Senior Director, Government Affairs

This Opportunity

WSP is currently initiating a search for a Senior Director, Government Affairs for our Washington, DC office. This individual will play a critical role in shaping and advancing WSP’s federal policy agenda, engaging with key stakeholders, and supporting our advocacy priorities in Washington, D.C.

Your Impact

Key Responsibilities

• Develop and execute federal advocacy strategies aligned with WSP goals to support infrastructure improvements for our clients in transportation, energy, environment, water, buildings, and federal projects. 
• Build and maintain relationships with Members of Congress, congressional staff, federal agencies, and relevant trade associations and coalitions.
• Monitor and analyze federal legislative and regulatory developments impacting WSP markets and clients.
• Develop corporate positions on federal legislation and regulations, coordinating with WSP senior management and market leaders to strategize and communicate WSP’s input to congressional staff, relevant federal agencies, and industry partners. 
• Represent WSP in meetings and events with policymakers and industry partners.
• Coordinate with outside counsel and advocates to advance WSP goals. 
• Support WSP’s federal political activities and represent WSP at political fundraisers. 

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• 15+ years of experience in government relations, communications, and stakeholder engagement
• Bachelor's Degree in communications, public relations, marketing, or a related field
• Ability to work well with the public and interact effectively with all organizational levels, including agency staff, senior management, executive leadership, board members, community leaders, and city/county/state representatives
• Experience working with public agencies
• Excellent verbal, writing, and presentation skills
• Ability to work independently and interdependently
• Strong time management skills and high attention to detail
• Strong computer skills, including experience with Microsoft Office, Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint

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): $175,400.00 - $250,000.00
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.