Senior Technical Manager – Archaeologist

This is a fully remote position, open to applicants in California.

📋 Description

• Oversee intricate archaeological and cultural resource initiatives, ensuring effective management of scope, budget, schedule, staffing, technical quality, and client relationships.

• Act as the primary point of contact for clients, fostering robust and enduring relationships.

• Formulate technical strategies and methodologies for archaeological surveys, monitoring, testing, evaluation, data recovery, and various other investigations.

• Direct and guide archaeological field investigations, offering senior technical oversight as necessary.

• Create, review, and ensure quality assurance/quality control for technical reports, research designs, regulatory documents, proposals, and additional deliverables.

• Offer technical advice related to NEPA, NHPA Sections 106 and 110, CEQA, ARPA, NAGPRA, and other relevant federal, state, Tribal, and local regulations.

• Utilize knowledge of California regulations, including CEQA, AB 52, and SB 18, as relevant.

• Recognize project risks and devise effective solutions to technical, regulatory, budgetary, scheduling, and staffing issues.

• Mentor and provide technical direction to Project Managers, Technical Specialists, and archaeological personnel.

• Collaborate across various disciplines within Verdantas to ensure successful multidisciplinary project execution.

• Develop scopes, budgets, schedules, staffing plans, and technical strategies for proposals and projects.

• Lead and facilitate business development, client outreach, proposal initiatives, and pursuit strategies.

• Identify opportunities to broaden cultural resource services with both existing and potential clients.

• Represent Verdantas in interactions with clients, agencies, Tribal representatives, teaming partners, and industry organizations.

⛳️ Requirements

• Advanced degree in archaeology, anthropology, historical archaeology, or a closely related discipline.

• At least 7 years of progressively responsible experience in cultural resource management, including project leadership, supervision, or management.

• Proven experience in leading archaeological field investigations and conducting technical studies.

• Significant experience in preparing and reviewing archaeological reports and regulatory documentation.

• Understanding of federal, state, Tribal, and local cultural resource regulations and agency processes.

• Experience in managing project scopes, budgets, schedules, staffing, and proposals.

• Excellent client management, business development, technical writing, and communication skills.

• Proven ability to mentor and develop technical staff.

• Valid driver’s license and capability to travel and perform or oversee fieldwork as project requirements dictate.

• RPA certification is strongly preferred.

• Experience as a Principal Investigator or in a similar archaeological technical leadership role is preferred.

• Experience collaborating with Tribal Nations, THPOs, SHPOs, federal agencies, and other reviewing agencies is preferred.

🏝️ Benefits

• Flexible Work Environment

• Paid Parental Leave

• Medical

• Dental

• Vision

• Life and AD&D Insurance

• Short-Term and Long-Term Disability

• 401(k) with Company Match

• Paid Time Off + Holidays