Description
WSP USA, Inc. is seeking a Senior Director, Local Business Leadership for its California Planning Practice. The successful candidate will be a Senior Vice President in Transportation, Environmental, or Land Use Planning, leading the California-based planning team. The role involves organizing, planning, and growing planning services in California, acting as a client advisor, staff manager, and pursuit and project manager on California and regional projects.
Your Impact
- Lead a team of land use, transit/transportation, and environmental planners in California.
- Provide profit & loss leadership over projects, pursuits, and staff.
- Offer strategic leadership for the planning discipline, ensuring high-quality deliverables.
- Manage multi-disciplinary project teams across various phases of project execution.
- Lead larger-scale transportation planning projects, ensuring profitability and performance.
- Ensure compliance with Federal, State, and Local Agency laws and regulations.
- Support long-term strategy, growth, and pipeline development for transportation and environmental planning.
- Lead technical aspects of contract negotiation and presentations.
- Assist with business tactical action plans and ensure planning discipline certifications are developed and improved.
- Conduct needs analyses and client value surveys.
- Serve as a liaison to external entities, including Federal, State, and Local Agencies, clients, and subcontractors.
- Develop and inform proposal and project scopes, timelines, pricing, and budgetary metrics.
- Interpret and summarize data for sound planning and regulatory conclusions.
- Maintain and grow a client base for high-level Transportation Planning services.
- Manage and provide performance guidance to assigned staff.
- Remain current in the latest transportation, urban, and environmental planning subject matter.
- Collaborate with professionals to provide trusted advisor services and future-ready solutions.
- Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making.
Who You Are Required Qualifications
- A minimum of 15 years of progressively responsible experience in land use, transportation planning, environmental planning, or policy work.
- Experience leading projects and 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 strategies and manage high-quality deliverables.
- Experience with transit agencies, local municipalities, metropolitan planning organizations, and/or California 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 and experience with MicroStation and/or GIS programs is highly desirable.
- Excellent writing skills and ability to present ideas orally and in written form.
- Ability to work in the United States and possession of a valid driver’s license.
- Proven track record of upholding workplace safety.
Preferred Qualifications
- Master’s Degree.
- Essential professional licensure/certification (e.g., AICP Certification).
WSP Benefits
- Comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, and life coverage; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation; paid parental leave; and paid time off for bereavement, voting, and naturalization proceedings.
Compensation
- Expected Salary: $218,900 - $367,200