Senior Program Director

About the Role

WSP is seeking a Senior Program Director for the Power & Energy Program Management Office, primarily based in Tulsa, OK, with consideration for candidates in Oklahoma City, Dallas, Austin, Houston, Corpus Christi, Bentonville, and Shreveport. The role requires regular travel across a multi‑state utility service territory in the south‑central United States.

Responsibilities

• Lead the organization’s most complex, large‑scale projects, ensuring clear deliverables, budgets, forecasts, margins, and key performance indicators.
• Foster proactive client and stakeholder engagement, maintain trusted relationships, and provide timely reporting on project and portfolio progress.
• Participate in technical aspects of contract negotiation, presentations, and meetings.
• Serve as the senior day‑to‑day client interface within established governance, project controls, safety, quality, reporting, and decision‑making processes.
• Coordinate closely with client representatives, internal delivery teams, functional leads, subcontractors, and external stakeholders to align priorities, clarify responsibilities, resolve issues, and support consistent execution across the regional footprint.
• Accountable for profitable performance and successful completion of all individual projects within the assigned portfolio.
• Provide leadership to multidisciplinary project teams distributed across multiple offices and sites, delivering strategic advice aligned with client priorities and capital program objectives.
• Develop, maintain, and update project initiation and governance documentation (Risk Registers, Project Management Plans, Quality Plans, Safety Plans, Communications Plans) in accordance with WSP and client requirements.
• Lead project‑management discipline meetings, address root‑cause issues, and drive continuous improvement.
• Develop project recovery plans to address budget overruns and schedule variances.
• Support integrated project controls and portfolio governance, including schedule and cost tracking, forecast updates, variance analysis, change control, risk and issue management, and executive‑level reporting.
• Ensure regular project and portfolio reporting to client representatives, technical areas, and business unit managers, highlighting emerging issues.
• Oversee formal project closeout activities and facilitate lessons‑learned sessions.
• Collaborate with professionals across disciplines to provide trusted‑advisor services and develop future‑ready solutions for regional utility needs.
• Exercise responsible and ethical decision‑making regarding company funds, resources, and conduct, adhering to WSP’s Code of Conduct and related policies.
• Perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, science, or a related field, or equivalent technical experience.
• 15+ years of post‑education experience in project or program management within the power, energy, utility, or large capital infrastructure industry.
• Advanced understanding of A/E/C project delivery and extensive experience managing large‑scale utility or capital infrastructure projects and programs.
• Experience with multiple delivery models (DBB, EPC, PDB) and client‑led governance environments.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills with business acumen to bridge business and project management.
• Deep knowledge of corporate project management principles, practices, processes, and their business impact.
• Proven ability to establish, implement, and manage multiple large‑scale projects, programs, documents, systems, and practices.
• Excellent self‑leadership, interpersonal communication, and staff‑management skills.
• Strategic lateral thinking, strong analytical ability, attention to detail, and prioritization under pressure.
• Ability to elicit cooperation from senior management, subcontractors, consultants, suppliers, clients, and staff across matrixed organizations.
• Experience in an embedded or highly integrated client‑service environment with geographically dispersed stakeholders.
• Advanced proficiency in technical writing, MS Office suite (Word, Excel, Visio, Project, SharePoint), and project‑management tools.
• Demonstrated commitment to workplace safety and adherence to WSP health, safety, drug/alcohol, and harassment policies.
• Flexibility to adapt to changing client priorities, schedules, and work locations.
• Willingness to travel regularly to client offices, WSP offices, and project sites across the south‑central U.S. service territory.

Preferred Qualifications

• Master’s degree.
• Professional project‑management certification (e.g., PMP, CAP‑M).

Benefits

• Medical, dental, vision, disability, and life insurance coverage.
• Retirement savings plans.
• Paid sick leave, vacation (or other personal time), and parental leave.
• Paid time off for bereavement, voting, and naturalization proceedings.

Compensation

Expected salary range (all locations): $168,900 – $323,900.

Expected salary range (Colorado only): $168,900 – $303,400.

About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, a global engineering and professional services firm. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 U.S. offices, WSP designs lasting solutions in buildings, transportation, energy, water, and environment markets. The company offers a flexible, agile workplace model and a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on health and financial stability throughout an employee’s career.