Senior Managing Director, State and Local Government Affairs

WSP USA • Las Vegas, NV • 5h ago

This Opportunity

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.

Advises 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 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

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 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): $184,600- $352,990

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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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.

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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.

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