Jobs at Dallas Area Rapid Transit

Performs budgeting, financial, contractual, accounting, and business analysis for operations departments. Prepares cost models, forecasts, variance analyses, journal entries, reports, purchase orders, invoices, and capital project estimates. Supports performance management, project information management, staffing coordination, policy interpretation, and department operating plans. Provides technical assistance and training while serving as a liaison to department personnel and management.

Directs budgeting, forecasting, financial analysis, accounting, and operating budget management across multiple departments. Oversees Cognos budget applications, standard operating procedures, process improvements, and business process re-engineering. Leads business analysts, manages professional staff, supports major projects, develops departmental budgets, provides reporting and training, and advises communications leadership on financial and operational decisions.

Leads enterprise software engineering strategy, architecture, development, modernization, and support for transit, customer-facing, and operational systems. Manages engineering teams, software delivery practices, budgets, vendors, cybersecurity compliance, AI initiatives, and application roadmaps. Oversees Agile, DevOps, DevSecOps, CI/CD, testing, and release management while ensuring reliable, secure, scalable solutions. Provides mentoring, executive reporting, project oversight, and emergency technology support.

Analyzes, forecasts, reconciles, and reports on fare revenue, ridership, transactions, budgets, and operational trends. Investigates variances, fraud risks, customer disputes, refunds, and PCI compliance. Builds dashboards, data pipelines, and financial models; identifies automation opportunities; develops SOPs; and provides recommendations, technical assistance, and training to staff and management.

Provides strategic leadership for transit asset management, state-of-good-repair initiatives, reliability engineering, resiliency projects, and the Dallas Streetcar program. Oversees lifecycle planning, condition assessments, capital programs, budgets, compliance, procurements, engineering reviews, testing, commissioning, and contractor performance. Advises executive leadership on asset condition, risk-based investments, and system reliability while coordinating with internal departments, regulators, consultants, contractors, and external stakeholders.

Executive leader responsible for DART’s development portfolio, including capital planning, capital program governance, real estate, transit-oriented development, environmental compliance, design, construction, and infrastructure investment. Advises the CEO, oversees major capital projects and funding strategies, manages financial and operational risks, engages boards and stakeholders, and ensures programs align with strategic, regulatory, and service objectives. Leads multidisciplinary teams and promotes organizational excellence, succession planning, innovation, and accountability.

Provides executive leadership for a public transit agency’s capital program, overseeing planning, environmental review, design, construction, activation, and closeout of complex infrastructure projects. Manages multidisciplinary teams, budgets, schedules, risks, contracts, funding, regulatory compliance, consultants, contractors, and stakeholder relationships. Represents capital delivery before boards, governments, regulators, communities, and funding partners while promoting safety, accountability, innovation, and continuous improvement.

Leads DART’s enterprise procurement services, including contracting, purchasing, materials management, vendor management, and supplier diversity. Establishes procurement strategy, governance, compliance standards, budgets, performance measures, and workforce plans. Advises executive leaders and the Board, manages risk and major contracts, develops procurement talent, and advances strategic sourcing, analytics, technology modernization, process improvement, and stakeholder partnerships.

The Executive Vice President and Chief Communications Officer leads enterprise communications, marketing, public relations, business development, brand strategy, customer engagement, and internal communications. The role advises executive leadership and the board, manages communications teams, develops media and crisis strategies, oversees stakeholder relations and digital content, strengthens employee engagement, and represents the agency publicly. The position requires strategic leadership across a public-sector transportation organization and responsibility for reputation, culture, customer-focused messaging, and organizational growth.