Director of Strategic Programs
Hoffman Construction Company, Lake Oswego, Oregon, United States, 97034
Build What Matters. Create What’s Next.
Hoffman Construction
is a forward-thinking, self-performing builder specializing in technically complex, sustainable projects across advanced technology, mission critical, life sciences, healthcare, higher education, and commercial markets. Since 1922, we’ve grown from entrepreneurial roots into a multi-billion-dollar, employee-owned enterprise—now a dynamic family of companies with a national presence and a legacy of excellence.
At Hoffman Construction, your potential has room to grow. Whether you're on a jobsite or in a corporate office, you’ll be empowered to take initiative, explore new paths, and shape the future of construction. We believe in building opportunity together—by unlocking talent, inspiring innovation, and driving forward the ideas that make a difference.
Join us and benefit from:
Competitive pay and advancement opportunities
Ongoing professional training and development
Comprehensive benefits—including free primary care for you and your family
through our dedicated clinics, health insurance, paid time off, and a generous retirement plan.
A culture rooted in inclusion, collaboration, and respect.
We’re hiring across all departments. Discover your future with us.
www.hoffmancorp.com/careers
Job Summary: The Director of Strategic Programs leads the company’s most critical cross-functional initiatives — the work that spans departments, impacts active projects, and directly affects clients and long-term performance. This role partners closely with executive leadership, operations, and project teams to turn strategic priorities into programs that are clearly defined, well-coordinated, and successfully delivered. This is a hands‑on leadership role for someone who understands complex, delivery‑driven organizations and can drive execution without adding unnecessary process.
Why This Role Matters This role ensures the company’s most important initiatives don’t stall between departments or compete with project demands. The Director of Strategic Programs brings clarity, coordination, and momentum — helping teams execute change while staying focused on delivering work for clients.
Key Responsibilities:
Own and lead enterprise-level programs and initiatives that span multiple departments and projects.
Translate executive priorities into clear program plans, deliverables, timelines, and accountability.
Coordinate work across operations, project teams, preconstruction, finance, IT, and other support functions.
Break down silos by aligning teams around shared goals, roles, and decision paths.
Serve as the single point of accountability for program progress, risks, and outcomes.
Partner with project teams and, when needed, engage directly with clients on initiatives that affect delivery.
Establish a practical operating cadence to keep work moving and leadership informed.
Identify risks early, surface trade‑offs, and drive timely decision‑making.
Ensure initiatives land in day‑to‑day operations and deliver measurable value.
Qualifications
Significant experience leading large, cross‑functional programs in construction or similarly complex, project‑based environments.
Strong understanding of GC operations, project delivery, and field realities.
Proven ability to lead through influence and work effectively across all levels of the organization.
Comfortable operating between strategy and execution — from high‑level planning to detailed follow‑through.
Clear, direct communicator with a bias toward action and results.
Physical and Mental Requirements:
Standing/Walking/Sitting: Workday is a combination of being stationary and moving about the work location.
Must be able to work outdoors in varying weather conditions and on active construction sites.
Must be able to climb stairs, to ascend and descend ladders, scaffolds, stairs and inspect confined spaces or underground spaces.
Hands/Arms: Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer. Frequently operates machinery and will use hands/fingers and legs to operate, activate, use, prepare, inspect, place, detect and position materials.
Sight: Specific vision abilities required include close vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus in an outdoor environment. Must be able to safely operate a vehicle with a valid driver’s license. The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; reading printed and digital documents.
Hearing: Must be able to work in proximity to loud equipment more than 75% of the time. Must be able to wear hearing protection, as necessary. Often required to communicate with customers and coworkers in an office setting and on the job site.
Speech: Ability to communicate laws, ordinances, plans, regulations, protocols, directives, and standard operating procedures related to project scope in English.
Lift/Carry: Must have the ability to lift or manipulate fifty pounds to a height of three feet and carry or push it 50‑100 feet.
Bending/Twisting: Frequent.
Kneeling/Crouching/Crawling: Must be able to regularly position self in a kneeling, crouching or crawling position for the purpose of examining project work.
Must be able to physically access all areas and levels of construction site for work progress review.
Work schedule must be flexible to allow extended hours or off‑shift work to accommodate changing construction schedule and sequences.
Must use independent judgment, and organizational and critical thinking skills to determine best method to accomplish desired results.
Application review will consider without limitation the following criteria: qualifications, education, and experience specific to the job description/duties as well as prior experience with Hoffman Construction. Applicants must be able to pass the Hoffman Drug and Alcohol test.
Hoffman Construction is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
This job description is intended to outline the general nature and level of work being performed by employees. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of responsibilities, duties, or skills required of the employee of this job. Furthermore, this description is subject to change at the discretion of the company, with or without notice.
