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Vice President, Project Controls

WSP
USA
Executive · 12+ years experience
Onsite
Discovered 2 weeks ago
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Key Responsibilities

  • Lead the Business Line focused Project Controls team
  • Build, lead, and develop a high-performing team of Project Controls professionals supporting the business line.
  • Participate in workforce planning, recruiting, onboarding, mentoring, and career development activities.
  • Establish staffing plans and deployment strategies to support project demands.
  • Manage resource allocation, utilization, succession planning, and organizational growth.
  • Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, continuous improvement, and client service.
  • Implement the Project Controls Operating Model
  • Deploy and operationalize the national Project Controls strategy within the business line.
  • Ensure consistent adoption of established governance, standards, procedures, and reporting requirements.
  • Identify business-line-specific requirements and help shape future enhancements to the operating model.
  • Support implementation of new technologies, reporting platforms, data standards, automation initiatives, and AI-enabled solutions.
  • Collaborate with Business Line Leaders, Operations Leaders, Project Directors, and Program Managers to improve project performance.
  • Participate in project reviews, risk reviews, and executive performance discussions.
  • Advise project teams on forecasting, cost management, schedule performance, risk mitigation, contract compliance, and reporting.
  • Support major pursuits, project startups, and strategic initiatives.
  • Establish business-line-specific performance metrics and improvement initiatives.
  • Oversee Project Controls Service Delivery
  • Provide leadership and oversight for the delivery of:
  • Project setup, governance, and baseline development.
  • Project Execution Plans and Project Management Plans.
  • Schedule, cost, forecasting, and earned value management.
  • Change management and contractual compliance.
  • Risk and opportunity management.
  • Progress measurement and reporting.
  • Dashboard development and performance analytics.
  • Invoicing and financial monitoring support.
  • Document controls, action tracking, and closeout support.
  • Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Finance, Project Management, or related field.
  • 12+ years of experience in project controls, project delivery, program management, PMO leadership, commercial management, or related disciplines.
  • Experience leading teams and managing resources within a large, matrixed organization.
  • Strong understanding of project controls principles, including planning, scheduling, cost management, forecasting, risk management, earned value, change management, and reporting.
  • Experience supporting large, complex infrastructure, engineering, construction, transportation, energy, water, or federal programs.
  • Preferred Qualifications
  • PMP, CCP, PSP, PMI-SP, PgMP, or other relevant professional certification.
  • Experience implementing PMO, Project Controls, Project Management Excellence, or Project Performance organizations.
  • Experience with Power BI, InEight, Oracle Primavera P6, Deltek, SAP, or similar project delivery platforms.
  • Experience leading transformation initiatives involving process improvement, analytics, automation, or AI-enabled solutions.
  • 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-$290,000/year
  • 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): $240,000-$290,000/year
  • 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. #LI-MP1

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Finance, Project Management, or related field.
  • 12+ years of experience in project controls, project delivery, program management, PMO leadership, commercial management, or related disciplines.
  • Experience leading teams and managing resources within a large, matrixed organization.
  • Strong understanding of project controls principles, including planning, scheduling, cost management, forecasting, risk management, earned value, change management, and reporting.
  • Experience supporting large, complex infrastructure, engineering, construction, transportation, energy, water, or federal programs.

Preferred Qualifications

  • PMP, CCP, PSP, PMI-SP, PgMP, or other relevant professional certification.
  • Experience implementing PMO, Project Controls, Project Management Excellence, or Project Performance organizations.
  • Experience with Power BI, InEight, Oracle Primavera P6, Deltek, SAP, or similar project delivery platforms.
  • Experience leading transformation initiatives involving process improvement, analytics, automation, or AI-enabled solutions.
  • 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.
  • Expected Salary (all locations): $240,000-$290,000/year
  • 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): $240,000-$290,000/year
  • 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. #LI-MP1

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