Senior Vice President, Urban Development

This Opportunity

Manage, provide technical guidance and develop projects across the US with our Urban Development and Transportation Teams and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client’s objectives and solves their challenges.                                                            

The role of Technical Manager, Urban Development (Senior Vice President) involves fulfilling the role of a Project Manager and Deputy Project Manager on complex urban development and transportation projects throughout the United States.  The role requires experience leading a multi-disciplinary project team in the delivery of challenging comprehensive development projects located at or integrated with major transportation facilities.  Experience with and understanding of public and private clients is a must. Moreover, the role requires the ability to think across technical lines, and to generate support for a particular opportunity.

Primary responsibilities include managing the client relationship, leading teams of advisors, planners, engineers, technical experts and support staff, providing technical leadership for planning, environmental documentation, community and stakeholder engagement, conceptual thru detailed design, cost estimating, entitlements, and a variety of other tasks and duties. The role will also include responsibility for budget, schedule, quality and team deliverables, as well as collaboration within project and stakeholder teams and management/coordination with our teams working on the vertical aspects of the development program..

The candidate is required to have experience related to the planning of urban development and transportation projects, as well as the ability to lead a team of experts.  The candidate should also be able to act as a project manager, with the need to step in and self-perform tasks, if necessary, in a fast-paced and potentially critical project environment. 

Your Impact:

• Manage project teams responsible for a variety of development tasks for transportation and urban development projects requiring independent judgment 

• Responsible for coordination with the full range of relevant disciplines and related experts, including roadway, transit, structures, environmental, geotechnical, traffic, electrical, storm drainage, utilities, right of way, building architects, public realm/landscape designers, and other disciplines

• Responsible for preparation of project reports, plans and specifications

• Ensure that production of reports and analyses meet scope, schedule, cost and quality requirements

• Interact with clients, and lead technical meetings

• Lead others and supervise the production of junior and mid-level staff, associated with specific projects

• Other duties as assigned 

Who You Are

Talent is the essence of meeting our client’s objectives, goals and challenges.  If this sounds like a fit for you, we’d love to have an initial discussion of you joining our team.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor of Science in Urban Planning, Urban Design, Project Management, Civil Engineering, Government, Legal or related field from an accredited program
• Minimum of ten (10) years of experience in the management, planning, design of infrastructure or development projects 
• Commercial, contractual and negotiation skills.  Strong command of general development principles, including right-of-way acquisition, entitlements, zoning, financing, public outreach, and infrastructure design and construction
• Excellent verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills and ability to work within a team environment
• Capable, dedicated and proven leader that is a self-starter that holds themselves accountable for project delivery
• Capacity to continually function effectively while incurring long hours, extended duration travel, and co-location with clients outside of traditional office environment. 
• Ability to travel over 20% and within client offices 

About WSP USA

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms—WSP. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the transportati