Strategic Projects Lead

This Opportunity

The Strategic Projects Lead role supports senior advisors by managing key initiatives, fostering collaboration, and resolving program issues. This position is based in Vancouver, WA, and reports to the Program Chief of Staff.
 

• Project leadership and management: Responsible for leading strategic projects from start to finish, ensuring timely delivery within scope and budget, and managing resources effectively.  
• Support and collaboration: Provides assistance to Senior Advisors on initiatives, advances issue resolution across the program, promotes team cohesion, and encourages interdisciplinary efforts within a collaborative work environment.  
• Transportation expertise: Conducts transportation studies such as traffic impact analyses and environmental assessments, utilizes advanced modeling tools, engages stakeholders, prepares presentations and reports, and ensures compliance with regulations while integrating emerging trends.  

Your Impact

• Lead strategic projects from inception to completion, ensuring they are delivered on time, within scope, and budget.
• Develop project plans, schedules, and budgets, and manage resources effectively.
• Provide support to Senior Advisors to implement and/or support identified initiatives.
• Assist in the advancement and resolution of issues identified across the program.
• Support team cohesion and the advancement of interdisciplinary efforts.
• Foster a collaborative and inclusive work environment.
• Conduct and oversee transportation studies, including traffic impact analyses, feasibility studies, and environmental assessments.
• Utilize advanced modeling and simulation tools to analyze transportation systems and propose improvements.
• Engage with clients, government agencies, and community stakeholders to gather input and build consensus on project goals and outcomes.
• Prepare and deliver presentations to clients, stakeholders, and the public.
• Develop long-range transportation plans and policies that align with regional and national goals.
• Identify emerging trends and technologies in transportation planning and integrate them into project strategies.
• Ensure all projects comply with relevant regulations, standards, and guidelines.
• Prepare detailed reports, documentation, and correspondence related to project activities. 

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in urban planning, Transportation Engineering, or related field. 
• 10+ years of experience working in the transportation planning field, actively engaging in general plans, specific/master plans, zoning code updates, public involvement, and regulatory compliance for a variety of client projects relating to equitable transportation development and construction, transportation demand management, mobility planning, multimodal access, surface transportation, and funding.  

Preferred Qualifications:

• Master’s Degree is preferred.
• Essential professional licensure/certification.

WSP Benefits:

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings. 
 

Compensation:

Expected Salary (all locations): $99,100 - $176,550 

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.
 

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About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.