Please note, we are not able to offer sponsorship for this position
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Hoffman Construction
is a forward-thinking, self-performing builder specializing in technically complex, sustainable projects across advanced technology, mission critical, life sciences, healthcare, higher education, and commercial markets. Since 1922, we’ve grown from entrepreneurial roots into a multi-billion-dollar, employee-owned enterprise—now a dynamic family of companies with a national presence and a legacy of excellence.
At Hoffman Construction, your potential has room to grow. Whether you're on a jobsite or in a corporate office, you’ll be empowered to take initiative, explore new paths, and shape the future of construction. We believe in building opportunity together—by unlocking talent, inspiring innovation, and driving forward the ideas that make a difference.
Join us and benefit from:
Competitive pay and advancement opportunities
Ongoing professional training and development
Comprehensive benefits—including free primary care for you and your family
through our dedicated clinics, health insurance, paid time off, and a generous retirement plan.
A culture rooted in inclusion, collaboration, and respect.
We’re hiring across all departments. Discover your future with us.
www.hoffmancorp.com/careers
Job Summary: The Director of Strategic Programs leads the company’s most critical cross-functional initiatives — the work that spans departments, impacts active projects, and directly affects clients and long-term performance. This role partners closely with executive leadership, operations, and project teams to turn strategic priorities into programs that are clearly defined, well-coordinated, and successfully delivered. This is a hands‑on leadership role for someone who understands complex, delivery‑driven organizations and can drive execution without adding unnecessary process.
Why This Role Matters This role ensures the company’s most important initiatives don’t stall between departments or compete with project demands. The Director of Strategic Programs brings clarity, coordination, and momentum — helping teams execute change while staying focused on delivering work for clients.
Key Responsibilities:
Own and lead enterprise-level programs and initiatives that span multiple departments and projects.
Translate executive priorities into clear program plans, deliverables, timelines, and accountability.
Coordinate work across operations, project teams, preconstruction, finance, IT, and other support functions.
Break down silos by aligning teams around shared goals, roles, and decision paths.
Serve as the single point of accountability for program progress, risks, and outcomes.
Partner with project teams and, when needed, engage directly with clients on initiatives that affect delivery.
Establish a practical operating cadence to keep work moving and leadership informed.
Identify risks early, surface trade‑offs, and drive timely decision‑making.
Ensure initiatives land in day‑to‑day operations and deliver measurable value.
Qualifications
Significant experience leading large, cross‑functional programs in construction or similarly complex, project‑based environments.
Strong understanding of GC operations, project delivery, and field realities.
Proven ability to lead through influence and work effectively across all levels of the organization.
Comfortable operating between strategy and execution — from high‑level planning to detailed follow‑through.
Clear, direct communicator with a bias toward action and results.
Physical and Mental Requirements:
Standing/Walking/Sitting: Workday is a combination of being stationary and moving about the work location.
Must be able to work outdoors in varying weather conditions and on active construction sites.
Must be able to climb stairs, to ascend and descend ladders, scaffolds, stairs and inspect confined spaces or underground spaces.
Hands/Arms: Constantly operates a computer and other office productivity machinery, such as a calculator, copy machine, and computer printer. Frequently operates machinery and will use hands/fingers and legs to operate, activate, use, prepare, inspect, place, detect and position materials.
Sight: Specific vision abilities required include close vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus in an outdoor environment. Must be able to safely operate a vehicle with a valid driver’s license. The worker is required to have close visual acuity to perform an activity such as: preparing and analyzing data and figures; transcribing; viewing a computer terminal; reading printed and digital documents.
Hearing: Must be able to work in proximity to loud equipment more than 75% of the time. Must be able to wear hearing protection, as necessary. Often required to communicate with customers and coworkers in an office setting and on the job site.
Speech: Ability to communicate laws, ordinances, plans, regulations, protocols, directives, and standard operating procedures related to project scope in English.
Lift/Carry: Must have the ability to lift or manipulate fifty pounds to a height of three feet and carry or push it 50‑100 feet.
Bending/Twisting: Frequent.
Kneeling/Crouching/Crawling: Must be able to regularly position self in a kneeling, crouching or crawling position for the purpose of examining project work.
Must be able to physically access all areas and levels of construction site for work progress review.
Work schedule must be flexible to allow extended hours or off‑shift work to accommodate changing construction schedule and sequences.
Must use independent judgment, and organizational and critical thinking skills to determine best method to accomplish desired results.
Application review will consider without limitation the following criteria: qualifications, education, and experience specific to the job description/duties as well as prior experience with Hoffman Construction. Applicants must be able to pass the Hoffman Drug and Alcohol test.
Hoffman Construction is an equal employment opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, protected veteran status, genetic information, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.
This job description is intended to outline the general nature and level of work being performed by employees. It is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of responsibilities, duties, or skills required of the employee of this job. Furthermore, this description is subject to change at the discretion of the company, with or without notice.
Please note, we are not able to offer sponsorship for this position
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