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Director of Customer Access

LinkedIn BART Oakland, CA
Not Applicable Posted March 17, 2026 Job link
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Requirements
  • Comprehensive knowledge of multimodal transportation access programs, including pedestrian, bicycle, bus/shuttle, paratransit, parking, and emerging mobility services in a transit environment.
  • Thorough understanding of the Americans with Disabilities Act requirements for public transportation, ADA paratransit eligibility and service standards, accessible design principles, and accessibility compliance processes.
  • Strong stakeholder engagement skills, including facilitating advisory committees, conducting community outreach, managing sensitive public inquiries, and building consensus among diverse stakeholders.
  • Excellent project management and contract administration skills, including negotiating and administering professional services and operations contracts and overseeing consultant work.
  • Demonstrated ability to coordinate cross-functionally with other teams in a large, complex transit organization.
  • Experience preparing Board-level reports and presentations, briefing senior executives, and translating technical access and accessibility issues into clear recommendations for decision-makers.
  • Proven leadership and people management skills, including the ability to select, train, motivate, and develop professional staff and build high-performing teams.
  • The selected candidate must demonstrate a work history reflecting reliability and dependability, and may be required to provide copies of certificates, diplomas, or other documentation required by law, including proof of authorization to work in the United States.
  • Experience
  • The equivalent of seven (7) years of (full-time equivalent) verifiable professional customer access planning and administration experience which must have included at least three (3) years of management experience.
  • Operational characteristics, services and activities of transportation access programs including bus intermodal services, contracted bus and paratransit services, parking, bike and pedestrian access
  • Principles and practices of operating and capital budgets
  • Principles and practices of program development, project management, and administration
  • Principles and practices of budget preparation and administration
  • Mandated program rules and regulations including the Americans with Disabilities Act
  • Related Federal, State and local laws, codes and regulations
  • Overseeing and participating in the management of a comprehensive transportation access program
  • Preparing and administering large program budgets
  • Preparing clear and concise administrative and financial reports
  • Researching, analyzing and evaluating new service delivery methods and techniques
  • Evaluating District access requirements
  • Negotiating agreements with local agencies, developers and private organizations
  • Interpreting and applying applicable Federal, State and local policies, laws and regulations
  • Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work including BART Board members and stakeholders
Preferred Skills
  • Additional professional experience as outlined above may be substituted for the education on a year-for- year basis.
  • Knowledge of:
  • Researching, analyzing and evaluating new service delivery methods and techniques
  • Evaluating District access requirements
  • Negotiating agreements with local agencies, developers and private organizations
  • Interpreting and applying applicable Federal, State and local policies, laws and regulations
  • Establishing and maintaining effective working relationships with those contacted in the course of work including BART Board members and stakeholders
Education
  • (Not required) – Possession of a bachelor’s degree in transportation planning, urban planning, business administration, public administration or a closely related field from an accredited college or university.
  • (Required) – The equivalent of seven (7) years of (full-time equivalent) verifiable professional customer access planning and administration experience which must have included at least three (3) years of management experience.
  • (Not required) – Substitution
  • (Not required) – Additional professional experience as outlined above may be substituted for the education on a year-for- year basis.
  • (Not required) – A college degree is preferred.
  • (Not required) – Knowledge of: