Performance Management Lead

10+ years of experience in program controls or performance management supporting large, complex rail or transit capital programs.

Experience supporting rail or transit programs with complex systems integration, third-party interfaces, or regulatory oversight.

Experience with data analytics and performance reporting tools.

Proficiency with Microsoft Power BI, Oracle Cloud Analytics, or other dashboard KPI reporting software.

Expected Salary: $130k-$235k/year ($62-$113/hour).

Luster provides the salary range that the company in good faith believes it might offer for this position based on the successful candidate’s level of experience, knowledge, skills, abilities, education, certifications, licenses, geographic location, etc. Luster reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range depending on circumstances not related to any status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.

Unlimited flexible time off

Paid holidays

Paid parental leave

We’re seeking a Performance Management Lead to support large, complex rail and transit capital programs, as well as other heavy-civil infrastructure efforts including highways, bridges, and airport projects delivered through both traditional and alternative methods.

This role is responsible for stewarding the program capital baseline and integrating cost, schedule, and risk information to assess performance, identify trends, and provide forward-looking insight to support informed decision-making across major capital programs.

Serve as the lead steward of the program capital baseline, including ownership of the underlying technical documentation, systems, and data structures that support performance tracking and governance.

Define, maintain, and continuously improve methodologies for measuring progress and performance against the capital baseline.

Assess cost forecasts, schedules, and risk updates across the program to evaluate alignment with the capital baseline and identify emerging variances, trends, and potential impacts.

Lead or support development of annual budgets and multi-year forecasts, including clearly documenting and explaining year-over-year changes, drivers, and assumptions.