Vice President - Program Manager

WSP; Roseville (CA); On-site; USD 164,000 - 243,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP is seeking a Vice President - Program Manager to lead large-scale building programs across the West Region, including California and Mountain Pacific markets. The role focuses on executive-level client interface, governance, and cross-office delivery coordination to drive growth across healthcare, education, science, and commercial sectors.

The position requires leading multidisciplinary teams, managing budgets and schedules, and ensuring quality and risk management.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or related field or equivalent experience.
• 12+ years of progressively responsible experience managing large, complex building projects and programs.
• Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary design and delivery teams.
• Experience managing significant program budgets, schedules, contracts, and client relationships.
• Strong understanding of project delivery methodologies, risk management, financial management, and quality assurance.
• Proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders across large, geographically dispersed teams.
• Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and leadership skills.
• Ability to travel as needed to support clients and project teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the planning, execution, and performance of large-scale building programs with multiple concurrent projects.
• Provide strategic oversight of scope, budget, schedule, quality, staffing, risk, and overall program performance.
• Serve as trusted advisor and senior point of contact for executive-level client engagement.
• Develop and implement program delivery strategies aligning with client objectives and business goals.
• Direct multidisciplinary teams including project managers, architects, engineers, planners, and support staff.
• Monitor program financial performance, forecasting, resource utilization, and profitability.
• Identify and mitigate program-level risks and resolve complex project challenges.
• Champion project delivery excellence, quality management, and continuous improvement.
• Collaborate with regional and national leadership to support growth and market expansion.
• Support business development activities including client relationship management, proposals, interviews, and capture planning.

Skills

Leadership

Client relationship management

Verbal & written communication

Strategic thinking

Travel willingness

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering/Architecture/Construction Management

Master’s degree in Engineering/Architecture/Construction Management/Business Administration

Job description

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Vice President - Program Manager to support our growing West Region Property & Buildings practice,with an emphasis on major clients across California, Mountain Pacific, and other priority western markets.This leadership role will oversee the successful delivery of large-scale, multidisciplinary building programs across sectors including Healthcare, Science & Technology, Commercial, Higher Education, Civic, Industrial, and Federal markets.

This role will serve as a senior program leader for major Property & Buildings clients across the West Region, providing executive-level client interface, cross-office delivery coordination, program governance, financial oversight, and strategic account growth for complex, multi-project building programs.The successful candidate will provide strategic leadership for complex programs major, multi-project client accounts, comprising multiple projects and project teams, ensuring technical excellence, operational efficiency, risk management, and exceptional client service. This individual will partner closely with business leaders, project managers, technical discipline leaders, and key clients to drive program success while advancing WSP's growth objectives.

At WSP, we are committed to delivering innovative solutions that help our clients address today's challenges while planning for tomorrow's opportunities.

Your Impact

• Lead the planning, execution, and performance of large-scale building programs consisting of multiple concurrent projects.

• Provide strategic oversight of scope, budget, schedule, quality, staffing, risk management, and overall program performance.

• Serve as a trusted advisor and senior point of contact for executive-level client engagement with key clients and stakeholders.

• Develop and implement program delivery strategies that support client objectives and business goals.

• Direct multidisciplinary teams including project managers, architects, engineers, planners, and support staff.

• Monitor program financial performance, forecasting, resource utilization, and profitability.

• Identify and mitigate program-level risks and facilitate resolution of complex project challenges.

• Champion project delivery excellence, quality management, and continuous improvement initiatives.

• Collaborate with regional and national leadership to support growth strategies and market expansion.

• Support business development activities including client relationship management, strategic pursuits, proposals, interviews, and capture planning.Ultimately responsible for account growth, pipeline development, strategic pursuits, client planning, and positioning WSP for follow-on work.

• Mentor and develop project managers and future leaders within the Property & Buildings practice.

• Promote WSP's culture of safety, inclusion, innovation, and client service excellence.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, or related field, or equivalent professional experience.

• 12+ years of progressively responsible experience managing large, complex building projects and programs.

• Demonstrated success leading multidisciplinary design and delivery teams.

• Experience managing significant program budgets, schedules, contracts, and client relationships.

• Strong understanding of project delivery methodologies, risk management, financial management, and quality assurance.

• Proven ability to manage multiple stakeholders across large, geographically dispersed teams.

• Excellent verbal, written, presentation, and leadership skills.

• Ability to travel as needed to support clients and project teams.

Preferred Qualifications

• Professional Engineer (PE), Registered Architect (RA), PMP, CCM, DBIA, or comparable industry credential.

• Master's degree in Engineering, Architecture, Construction Management, Business Administration, or related discipline.

• Experience overseeing major capital improvement, healthcare, higher education, science & technology, civic, advanced manufacturing, commercial, hospitality, and mission-critical clients in western U.S. markets.

• Demonstrated success developing and expanding long-term client relationships.

• Experience leading national or regional programs within a consulting engineering environment.

WSP Benefits:

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation (or other personal time); paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation:

Expected Salary (all locations): $163,800 - $243,200

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and offer for this position, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, abilities in addition to internal equity and specific geographic location. WSP USA reserves the right to ultimately pay more or less than the posted range and offer additional benefits and other compensation, depending on circumstances not related to an applicant’s sex or other status protected by local, state, and/or federal law.