Vice President, Project Controls

WSP•Glastonbury, CT

1d•$240,000 - $290,000

About The Position

WSP is seeking a senior leader to lead the Project Controls function for a major business line and drive consistent, high-quality project performance across its market sectors. Reporting to the Sr. Vice President of National Project Controls, this leader will serve as the primary business-line-focused project controls manager across WSP USA market sectors, aligning enterprise standards with sector-specific needs. The role builds and leads a team of project controls professionals, promotes standardized delivery practices, supports major pursuits and projects, and improves performance across the portfolio. The Vice President deploys the national Project Controls strategy within the business line, oversees project controls service delivery, and collaborates with business-line and operations leaders, project directors, and program managers. The role supports workforce planning and development, project reviews and strategic initiatives, and the implementation of technologies, reporting platforms, data standards, automation, and AI-enabled solutions. WSP USA is an engineering and professional services firm serving the buildings, transportation, energy, water, and environment markets. The company has more than 15,000 employees in over 300 U.S. offices and provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States. The expected salary is $240,000–$290,000 per year; the posted range applies nationally and is also listed for Colorado.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Finance, Project Management, or a related field.
12 or more years of experience in project controls, project delivery, program management, PMO leadership, commercial management, or related disciplines.
Experience leading teams and managing resources within a large, matrixed organization.
Strong understanding of project controls principles, including planning, scheduling, cost management, forecasting, risk management, earned value, change management, and reporting.
Experience supporting large, complex infrastructure, engineering, construction, transportation, energy, water, or federal programs.
Must be authorized to work in the United States.

Nice To Haves

PMP, CCP, PSP, PMI-SP, PgMP, or another relevant professional certification.
Experience implementing PMO, Project Controls, Project Management Excellence, or Project Performance organizations.
Experience with Power BI, InEight, Oracle Primavera P6, Deltek, SAP, or similar project delivery platforms.
Experience leading transformation initiatives involving process improvement, analytics, automation, or AI-enabled solutions.

Responsibilities

Build, lead, and develop a high-performing Project Controls team supporting the business line.
Participate in workforce planning, recruiting, onboarding, mentoring, and career development.
Establish staffing plans and deployment strategies to meet project demands.
Manage resource allocation, utilization, succession planning, and organizational growth.
Foster accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and client service.
Deploy and operationalize the national Project Controls strategy within the business line.
Promote adoption of governance, standards, procedures, and reporting requirements; identify business-line-specific needs and help shape operating-model enhancements.
Support implementation of technologies, reporting platforms, data standards, automation, and AI-enabled solutions.
Collaborate with Business Line Leaders, Operations Leaders, Project Directors, and Program Managers to improve project performance.
Participate in project reviews, risk reviews, and executive performance discussions.
Advise project teams on forecasting, cost management, schedule performance, risk mitigation, contract compliance, and reporting.
Support major pursuits, project startups, and strategic initiatives.
Establish business-line-specific performance metrics and improvement initiatives.
Oversee project setup, governance, baseline development, and Project Execution Plans and Project Management Plans.
Provide oversight for schedule, cost, forecasting, earned value management, change management, contractual compliance, risk and opportunity management, progress measurement, and reporting.
Oversee dashboard development, performance analytics, invoicing and financial monitoring support, document controls, action tracking, and closeout support.

Benefits

Medical coverage
Dental coverage
Vision coverage
Disability coverage
Life insurance
Retirement savings
Paid sick leave
Paid vacation or other personal time
Paid parental leave
Paid time off for bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings
Flexible and agile workplace model