Senior Vice President, Alternative Delivery Project Director – Federal Programs

Senior Vice President, Alternative Delivery Project Director – Federal Programs

This senior leadership role will focus on advancing WSP's federal alternative delivery and contractor-led design-build practice. This position has the potential to work out of any WSP office, which could include Arlington, VA;
Virginia Beach, VA;
Denver, CO;
Tacoma, WA;
San Diego, CA;
Dallas, TX; or San Antonio, TX.

Be involved in projects with our Federal Programs AEC Team and be a part of a growing organization that meets our clients' objectives and solves their challenges.

At WSP, we are driven by inspiring the right people to be part of our future-focused business objectives. Our devotion to teamwork has allowed us to build communities and expand our skylines. Here at WSP, anything is within our reach and yours as a WSP employee. Come join us and help shape the future!

The Alternative Delivery Project Director – Federal Programs (ADPD FP) provides executive leadership for a portfolio of alternative delivery pursuits and active projects in the federal and Department of War (DoW) markets, combining proactive market engagement with executive project oversight. Working closely with Federal business line leadership and the U.S. Alternative Delivery team, you will help grow WSP's federal design-build consulting practice by selecting the right opportunities and partners, aligning delivery strategy, and overseeing procurement and post-award execution to manage risk and compliance, achieve schedule and margin objectives, develop talent, and strengthen delivery capabilities across multidisciplinary horizontal and vertical construction projects.

The ADPD FP may also hold national and/or regional contractor account management responsibilities for designated contractor clients, developing relationship and teaming plans that leverage WSP's geographic presence and technical expertise and position WSP as a preferred design partner for long-term federal and DoW programs.

In this role, you will guide federal alternative delivery pursuits and projects from early positioning and procurement through execution and closeout. You will support go/no-go and teaming decisions, help shape capture strategy, pricing and negotiation approaches, and delivery outcomes, and promote collaboration and continuous improvement across WSP's Alternative Delivery practice.

You are an accomplished executive leader with experience shaping, winning, and delivering large, complex federal contractor-led design-build programs. You bring strategic judgment, commercial perspective, federal market insight, and delivery discipline, with the ability to align business priorities, contractor expectations, government requirements, delivery practices, and organizational processes across a matrixed, multidisciplinary environment.

Additional responsibilities include:

• Provide executive leadership for federal and DoW alternative delivery pursuits and projects, balancing capture strategy, teaming, proposal positioning, negotiations, phase transitions, delivery outcomes, margin performance, compliance, and risk management.
• Lead federal business development and capture efforts in collaboration with regional and national teams, including project selection, contractor teaming, pre- and post-award work planning, RFQ/RFP interpretation, source-selection requirements, fee development, assumptions and exclusions, interview preparation, and negotiation support.
• Provide executive oversight during project execution through periodic project reviews, proactive risk identification, contingency and recovery planning, alignment with commercial, contractual, and financial objectives, and support for favorable CPARS outcomes.
• Engage contractor executives through regular strategic discussions and project reporting, coordinating with WSP leadership as appropriate.
• Lead after-action reviews to capture lessons learned and contribute to firmwide alternative delivery best practices and standard operating procedures that promote continuous improvement and organizational learning.
• Represent WSP in industry organizations and events relevant to alternative delivery and the federal marketplace, including DBIA, SAME, and targeted contractor and infrastructure forums.
• Adhere to internal processes, ethical standards, and company policies, and perform additional responsibilities as required by business needs.

Required Qualifications

• Minimum of 15 years of progressive experience leading contractor-led design-build projects and pursuits for federal and/or DoW clients and large, complex, multidisciplinary infrastructure or facilities programs exceeding $500 million in construction value.
• Bachelor's degree in engineering, architecture, construction management, or equivalent; advanced degree preferred.
• Professional licensure, such as PE, RA, or equivalent, preferred; certifications such as PMP, DBIA, or similar credentials considered a plus.
• Understanding of federal and/or DoW design-build contractual frameworks, including design…