Managing Director, Energy Advisory

Location: New York

Opportunity

Lead WSP’s U.S. Advisory & Planning Business Line’s Energy Advisory Practice as the Managing Director, shaping transformative strategies that strengthen WSP’s position as a recognized leader in sustainable, resilient, and future‑ready energy solutions. In this highly visible leadership role, you will define the national vision for the practice, advance regional and multi‑sector priorities, expand market presence, and deliver innovative strategies that address the rapidly evolving energy landscape.

Your leadership will directly influence growth performance, strengthen key client relationships, and elevate Energy Advisory services across major infrastructure programs. You will be accountable for driving strategic partnerships, fostering technical excellence, ensuring operational performance, and delivering long‑term business success.

You will oversee the delivery of high‑quality consulting services, lead strategic initiatives, ensure exceptional client satisfaction, and achieve key performance targets for the Profit & Loss (P&L) unit.

Your Impact Strategic Leadership & Market Growth

Drive the long‑term strategy, growth trajectory, and pipeline development of the Energy Advisory practice, leading opportunities across the entire energy landscape, while supporting key energy‑related initiatives across the transportation and infrastructure, property and buildings, water, environment, and federal sectors.

Key Responsibilities Leadership & Team Management

• Lead, inspire, and manage a diverse team of technical and strategic consultants and subject matter experts.
• Foster a collaborative, innovative, and inclusive culture centered on growth, technical excellence, strategic advisory services and accountability across business lines and global regions.
• Provide coaching, mentorship, and professional development opportunities to build future leaders.

Client Engagement & Business Development

• Serve as a trusted advisor to clients, demonstrating strong strategic acumen and a seller/doer mindset.
• Build, cultivate, and expand relationships with utilities, agencies, regulators, developers, and stakeholders across the power and energy ecosystem. Focus on elevating these relationships to executives who are defining strategy for these organizations.
• Lead pursuit strategies, capture planning, and proposal development that reinforce WSP’s competitive positioning.

Project & Technical Oversight

• Oversee delivery of complex advisory consultant engagements across electrification, renewable energy integration, grid modernization, major projects/programs in transmission, asset management, regulatory strategy, and decarbonization.
• Ensure project execution meets WSP’s quality standards, adheres to best practices, manages risks, and exceeds client expectations.
• Monitor project milestones, proactively address challenges, and champion continuous improvement.

Strategic Planning & Innovation

• Develop and execute strategic plans that align with business line goals, regulatory trends, and market conditions.
• Identify emerging markets, service lines, and opportunities that expand the Energy Advisory practice.
• Foster innovation by advancing creative, data‑driven, and future‑ready solutions to complex client challenges.

P&L, Operations & Governance

• Manage the practice’s full P&L, including budgeting, forecasting, staffing, utilisation, and financial reporting to ensure profitability and long‑term sustainability.
• Serve as WSP’s Energy Advisory representative to federal, state, and local agencies, utilities, clients, subcontractors, industry organizations, and community partners.

Technical Expertise and Industry Knowledge

The Managing Director must bring deep technical expertise and broad industry fluency across the U.S. energy ecosystem, with the ability to translate complex market and regulatory dynamics into actionable, strategic solutions for clients. A strong command of the full energy value chain—and how energy systems intersect with major infrastructure sectors—is essential.

Power System Planning & Grid Modernization

• Expertise in system planning, grid modernization strategies, and reliability/resilience analysis.
• Knowledge of interconnection…