Senior Technical Director, Project Management
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Key details
- Location
- Lexington, KY, United States
- Work style
- Onsite
- Level
- Lead / Staff+
- Experience
- 15–18 yrs
- Function
- Product / Program management
- Focus area
- other
- Posted
- 17h ago
Skills
About the role
Senior Project Manager, Right-of-Way Acquisition Services
WSP USA is currently initiating a search for an experienced Senior Project Manager, Right-of-Way Acquisition Services to support the delivery of complex electrical infrastructure projects across the United States. This leadership role offers the opportunity to manage large internal and subconsultant teams, drive project delivery excellence, and foster long-term client relationships while contributing to the continued growth of one of the world's leading engineering and professional services firms.
The successful candidate will provide leadership throughout the entire project lifecycle, managing the full lifecycle of the right-of-way acquisition process in alignment with the client’s program objectives and organizational goals.
Key responsibilities
- Manage project scope, budgets, schedules, resources, quality assurance, and risk mitigation activities.
- Monitor project progress and provide executive-level reporting on milestones, financial performance, key risks, and opportunities.
- Facilitate project meetings, strategy sessions, and stakeholder workshops.
- Lead all right-of-way activities for utility delivery partner program.
- Responsible for helping scale a significantly larger organization as the delivery partner program grows.
- Build and lead WSP's transmission right-of-way practice.
- Recruit, onboard and lead a team of senior-level right-of-way professionals
- Oversee and manage subconsultants in support of contract execution, including financial performance and profitability.
- Drive successful delivery of a portfolio of projects
- Maintain strong client relationships and serve as a trusted advisor and key member of team for WSP’s strategic client team
- Support business development efforts, including proposal development, client presentations, and pursuit strategy.
- Mentor project managers and emerging leaders, promoting project management best practices across the organization.
- Ensure compliance with all company policies, contractual obligations, regulatory requirements, and client expectations.
- Collaborate with regional and national leadership to identify growth opportunities and enhance project delivery performance.
Required Qualifications
- 15+ years of progressive project management experience delivering complex infrastructure, engineering, construction, or consulting projects.
- Demonstrated success managing multimillion-dollar projects and multidisciplinary teams.
- Strong knowledge of budgeting, scheduling, contract administration, risk management, and quality management.
- Proven ability to manage multiple concurrent projects while maintaining client satisfaction and financial performance.
- Strong leadership, negotiation, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
- Excellent written and verbal communication abilities.
- Experience working with private clients in the electrical transmission and distribution space
- Ability to identify and resolve project challenges while maintaining project objectives and client commitments.
Preferred Qualifications
- Experience managing programs, portfolios, or major capital improvement initiatives.
- Demonstrated business development and client account management experience.
- Existing relationships within transportation, infrastructure, energy, or private-sector clients.
- Experience managing geographically dispersed teams and large subconsultant teams.
Leadership Expectations
- Demonstrate strategic thinking and a client-focused mindset.
- Drive a culture of safety, collaboration, quality, and accountability.
- Serve as a mentor and coach to project teams and future leaders.
- Contribute to regional and national growth strategies.
- Champion innovation, continuous improvement, and successful project delivery.
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.
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.