• Emergency Management Portfolio Director

    WSP USA (Raleigh, NC)


    This Opportunity

     

    WSP is recruiting for an **Emergency Management Portfolio Director** to work out of Columbia, SC; Arlington, VA; Raleigh, NC or Exton, PA.

     

    This Federal Program’s **Emergency Management Portfolio Director** oversees all client management and business development aspects of the Federal Program’s Emergency Management portfolio, including management oversight of client and industry engagement, business development planning and strategy, pipeline growth, and delivery of complex, publicly funded emergency management programs.

     

    The successful candidate must be a highly effective communicator with demonstrated strength in collaboration, client relationship cultivation, creative problem-solving skills and highly developed team building abilities. This person must have a proven public and private sector related record of large program strategic capture, innovation in policy and program delivery, strategic planning and progressive management responsibility. Position requires travel.

     

    Who You Are

    Required Qualifications

    + A bachelor’s degree in business administration, emergency management, public administration, or equivalent.A Master’s degree is highly preferred.

    + 15+ years of public and/or private management experience in emergency management, program management, and/or business administration.

    + Proven ability in client relationship development, portfolio management, and capture management.

    + Ability to establish and maintain good working relationships with federal, state, and local agencies, and other professional emergency management related organizations.

    + A current International Association of Emergency Management’s Certified Emergency Manager (CEM) certificate or state equivalent, and/or a Project Management Professional (PMP) certificate is highly preferred.

    Professional Skills:

    + Strong relationship management skills, emphasizing collaboration, active listening and communication

    + Customer focus, with the ability to decipher customer environment and interpret into specific needs.

    + Agile decision-making, valuing diversity of thought, with the ability to apply sound judgement to make informed decisions.

    + Ability to identify and facilitate the assignment and allocation of resources and prioritize effectively in limited timeframes to achieve desired objectives and established milestones.

    + Demonstrated competence in leading and influencing high-performance teams

    + Excellent verbal and written communication skills.

    + Strong proficiency in MS Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.

    + You are a leader with a clear vision and strong ethical compass.

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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.

     

    www.wsp.com

     

    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.