# Senior Vice President, Project & Program Management

**Company**: WSP
**Location**: Oakland, CA
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: executive
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $300,000-360,000/year
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Consulting

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## Description

Join WSP's growing Program Management Team in Oakland, California, as a Senior Vice President, Project & Program Management. You will serve as a program director on a mega power project, leading the delivery of multiple connected power projects through design, construction, and closeout phases.

Your Impact:

- Serve in a program director role on mega power projects

- Lead the delivery of multiple connected power projects

- Manage client commercial interests while ensuring on-time and on-budget delivery

- Conduct independent reviews of project progress and schedule analysis

- Provide solutions to project issues and strategize improvements to operational performance metrics

- Support and empower staff to execute project assignments

- Develop and maintain Project Management Plans, including Program Controls and Risk Management

- Foster relationships with clients, agencies, and stakeholders

- Lead staff development through mentoring, training, and coaching

- Ensure successful execution of consultant contracts and create a learning culture

- Develop and implement communication strategies

- Serve as a program management subject matter expert

- Manage team performance and provide leadership

- Make responsible and ethical decisions regarding company funds and resources

Who You Are:

- Bachelor's Degree in Engineering

- Extensive Design-Build project delivery experience on major utility projects

- 15+ years of relevant Program Management experience

- Proven experience in delivering public infrastructure projects with construction costs exceeding $1 billion

- Familiarity with major utility clients and agency policies

- Advanced SME-level proficiency with power engineering principles

- Strong oral and written communication skills

- Excellent computer skills, particularly with Microsoft Office Suite

- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety

- Ability to work in the US and be in the work location 5 days per week

WSP Benefits:

- Comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage

- Retirement savings

- Paid sick leave

- Paid vacation

- Paid parental leave

- Paid time off for bereavement, voting, and naturalization proceedings

Compensation:

- Expected Salary: $300,000-360,000/year

## Skills

### Required
- Engineering
- Project Management
- Power Engineering
- Microsoft Office Suite
- Communication
- Leadership

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