Vice President, Transportation Director/Deputy Local Business Lead

WSP•Seattle, WA

10d•$200,000 - $283,600•Hybrid

About The Position

WSP is seeking a Vice President, Transportation Director/Deputy Local Business Lead (LBL) for the North Puget Sound geography, based in the Seattle, WA office. This role is a key strategic leadership position within the Mountain Pacific Region, focused on strengthening and expanding WSP's Transportation practice. The position will support WSP's critical role in the growth and development throughout Washington State, collaborating with major public agencies like WSDOT, Sound Transit, and the City of Seattle. The Deputy LBL will work in coordination with and as a deputy to the North Puget Sound LBL. This role also involves leveraging cross-collaboration with National Business Lines (e.g., Maritime, Aviation, Rail) and other WSP business lines such as Property and Buildings, Energy, Water, Federal, Advisory Services, and PMCM to deliver value to clients. WSP's vision is driven by inspiring the right people to achieve Future Ready business objectives, emphasizing teamwork to build communities and expand skylines.

Requirements

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.
Experienced in leading and overseeing teams to produce high-quality deliverables across projects and programs.
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.
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.
The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

Responsibilities

Helps to drive performance of the transportation business and strategically grows our market share to fulfill our goal that WSP become the preferred, trusted advisor to our clients.
Supports the management of local client coordination and cross-selling efforts in coordination with LBL, Region, District, National Business Lines, and Pursuit Management.
Integrates as a growing “face of the company” locally and across the State of Washington, attending civic and industry events, conferences, and forums ranging from ACEC, 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.
Works with the LBL and 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.
Supports the LBL in efforts to inspire, motivate and promote 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.
Participates in the optimization of 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.
Supports the development of local growth, forecast and business development strategy in collaboration with LBL, District, Region and National Business Line Leaders.
Supports the LBL to resolve conflict and other internal/external issues that may arise in the office, amongst WSP’s client base, or on projects.
Collaborates with LBL, 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.
Seeks opportunities to foster the development of new and emerging innovations to remain the trusted thought leaders in our industry.
Support the advancement of 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.
Supports the LBL in encouraging and promoting the technical and professional development of local WSP staff.

Benefits

medical
dental
vision
disability
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