Senior Vice President, Transportation Business Leader – Washington, DC

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Senior Vice President, Transportation Business Leader – Washington, DC for our Transportation Business Line, responsible for our Washington, DC office.

The DC Local Area Business Leader will drive operational performance and growth while enabling WSP to be the preferred and trusted choice for clients, employees, and partners. They are the local CEO of WSP within the bounds of our Delegation of Authority promoting internal collaboration and teamwork. The Local Area Business Leader will passionately lead their business service delivery location through WSP’s strategy focused on four pillars of success:
Clients, Expertise, People & Culture, and Operational Excellence. The Local Area Business Leader is the external face of WSP in that local area and may bring District or National Leaders to support growing the business to meet annual tactical and long‑term strategic objectives. Of equal significance, the Local Area Business Leader has full accountability for operational performance, mastering internal dynamics of the business to ensure that deployment of resources advances business objectives.

This is a strategic leadership role in the Mid‑Atlantic Region as we continue to strengthen and expand our civil, structural, transit & rail and overall engineering services across DC. The LBL role also leads cross‑collaboration with other WSP business‑lines such as Earth & Environment, Power/Energy, Property and Buildings, Water, Federal, Advisory Services, and Construction Management to bring value to our clients.

Our ideal candidate has strong technical capabilities, advanced client relationship skills, a commitment to quality, and a desire to expand our market offerings. A major part of this role includes leading and mentoring our team’s talented engineers in a supportive and flexible atmosphere where the focus is teamwork, quality deliverables and excellent client service.

Key performance indicators include organic growth, DSO, utilization, backlog, project erosion, inclusion and diversity, employee engagement, voluntary turnover, and demonstration of guiding principles.

Envision. Inspire. Transform.

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!

WSP’s vision is based on a passionate, thoughtful strategy that embraces the four pillars of our business:
Clients, People & Culture, Operational Excellence, and Expertise.

• Operational Excellence:
  Responsible for financial and operational performance including supporting the District business P&L, revenue generation, project margin, DSO, project delivery, client satisfaction, staff utilization, safety and other financial metrics. Develops and executes local growth and business development strategy.
• Drives rigor in business practices and supports organizational initiatives to drive performance.
• Focuses on and inspires excellence in projects and project delivery.
• People & Culture:
  Instills a “Founder’s Mentality” that drives a culture of accountability and entrepreneurship.
• Attracts the best industry talent by fostering an inclusive and collaborative work environment.
• Drives programs focused on employee experience, development, and engagement and as such regularly holds meetings to update the local offices on wins, losses, pipeline and prospects while providing encouragement to those in the offices that are making real achievements in profession, career, and general development.
• Embraces and cultivates WSP culture, exhibits alignment with US and Global strategies, and enables teams to thrive.
• Clients:
  Sets clients at the center for all we do, helping them be “Future Ready” and challenge the status quo as appropriate to help clients succeed.
• Brings an expanded view and integrated response to complex challenges by leveraging our full suite of domestic and global offerings.
• Deploys our unique expertise and perspective to create new value for clients and…