Planning - Local Business Leader

WSP USA, Inc. is looking for a Local Business Leader for our Raleigh, North Carolina Planning Practice, as a Vice President in Transportation Planning for our North Carolina-based planning team.

This position is expected to organise, plan, and grow our Advisory & Planning services in the state of North Carolina. You will be a client advisor, staff manager, and pursuit and project manager on North Carolina and regional projects and programs. This role involves working closely with planning, environmental, civil, and transit/rail staff across WSP to research, analyse, document, and present information related to various types of transportation projects across the region.

Your Impact

• Lead our North Carolina-based team of land use, transit/transportation, and environmental planners.
• Provide profit & loss leadership over projects, pursuits, and staff, including managing and directing successful outcomes for key performance indicators.
• Offer proactive and strategic leadership for the planning discipline and function, providing direction, expertise, and support to ensure technically proficient and high-quality planning deliverables are provided to our clients.
• Contribute to and manage multi-disciplinary project teams in all phases of project execution and delivery.
• Lead larger-scale, more complex transportation planning projects, ensuring contributors know their tasks and deadlines, preparing and overseeing project budgets, monitoring external events, tracking hours and expenses, and supervising subcontractors and employees.
• Ensure compliance with applicable Federal, State, and Local Agency laws, policies, and regulatory requirements.
• Support the long-term strategy, growth, and pipeline development of transportation and environmental planning work for WSP in your assigned area.
• Lead technical aspects of contract negotiation, presentations, and meetings.
• Assist with preparing annual updates to business tactical action plans.
• Develop and improve planning discipline certifications, accreditations, and value proposition.
• Conduct needs analyses and client value surveys to align the planning discipline's function with business and project strategy.
• Schedule planning discipline meetings and provide updates and recommendations.
• Serve as a liaison to external entities, including Federal, State, and Local Agencies, clients, subcontractors, and industry-related groups.
• Develop proposal and project scopes, timelines, pricing, and budgetary metrics.
• Interpret and summarise data to minimise impacts to the community, population, local economy, and environment.
• Maintain and grow a client base for providing Transportation Planning services.
• Manage and provide performance guidance and leadership to assigned staff.
• Remain current in the latest transportation, urban, and environmental planning subject matter, practices, regulations, and techniques.
• Collaborate with professionals from various disciplines to provide 'trusted advisor' services and future-ready solutions for clients.
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources, and conduct.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• A minimum of 12 years of progressively responsible experience in land use, transportation planning, environmental planning, or policy work.
• Experience working on and leading projects similar to those described, overseeing the work of others or managing staff.
• A Bachelor's degree in Transportation Planning, Urban Planning, Environmental Planning, Civil Engineering, Public Policy, or a related field.
• Ability to develop business and technical strategy with others and manage high-quality technical and professional deliverables.
• Experience with state DOTs, local municipalities, metropolitan planning organisations, and North Carolina regulatory agencies.
• Project administration and management experience in the transportation sector.
• Strong communication skills, high energy, enthusiasm, and a positive attitude.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office programs, including Outlook, Word, Excel, and PowerPoint.
• Ability to effectively present and communicate ideas orally and in written form.
• Valid driver's license and ability to work in the United States.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and adhering to WSP's health, safety, and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree.
• Essential professional licensure/certification (e.g., AICP Certification).