Managing Director, Energy Advisory

Location: New York

Opportunity

Lead WSP’s U.S. Advisory & Planning Business Line’s Energy Advisory Practice as the Managing Director, shaping transformative strategies that strengthen WSP’s position as a recognized leader in sustainable, resilient, and future‑ready energy solutions. In this highly visible leadership role, you will define the national vision for the practice, advance regional and multi‑sector priorities, expand market presence, and deliver innovative strategies that address the rapidly evolving energy landscape.

Job Description

As Managing Director, you will shape long‑term strategy, drive growth, and influence performance across Energy Advisory services for major infrastructure programs. Your responsibilities include:

Key Responsibilities

• Lead, inspire, and manage a diverse team of technical and strategic consultants and subject matter experts.
• Foster a collaborative, innovative, and inclusive culture across business lines and global regions.
• Provide coaching, mentorship, and professional development to build future leaders.
• Serve as a trusted advisor to clients with strong strategic acumen and a buyer‑seller mindset.
• Build, cultivate, and expand relationships with utilities, agencies, regulators, developers, and stakeholders across the power and energy ecosystem.
• Lead pursuit strategies, capture planning, and proposal development reinforcing WSP’s competitive positioning.
• Oversee delivery of complex advisory engagements across electrification, renewable integration, grid modernization, transmission, asset management, regulatory strategy, and decarbonization.
• Ensure project execution meets quality standards, best practices, manages risks, and exceeds client expectations.
• Monitor milestones, proactively address challenges, and champion continuous improvement.
• Develop and execute strategic plans aligned with business line goals, regulatory trends, and market conditions.
• Identify emerging markets, service lines, and opportunities within Energy Advisory practice.
• Foster innovation by advancing data‑driven solutions to complex client challenges.
• Manage the full P&L for the practice, including budgeting, forecasting, staffing, utilization, and financial reporting.
• Serve as WSP’s Energy Advisory representative to agencies, utilities, clients, subcontractors, industry organizations, and community partners.

Technical Expertise and Industry Knowledge

Managing Director must bring deep technical expertise and broad industry fluency across the U.S. energy ecosystem, translating complex market dynamics into actionable, strategic solutions.

Power System Planning & Grid Modernization

• Expertise in system planning, grid modernization strategies, and reliability/resilience analysis.
• Knowledge of interconnection processes, load forecasting, system modeling, and emerging grid technologies.
• Understanding of distributed energy resources, microgrids, advanced metering, and digital grid capabilities.

Renewable Energy & Clean Energy Integration

• Experience evaluating and delivering renewable solutions including solar, wind, battery storage, and hybrid portfolios.
• Familiarity with siting, permitting, interconnection, and wholesale market rules.
• Ability to support decarbonization strategies, electrification programs, and net‑zero planning.

Utility Operations, Asset Management & Regulatory Strategy

• Strong understanding of utility operations, asset lifecycle management, capital planning, and O&M optimization.
• Knowledge of state and federal regulatory frameworks, rate cases, cost recovery mechanisms, and performance‑based regulation.
• Experience guiding utilities through regulatory filings and compliance strategies.

Energy Markets, Economics & Policy

• Ability to assess economic drivers behind power supply planning, capacity markets, and long‑term contracting.
• Understanding of federal energy policy and state mandates shaping the U.S. energy transition.

Emerging Technologies & Future‑Ready Solutions

• Awareness of advanced technologies such as hydrogen, long‑duration storage, carbon capture, vehicle‑grid integration, and AI‑enabled grid software.
• Knowledge of commercialization pathways, pilot programs, and technology readiness evaluations.
• Ability to support…