Senior Vice President, Communications and Public Involvement

Job Description

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for the Advisory & Planning Communications and Public Involvement Managing Director.

Be involved in projects with our Advisory & Planning (A&P) Business Line and be a part of a growing organization that meets our client's objectives and solves their challenges.

The A&P Communications and Public Involvement (CPI) Managing Director is responsible for driving top line growth across the Communications and Public Involvement business in service of WSP's Transportation & Infrastructure, Earth & Environment, Property & Buildings, Power & Energy, Program Management and Federal business lines.

The A&P CPI Managing Director is a member of A&P's Executive Leadership Team reporting directly to the Advisory Lead. The CPI team is comprised of over 100 professionals in more than 30 offices who work with clients across the country to engage communities and bring the public's vision for a project to life.

Meaningful community engagement is foundational to the success of projects of all sizes and leads to better outcomes. It is only when end-users of a project are consulted that you can begin to understand and address their needs.

CPI's full-service team of communications professionals is adept at developing context-sensitive community engagement strategies to meet our communities where they are.

We collaborate with our clients and in-house network of technical staff to advance projects hand-in-hand with the communities we serve.

At WSP, we are driven by inspiring the right people to be part of our future-focused business objectives. Our devotion to teamwork has allowed us to build communities and expand our skylines.

Come join us and help shape the future!

Your Impact

• Leads CPI operations and staff for the US.
• Oversees project delivery, business line operations, and performance metrics for CPI including direct labor, indirect labor, fringe, operating expenditures, and more.
• Prepares and gives briefings and presentations of CPI's services to WSP US leaders across the firm
• Prepares and gives briefings and presentations of CPI's services to clients, government officials, industry representatives.
• Stays abreast of industry changes and requirements, policies, procedures, and legislation.
• Analyzes local, state and national trends, policies and / or legislation to determine impact.
• Provides information and support to governmental officials, clients, users and the public.
• Represents the firm's CPI services at local, state, and national levels.
• Provides and demonstrates leadership, clear communication, mentoring, and empowerment of staff.
• Tracks and coordinates pursuits.
• Advises the CPI managers on administrative, technical, and regulatory aspects of communications and public involvement.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 10 years experience managing a communication and public involvement team
• Minimum 15 years of experience in communications, marketing, and / or public involvement, including at least 8 years of successful experience in developing client relationships and business.
• Proven ability to model and adhere to WSP policies related to travel, hiring, budgeting and management
• Ability to build positive relationships with employees that lead to productivity and retention
• Empowering leadership style
• Ability to work well with the public and interact effectively with all organizational levels, including agency staff, senior management, executive leadership, board members, community leaders, and city / county / state representatives.
• Excellent verbal, writing, and presentation skills.
• Bachelor's Degree in communications, public relations, marketing, or a related field.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master's Degree
• Experience with managing profit and loss and metrics.
• Strategic planning experience

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) : $160,100 - $393,900

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) : $160,100- $302,500

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.

About Us

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.

www.wsp.com

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.