Job Description

Senior Managing Director, State and Local Government Affairs

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WSP is currently looking for a Senior Managing Director, State and Local Government Affairs for our West Region. The successful candidate may reside in any of our major WSP West Region offices including CA, WA, OR, NV, AZ, CO, UT.

Reporting directly to the National Director of Government Affairs, this role will be responsible for directing the firm's State and Local government relations, political/civic engagement activities and strategy.

Your Impact

• Responsible for recommending corporate strategy on public policy issues and presenting corporate positions to key members of state and local elected offices.
• Oversees management interaction with senior-level decision makers in the legislative and executive branches at the state and local level.
• Partners with Regional Business Managers, Area Managers, senior management and market leaders on stakeholder, client visits.
• Analyzes public policies to determine their impact on the firm, its clients and the industry; works directly with industry firms and leaders to craft solutions to issues that may arise from those policies.
• Advise senior management on political, policy and state and local legislative trends and their potential impact in the firm.
• Directs and represents the firm's participation in various industry associations, business groups and legislative coalitions. This includes elected officials associations such as USCM, NLC, RGA/DGA etc.
• Partners with state and local government, trade, civic and business organizations to support WSP / Industry views and goals.
• Works with the company on implementing social and civic engagement opportunities and to enhance community outreach initiatives.
• Supports / collaborates with market colleagues across the US Region (Transportation, Energy, Water and Environment, Property and Buildings, Advisory Services and Federal Programs and Logistics) and engages with US region on pursuits, project delivery and monitoring.
• Provides strategic business development by creation or early initiation of project opportunities across each of the US Region business groups.
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision-making regarding company funds, resources and conduct and adhere to WSPs Code of Conduct and related policies and procedures.
• Proven track record of upholding workplace safety and ability to abide by WSPs health, safety and drug/alcohol and harassment policies.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in political science, government affairs or a related area
• Minimum of 15+ years in the A/E and or government relations fields preferred
• Ability to manage multiple projects/assignments simultaneously
• Ability to travel frequently

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience working for a public official(s) at the state and local level
• Experience in working in a campaign environment

WSP Benefits

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employees career. These benefits include coverage related to medical, dental, vision, disability, and life; retirement savings; paid sick leave; paid vacation; paid parental leave; and paid time off for purposes of bereavement, voting, and/or attendance at naturalization proceedings.

Compensation

Expected Salary (all locations): $184,600$352,990

About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the worlds 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.

Equal Opportunity Employer

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.

Application Eligibility

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.

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