Senior Vice President, Orange County​/Southern California Local Business Line Leader; LBL

This Opportunity

Be involved in projects, clients, and our team in the California’s Transportation Business Line
. WSP is looking for a Senior Vice President, Orange County/Southern California Local Business Line Leader (LBL). The candidate will have the opportunity to work directly with teams within our Irvine, Inland Empire, and Los Angeles offices. The candidate will play a strategic leadership role in the
California Region
as we continue to strengthen and expand our Transportation and Infrastructure practice, promote collaboration and focus on expanding our regional and local talent and team, and drive solutions in support of our clients, and communities.

WSP is playing a critical role in growth and development throughout the robust market in the state of California with focus on public agencies in Southern California such as Caltrans, Metrolink/SCRRA, Orange County Transportation Authority, Southern California Association of Governments, Transportation Corridor Agencies, County of Orange, and other major municipal and transportation agencies in Orange County, Riverside County, and San Bernadino County.

The Orange County/Southern California LBL will work in close collaboration with Transportation’s Los Angeles Local Business Leader to advance strategic business development, client engagement, and support a robust team of technical practitioners and professionals.

The LBL role is key in leveraging cross collaboration with other WSP business lines such as Advisory and Planning, Property and Buildings (P&B), Energy, Water, Federal, Advisory Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure to bring value to our clients.

The Local Business Leader is an integral member of the California Region and Transportation leadership team and drives operational performance and growth while enabling WSP to be the preferred and trusted choice for clients, employees, and partners.

The Local Business Line Leader will maintain an elevated external presence in representing the Transportation Business Line and regional leadership within Southern California and bring regional and national expertise to support growing the business to meet annual goals and long-term strategic objectives. The LBL is empowered to oversee operational performance, mastering internal dynamics of the business to ensure that deployment of resources advances business objectives;

and assist in the project delivery as well as the development and implementation of the California Region’s marketing and business growth strategies. The candidate will provide coordinated leadership with other local and national business line leaders for the pursuit of all WSP services, with a particular eye towards transportation infrastructure focused highway, bridge, roadway corridor, transit and rail, tolling and mobility solutions, aviation, and multi-modal opportunities to further grow the WSP business.

At WSP, we are driven by inspiring the right people to be part of our Future Ready business objectives. Our devotion to teamwork has allowed us to build communities and expand our skylines. Here at WSP, anything is within our reach and yours as a WSP employee. Come join us and help shape the future!

Clients

• Drives performance of the transportation business and strategically grows our market share to fulfill our goal that WSP become the preferred, trusted advisor to our clients.
• Manages local client coordination and cross-selling efforts in coordination with regional leadership, the national business lines, and pursuit management.
• Integrates as the “face of the Transportation” locally and across Orange County/Southern California attending civic and industry events, conferences, and forums.
• Brings an expanded view and integrated response to complex challenges by leveraging our full suite of offerings across all end markets.
• Utilizes our extended reach of technical and subject matter experts (SMEs) across regions, districts, offices and the globe to foster new and innovative client delivery.

People & Culture

• Works with the California Region Business Leader to organize the business with focus on vision and culture, talent development and building teams, client…