Leadership Director - Property & Buildings

About the Role

WSP is seeking an experienced operations and technical lead for our Property & Buildings team in Minneapolis, MN
. In this high‑impact leadership role, you will help grow the P&B team with a focus on complex market sectors such as healthcare, commercial, mission critical, industrial, higher education, and science and technology.

You will help manage the local strategic plan, be responsible for project and office financial performance, drive technical excellence, lead multidisciplinary design teams, manage complex projects, and champion client relationships. You’ll also play a pivotal role in developing our people and shaping the future of our office and practice, with significant involvement and input in the strategic plan to grow the practice and increase our project management and business development activities.

This position is ideal for accomplished engineers who thrive on strategic thinking, have an entrepreneurial spirit and collaborative leadership skills within a global firm committed to innovation and growth.

• Drive the performance of the business
• Build and sustain trusted client relationships; serve as the “face of the company” locally and regionally.
• Lead and manage business development initiatives including Requests for Qualifications and Requests for Proposals; with input from others, compile a comprehensive and realistic scope of work, and prepare a complete and accurate fee estimate in a format suitable for obtaining the required management approvals and submittal to clients.
• Proactively manage, track, analyze, and report on actual performance against plan, and prepare cost and schedule reporting both for clients and as part of internal reporting processes. Address change management matters promptly and professionally with clients and internal stakeholders.
• Represent the firm through regular involvement in client and industry events and associations to promote intelligence gathering and pipeline development.
• Bring an expanded view and integrated response to complex challenges by leveraging our full suite of offerings across all end markets.
• Utilize our extended reach of technical and subject matter experts (SMEs) across regions, districts, offices, and the globe to foster new and innovative client delivery.
• Manage local client coordination and cross‑selling efforts.
• Lead client meetings, present technical solutions, and develop project scopes and proposals.
• Identify opportunities for practice growth and differentiation; represent the firm at industry events and professional organizations.

• Work with the local office leads to attract the best industry talent by fostering a collaborative work environment, values inclusion and diversity, and invites broad, creative thinking – crafting a more attractive place to work, grow, and thrive.
• Emphasize employee training and development to create a unique work experience.
• Inspire, motivate, and promote the best of WSP to our clients and communities to ensure strong employee engagement and morale.
• Support programs such as Safety, Sustainability, and Ethics & Compliance.

• Optimize client and employee experience through regular reviews while embracing process improvement.
• Focus on innovation and collaboration while maintaining and improving quality.
• Develop local growth, forecast, and business development strategy in collaboration with District, Region, and National Business Line Leaders.
• Resolve conflict and other internal/external issues that may arise in the office, amongst WSP's client base, or on projects.
• Collaborate with regional, district leaders and other area leaders to strategically drive the business, assess and suggest improvements for project performance, oversee overhead expenditures, and focus on Key Performance Indicators (KPIs):
  Sales, Funding, EBITDA, Staff Hiring and Retention, DSO, Utilization, Backlog, Inclusion & Diversity, and Guiding Principles.

• Leverage our broad technical experience to enhance current and new service offerings.
• Foster the development of new and emerging innovations to remain the trusted thought leaders in our industry.
• Advance the region's strategic…