WSP in the U.S.
Managing Director, Energy Advisory
WSP in the U.S., Washington, District of Columbia, us, 20022
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.
Key Responsibilities
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.
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, and elevate these relationships to executives shaping strategy.
Lead pursuit strategies, capture planning, and proposal development that reinforce WSP’s competitive positioning.
Oversee delivery of complex advisory consultant engagements across electrification, renewable energy integration, grid modernization, major transmission projects, 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.
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.
Manage the practice’s full P&L, including budgeting, forecasting, staffing, utilization, 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 processes, load forecasting, system modeling, and emerging grid technologies.
Understanding of distributed energy resources (DERs), microgrids, advanced metering, and digital grid capabilities.
Renewable Energy & Clean Energy Integration
Experience evaluating and delivering renewable energy solutions including solar, wind, battery storage, and hybrid resource portfolios.
Familiarity with siting, permitting, interconnection, and wholesale market rules influencing renewable deployment.
Ability to support decarbonization strategies, electrification programs, and net‑zero planning.
Utility Operations, Asset Management & Regulatory Strategy
Strong understanding of utility operations, asset lifecycle management, capital planning, and O&M optimization.
Knowledge of state and federal regulatory frameworks, rate cases, cost recovery mechanisms, and performance‑based regulation.
Experience guiding utilities and agencies through regulatory filings, compliance strategies, and risk mitigation.
Energy Markets, Economics & Policy
Ability to assess economic drivers behind power supply planning, capacity markets, and long‑term contracting.
Understanding of federal energy policy (DOE, FERC, EPA) and state mandates shaping the U.S. energy transition.
Emerging Technologies & Future‑Ready Solutions
Awareness of advanced and emerging technologies such as hydrogen, long‑duration energy storage, carbon capture, vehicle‑grid integration, and AI‑enabled grid software.
Knowledge of commercialization pathways, pilot programs, and technology readiness evaluations.
Ability to support clients in evaluating feasibility and deploying innovative energy solutions.
Infrastructure & Cross‑Sector Integration
Understanding of how energy systems intersect with transportation electrification, sustainable buildings, water systems, environmental priorities, and federal infrastructure programs.
Ability to guide clients through integrated, cross‑sector planning and investment strategies.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or a related field.
15+ years of experience in the energy industry, including management consulting or advisory roles.
Experience in utility management or utility asset management.
Advanced expertise in energy project development and implementation with a seller/doer mindset (electrification, renewable integration, asset management, regulatory compliance, and decarbonization strongly preferred).
Strong understanding of renewable energy, generation, transmission development, and utility operations as they relate to power system services.
Exceptional leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence across levels and functions.
Strategic thinker with strong analytical capabilities, sound judgment, and the ability to prioritize in a fast‑paced environment.
Proven ability to foster collaboration across teams, senior management, clients, and partners, including those without direct reporting relationships.
Demonstrated commitment to workplace safety and adherence to WSP’s health, safety, and anti‑harassment policies.
Ability to travel as needed.
Preferred Qualifications
Master’s degree or Ph.D. in engineering, energy systems, business, policy, or related fields.
WSP Benefits WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on 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): $250,000–$350,000 Expected Salary (Colorado only): $250,000–$330,000
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.
Equal Opportunity Employment 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.
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Key Responsibilities
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.
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, and elevate these relationships to executives shaping strategy.
Lead pursuit strategies, capture planning, and proposal development that reinforce WSP’s competitive positioning.
Oversee delivery of complex advisory consultant engagements across electrification, renewable energy integration, grid modernization, major transmission projects, 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.
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.
Manage the practice’s full P&L, including budgeting, forecasting, staffing, utilization, 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 processes, load forecasting, system modeling, and emerging grid technologies.
Understanding of distributed energy resources (DERs), microgrids, advanced metering, and digital grid capabilities.
Renewable Energy & Clean Energy Integration
Experience evaluating and delivering renewable energy solutions including solar, wind, battery storage, and hybrid resource portfolios.
Familiarity with siting, permitting, interconnection, and wholesale market rules influencing renewable deployment.
Ability to support decarbonization strategies, electrification programs, and net‑zero planning.
Utility Operations, Asset Management & Regulatory Strategy
Strong understanding of utility operations, asset lifecycle management, capital planning, and O&M optimization.
Knowledge of state and federal regulatory frameworks, rate cases, cost recovery mechanisms, and performance‑based regulation.
Experience guiding utilities and agencies through regulatory filings, compliance strategies, and risk mitigation.
Energy Markets, Economics & Policy
Ability to assess economic drivers behind power supply planning, capacity markets, and long‑term contracting.
Understanding of federal energy policy (DOE, FERC, EPA) and state mandates shaping the U.S. energy transition.
Emerging Technologies & Future‑Ready Solutions
Awareness of advanced and emerging technologies such as hydrogen, long‑duration energy storage, carbon capture, vehicle‑grid integration, and AI‑enabled grid software.
Knowledge of commercialization pathways, pilot programs, and technology readiness evaluations.
Ability to support clients in evaluating feasibility and deploying innovative energy solutions.
Infrastructure & Cross‑Sector Integration
Understanding of how energy systems intersect with transportation electrification, sustainable buildings, water systems, environmental priorities, and federal infrastructure programs.
Ability to guide clients through integrated, cross‑sector planning and investment strategies.
Required Qualifications
Bachelor’s degree in business, engineering, or a related field.
15+ years of experience in the energy industry, including management consulting or advisory roles.
Experience in utility management or utility asset management.
Advanced expertise in energy project development and implementation with a seller/doer mindset (electrification, renewable integration, asset management, regulatory compliance, and decarbonization strongly preferred).
Strong understanding of renewable energy, generation, transmission development, and utility operations as they relate to power system services.
Exceptional leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills with the ability to influence across levels and functions.
Strategic thinker with strong analytical capabilities, sound judgment, and the ability to prioritize in a fast‑paced environment.
Proven ability to foster collaboration across teams, senior management, clients, and partners, including those without direct reporting relationships.
Demonstrated commitment to workplace safety and adherence to WSP’s health, safety, and anti‑harassment policies.
Ability to travel as needed.
Preferred Qualifications
Master’s degree or Ph.D. in engineering, energy systems, business, policy, or related fields.
WSP Benefits WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits focused on 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): $250,000–$350,000 Expected Salary (Colorado only): $250,000–$330,000
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.
Equal Opportunity Employment 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.
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