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WSP USA Business Line Project Delivery Director in Seattle, Washington
This Opportunity
The Business Line Project Delivery Director is a part of Advisory & Planning’s Operations and Delivery Team with the responsibility of driving project delivery and project performance excellence. The Project Delivery Director will oversee a team of Regional Project Delivery Leaders and Project Directors who collectively will provide project execution leadership and support to project managers (PMs) through all phases of project delivery.
This position can be based out of any of our WSP USA offices.
Your Impact
In partnership with the Strategic Growth Team and the Business Development Director, establish and communicate best practices for Go / No-Go (GNG) and Proposal Submission reviews and ensure compliance with WSP procedures for documenting these decisions.
Support proposal development with a strong focus on project performance and risk management, including:
Confirm that strategic negotiations on commercial terms are occurring in coordination with Legal.
Develop and support strategic Price-to-Win approaches, ensuring alignment between scope, budget, and pricing strategy.
Support rate and pricing development consistent with market conditions and project requirements and ensure required reviews/approvals are completed in accordance with WSP USA governance.
Establish processes for monthly project performance reviews that will be conducted by the Regional Project Delivery Leaders and Project Directors , conducting a monthly operational project review to identify projects for the risk and opportunity log and communicating the mitigation strategy to business leaders.
Develop, Communicate and Train PMs on WSP processes and procedures for project delivery including
Project Readiness Reviews to confirm projects are appropriately planned before execution.
Risk contingency plans and refinement of the risk register and risk management plan .
Quality and Safety Plans in coordination with our Safety and Quality business partners.
Subcontractor onboarding and contracting in collaboration with our Procurement team
Project setup in coordination with the Operations and Finance teams.
Project monitoring and status updates
Project close-out including lessons learned, claims/disputes resolution, final margin review, client feedback, archiving, final invoicing, and financial closeout.
Advance A&P’s Strategic Pricing Goal from the 2025-2027 Strategic Plan.
General Operations Duties:
Work under the direction of the Business Operations Director for the specifically identified part of the A&P business.
Partner with Business Line Leadership on project delivery aspects of the business.
Provide Project Delivery support for project performance consistency and reporting.
Support and promote a consistent approach to project delivery, operational reporting, quality, and other key initiatives.
Deliver training and mentoring support for project managers and staff.
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
15+ years of experience
BA/BS Degree in Engineering, Planning, Architecture, Business, or equivalent discipline.
Experience as a project manager, or related role to understand project delivery issues and requirements.
Understanding of project financials, team dynamics, client relationships, staffing and resource requirements, and performance expectations.
Proactive problem-solving skills and helpful, open and candid communication skills.
Leadership skills that portray commitment, reliability, and accountability to desire outcomes.
Strong strategic thinking, decision-making, and problem-solving capabilities.
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): $175,400 - $352,990
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.
Expected Salary (Colorado only): $175,400 - $331,320
WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and 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.
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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.
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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.
NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:
WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation – no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.