Vice President, Project Management

This Opportunity

WSP is initiating a search for a Vice President, Project Management for our Transportation and Infrastructure Group to join our dynamic team in WSP’s Transportation Facilities Group for Indiana.  In this role you will support our client development program, lead strategic pursuits and serve as a senior project manager for major projects.

The successful candidate will support multiple major clients through existing contract agreements, manage other transportation agency projects in the region and lead client growth including acting as pursuit manager leading strategic pursuits.  This position will be focused on positioning WSP as the preferred and trusted choice for our transportation clients, employees, and business partners. In this position, you will passionately support the Indianapolis Office Leadership teams through WSP’s strategically focused four pillars of success: People & Culture, Clients, Operational Excellence, and Expertise. You will be an external face of WSP leveraging local and national resources and relationships to deliver significant value on our client’s programs. This individual will be involved and provide input in the overall strategic plan to grow and diversify WSP’s future Indiana practice and support our technical delivery, project management practices and business development activities. 

Our ideal candidate has extensive management experience, advanced client relationship building skills, commitment to quality, and a desire to expand WSP’s market, clients, and service offerings. A major part of this role includes developing, implementing, and managing projects from the early pursuit planning stages through the scope development, design, and eventual delivery. This position will report to Mark Campbell, Manager of the Transportation Facilities Group and coordinate regularly to the Indiana Transportation Local Business Leader to support Business Development.

Envision. Inspire. Transform.

Your Impact

• Provide project management, scheduling, and work planning for staffing level needs and delivery of assigned projects.
• Lead project teams with all aspects of design from conceptual and preliminary engineering to final design.
• Accountable for overall management and successful execution of assigned engineering projects, monitoring internal and external events, expenses, performance, and profitability.
• Ensure that production of plans, specifications, reports and analyses meet scope, schedule, cost and quality requirements and are commensurate with professional standards, client requirements and corporate objectives.
• Coordinate and work with multi-disciplined engineering staff throughout the U.S. and abroad. Determine the best internal resources and ensure sufficient project staff are available to meet key schedule milestones.
• Ensure projects are completed within schedule and budget; and develop contingency strategy if schedule or budget are impacted.
• Embraces and cultivates WSP and local office culture in alignment with WSP strategies enabling teams to thrive.
• Develop and maintain relationships with public and private sector clients, agencies, partner firms and sub-consultants, as well as, other external stakeholders such as vendors and suppliers.
• Lead staff development which includes mentoring, training, coaching and professional development.
• Collaborates with professionals and senior leadership from a variety of disciplines to provide innovative solutions for clients.
• Support pursuit of alternative and traditional delivery projects providing innovations and supporting proposal preparation.
• Support effective long-term client and contractor relationships.
• Represent WSP's alternative delivery capabilities in assigned locations, markets, and at industry associations as appropriate.
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct and adhere to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.

 

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, Planning or closely related transportation field. Advance degree is a plus.
• 15+ years of relevant post education experience in project management, stakeholder management, oversight, and design solutions, with a strong focus on the Indiana business market.
• Excellent leadership and interpersonal com