes. Advance priority Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) corridors by applying strong knowledge of transit and bus corridor planning to ensure projects are technically sound, clearly scoped, and positioned to move efficiently into detailed design and implementation once funding is secured.
• Prepare projects for successful funding and delivery by developing BRT and related initiatives that are well supported by municipalities, stakeholders, and communities, with clearly articulated costs, risks, benefits, and delivery pathways, and by establishing effective governance, decision‑making frameworks, and project controls that enable executive‑level oversight and funding decisions.
• Provide strategic leadership across a matrixed organization by leading and coordinating senior managers and teams embedded across planning, engineering, public affairs, and operations, and by fostering alignment, role clarity, and accountability across complex, cross‑enterprise work streams through influence and collaboration
• Advance Bus Speed and Reliability (BSR) initiatives by applying knowledge of bus operations and transit priority measures to support the delivery of a portfolio of funded projects, working collaboratively with municipal partners to reduce bus delay and improve service reliability and customer experience.
• Shape longer‑term bus priority strategy by applying systems‑level transportation planning knowledge to contribute to an integrated, region‑wide approach to identifying and prioritizing bus corridors, including BRT, Rapid Bus, and targeted transit priority interventions.
• Represent Trans Link at senior levels by using strong written, verbal, and interpersonal skills to prepare and deliver briefings and presentations to the Executive Team, Board of Directors, Mayors’ Council, and municipal councils, and to represent Trans Link effectively in high‑profile, complex discussions with external partners and stakeholders.

This role requires a senior leader who is comfortable operating in a complex, highly visible public‑sector environment. The successful candidate will bring:

• Significant experience in transit or transportation, with a strong preference for bus and surface transit planning and delivery.
• Demonstrated success working with municipal governments, external agencies, and senior stakeholders in politically sensitive contexts.
• Experience leading large, matrixed teams, where influence, collaboration, and relationship‑building are critical.
• Strong communication and judgment, with the ability to balance technical, political, community, and organizational considerations.
• A demonstrated commitment to equity, diversity, and inclusion, including experience integrating equity‑informed and Indigenous engagement approaches into planning and decision‑making.
• A graduate degree (or equivalent combination of education and experience) in planning, engineering, or a related discipline.
• Approximately ten (10) or more years of progressively responsible leadership experience in transit, transportation, or a related public‑sector environment.

37.5 hours per week.

Hybrid

This position offers the flexibility of working both on‑site and remotely within B.C.