Vice President, Transportation Director/Local Business Lead

WSP in the U.S.; Anchorage (AK); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

WSP is seeking a Vice President, Transportation Director/Local Business Lead (LBL) for the Alaska geography, based in the Anchorage office. As the key strategic leader, you will grow the transportation practice and collaborate with regional and national teams to deliver complex projects for public agencies and contractor clients.

You will drive talent development, foster an inclusive culture, and uphold safety and ethics while expanding WSP’s presence in Alaska’s markets.

Qualifications

• Requires at least 12 years of experience in the A/E/C industry with a focus in transportation.
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Planning, Business, or related discipline.
• Demonstrated leadership, accountability, persistence, and growth.
• Ability to innovate and rethink client and employee engagement.
• Strong business acumen and process improvement skills.
• Sound decision-making, strategic and visionary thinking, and multi-disciplinary business development.
• Established client relationships and local industry contacts.
• Commitment to internal and external client service.
• Adherence to WSP Code of Conduct and policies including safety, ethics, harassment, and drug/alcohol policies.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership for the Alaska geography within the Mountain Pacific Region.
• Drive growth in transportation practice and expand market share.
• Represent WSP as the local face at civic and industry events and conferences.
• Collaborate across National Transportation and Infrastructure Business Lines and other WSP lines.
• Foster talent development and an inclusive, diverse work environment.
• Develop local growth, forecast, and business development strategies with district, region, and national leaders.
• Ensure safety, compliance, and ethical conduct in all activities.

Skills

Leadership

Strategic thinking

Business development

Client relationships

Decision making

Communication

Ethics & compliance

Safety policy adherence

Innovation

Industry knowledge

Education

Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Planning, Business, or related discipline

Job description

Vice President, Transportation Director/Local Business Lead (LBL)

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Vice President, Transportation Director/Local Business Lead (LBL) for the Alaska geography, based in the WSP Anchorage-AK office. The candidate will be our key strategic leader in the Mountain Pacific Region with focus on strengthening and expanding our Transportation practice. WSP is playing a critical role in the growth and development throughout the state of Alaska, specifically with key public agencies such as the Alaska Department of Transportation and Municipality of Anchorage as well as contractor clients. The LBL will also drive collaboration across the National Transportation and Infrastructure Business Lines (NBL - including Maritime, Aviation, Rail, etc.) and other WSP business lines such as Property and Buildings, Energy, Water, Federal, Advisory Services, and Program Management Construction Management to bring value to our clients.

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!

Your Impact

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:

Clients

• Drives performance of the transportation business and strategically grows our market share to fulfill our goal that WSP becomes the preferred, trusted advisor to our clients.
• Manages local client coordination and cross-selling efforts in coordination with Region, District, National Business Lines, and Pursuit Management.
• Integrates as the "face of the company" locally and across the State of Alaska, attending civic and industry events, conferences, and forums ranging from ACEC, ASCE, WTS, APWA, Chamber of Commerce, and many more.
• 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 Business Line Leaders to attract the best industry talent by fostering a work environment that is collaborative, values inclusion and diversity and invites broad, creative thinking – crafting a more attractive place to work, grow and thrive.
• Emphasizes employee training and development to create a unique work experience.
• Inspires, motivates and promotes the best of WSP to our clients and communities to ensure strong employee engagement and morale.
• Supports programs such as Safety, Sustainability and Ethics & Compliance.

Operational Excellence

• Optimizes the client and employee experience through regular reviews while embracing process improvement.
• Focuses on innovation and collaboration with a focus on maintaining and improving quality.
• Develops local growth, forecast and business development strategy in collaboration with District, Region and National Business Line Leaders.
• Resolves conflict and other internal/external issues that may arise in the office, amongst WSP's client base, or on projects.
• Collaborates with regional, district leaders and other area leaders to strategically drive the business, assess and suggest improvements for project performance, oversee overhead expenditures, and focus on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs): Sales, Funding, EBITDA, Staff Hiring and Retention, DSO, Utilization, Backlog, Inclusion & Diversity and Guiding Principles.

Expertise

• Leverages our broad technical experience to enhance current and new service offerings.
• Fosters the development of new and emerging innovations to remain the trusted thought leaders in our industry.
• Advances the strategic direction of the district and region in the location of responsibility for sustained and continued growth consistent within the context of the strategic plan.
• Encourages, supports and promotes the technical and professional development of local WSP staff.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 12 years of experience with a college degree or equivalent experience in the A/E/C industry with a strong focus in transportation.
• Bachelor's Degree in Engineering, Planning, Business, or related discipline.
• Demonstrated experience of leadership, personal accountability, persistence, and growth.
• Ability to innovate and re-think the conventional approach to client and employee engagement.
• Strong business acumen with an aptitude for improving processes.
• Sound decision-making, strategic and visionary thinking, and creative business development capabilities across a multi-disciplined practice.
• Strongly established relevant client relationships and industry contacts in the local area.
• Commitment to internal and external client service.
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct and adhere to WSP's Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSP's health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.

About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.

WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

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