Leadership Director - Property & Buildings

WSP • Minneapolis, MN

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

WSP is seeking an experienced operations and technical lead for their Property & Buildings team in Minneapolis, MN. This high-impact leadership role will focus on growing the P&B team with an emphasis on complex market sectors such as healthcare, commercial, mission critical, industrial, higher education, and science and technology. The role involves managing the local strategic plan, overseeing project and office financial performance, driving technical excellence, leading multidisciplinary design teams, managing complex projects, and championing client relationships. Additionally, the position will play a key role in developing staff and shaping the future of the office and practice, with significant input into the strategic plan for practice growth and increased project management and business development activities. This position is suited for accomplished engineers with strategic thinking, an entrepreneurial spirit, and collaborative leadership skills within a global firm focused on innovation and growth.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Mechanical, Electrical, Architectural Engineering; PE license preferred.
• 12+ years of experience in design, including leadership roles.
• Proven track record in business development and client engagement within the property and buildings sector.
• Outstanding interpersonal and communication skills when interacting with others, expressing ideas effectively and professionally to an engineering and non-engineering audience.
• High level of self-leadership with attention to detail, multi-tasking, and prioritization of responsibilities in a dynamic work environment.

Nice To Haves

• At least 10+ years of Project Management experience.
• Experience in Quality Assurance reviews and maintaining a high level of quality deliverables to clients.

Responsibilities

• Drive the performance of the business
• Build and sustain trusted client relationships; serve as the “face of the company” locally and regionally.
• Lead and manage business development initiatives including Requests for Qualifications and Requests for Proposals; with input from others, compile a comprehensive and realistic scope of work, and prepare a complete and accurate fee estimate, in a format suitable for obtaining the required management approvals and submittal to clients.
• Proactively manage, track, analyze, and report on actual performance against plan, and prepare cost and schedule reporting both for clients and as part of internal reporting processes. Address change management matters promptly and professionally with clients and internal stakeholders.
• Represent the firm through regular involvement in client and industry events and associations to promote intelligence gathering and pipeline development.
• Bring 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.
• Manages local client coordination and cross-selling efforts.
• Lead client meetings, present technical solutions, and develop project scopes and proposals.
• Identify opportunities for practice growth and differentiation; represent the firm at industry events and professional organizations.
• Work with the local office leads to attract the best industry talent by fostering a collaborative work environment, values inclusion and diversity, and invites broad, creative thinking – crafting a more attractive place to work, grow, and thrive.
• Emphasize 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.
• Optimizes client and employee experience through regular reviews while embracing process improvement.
• Focuses on innovation and collaboration while maintaining and improving quality.
• Develop 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.
• 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 region's strategic direction 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.

Benefits

• Coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life
• Retirement savings
• Paid sick leave
• Paid vacation (or other personal time)
• Paid parental leave
• Paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior