Senior Vice President, Orange County/Southern California Local Business Line Leader (LBL)

This Opportunity

Be involved in projects, clients, and our team in the California’s Transportation Business Line.  WSP is looking for a Senior Vice President, Orange County/Southern California Local Business Line Leader (LBL). The candidate will have the opportunity to work directly with teams within our Irvine, Inland Empire, and Los Angeles offices. The candidate will play a strategic leadership role in the California Region as we continue to strengthen and expand our Transportation and Infrastructure practice, promote collaboration and focus on expanding our regional and local talent and team, and drive solutions in support of our clients, and communities.

WSP is playing a critical role in growth and development throughout the robust market in the state of California with focus on public agencies in Southern California such as Caltrans, Metrolink/SCRRA, Orange County Transportation Authority, Southern California Association of Governments, Transportation Corridor Agencies, County of Orange, and other major municipal and transportation agencies in Orange County, Riverside County, and San Bernadino County.  The Orange County/Southern California LBL will work in close collaboration with Transportation’s Los Angeles Local Business Leader to advance strategic business development, client engagement, and support a robust team of technical practitioners and professionals.  

The LBL role is key in leveraging cross collaboration with other WSP business lines such as Advisory and Planning, Property and Buildings (P&B), Energy, Water, Federal, Advisory Services, and Transportation and Infrastructure to bring value to our clients. The Local Business Leader is an integral member of the California Region and Transportation leadership team and drives operational performance and growth while enabling WSP to be the preferred and trusted choice for clients, employees, and partners.  

The Local Business Line Leader will maintain an elevated external presence in representing the Transportation Business Line and regional leadership within Southern California and bring regional and national expertise to support growing the business to meet annual goals and long-term strategic objectives. The LBL is empowered to oversee operational performance, mastering internal dynamics of the business to ensure that deployment of resources advances business objectives; and assist in the project delivery as well as the development and implementation of the California Region’s marketing and business growth strategies. The candidate will provide coordinated leadership with other local and national business line leaders for the pursuit of all WSP services, with a particular eye towards transportation infrastructure focused highway, bridge, roadway corridor, transit and rail, tolling and mobility solutions, aviation, and multi-modal opportunities to further grow the WSP business.

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

Clients

• Drives 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.
• Manages local client coordination and cross-selling efforts in coordination with regional leadership, the national business lines, and pursuit management.
• Integrates as the “face of the Transportation” locally and across Orange County/Southern California attending civic and industry events, conferences, and forums.
• 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 the California Region Business Leader to organize the business with focus on vision and culture, talent development and building teams, client engagement and experience, and performance and growth strategy.
• Provides proactive leadership of recruiting, mentoring, and developing high-performing teams.
• Collaborates with Region Business Leader 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.
• Provides proactive and strategic process and people leadership for the design, implementation and administration of engineering and technical disciplines’ project and program involvement across the district and within the organization.
• 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 WSP Guiding Principles and programs such as Quality, Safety, Sustainability and Ethics & Compliance; and Inclusion & Diversity and.

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 

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 15 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.
• Located in Southern California (preferred Orange County/Irvine)
• Ability to travel between Southern California offices (e.g. Irvine, Riverside, Los Angeles)
• 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. 

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): $240,000 - $353,000

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.
 

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