Program Controls Manager

This Opportunity

Position Overview:

The Senior Program Controls Manager will provide leadership and oversight for program controls across mega-capital programs, ensuring successful delivery through integrated cost, schedule, risk, and reporting functions. This role requires proven expertise in managing large, complex programs; leading multidisciplinary teams; supervising and developing project controls staff; interfacing with clients at the executive level; and serving as a technical subject matter expert (SME) in project controls. The ideal candidate will bring both strategic and hands-on capabilities to drive performance, ensure compliance, and create value for the client.

Your Impact

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide executive-level leadership for program controls on multi-billion-dollar or mega programs.
• Supervise, mentor, and develop a large team of project controls staff across cost, schedule, risk, and reporting disciplines.
• Manage and grow high-performing teams by implementing training, career development, and succession planning initiatives.
• Establish program-level controls strategies, processes, and governance frameworks in alignment with client requirements and industry best practices.
• Serve as the program controls subject matter expert (SME), providing technical guidance on scheduling, cost engineering, risk management, earned value, and performance reporting.
• Act as primary client interface for program controls, fostering strong relationships, providing executive-level reporting, and ensuring client satisfaction.
• Lead preparation and presentation of program controls deliverables, including forecasts, dashboards, KPIs, risk registers, and performance reports.
• Oversee integration of cost, schedule, and risk data to provide holistic insights into program performance.
• Partner with business development teams to support pursuits, proposals, and client presentations, bringing thought leadership in program controls.
• Proactively identify risks and opportunities at the program level and recommend actionable mitigation strategies.

Who You Are

Minimum Requirements:

• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, or related field.
• 15 years of experience in project/program controls on large-scale capital projects, with at least 5 years in a leadership role on mega programs.
• Demonstrated success supervising and growing large, multidisciplinary teams of project controls professionals.
• Deep expertise in project controls functions including scheduling (Primavera P6), cost engineering, earned value management, and risk analysis.
• Proven track record of interfacing with clients and senior stakeholders, with exceptional communication and presentation skills.
• Strong leadership, organizational, and decision-making skills with the ability to operate in high-pressure, fast-paced environments.
• Commercial awareness with experience supporting business development, proposals, and client negotiations.

Preferred Qualifications:

• Professional certifications such as PMP, CCP, PSP, PMI-SP, or equivalent.
• Experience with digital program controls platforms, data analytics, and dashboard/reporting tools.
• Background in infrastructure, transportation, energy, or other mega capital programs.

Compensation and Benefits:

WSP provides a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on a providing health and financial stability throughout the employee’s career.

Expected Salary: $240,000-$300,000
 
WSP USA is providing the compensation range and general description of other compensation and benefits that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and abilities in addition to internal equity and 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, or federal law. 

Expected Salary (Colorado only): $240,000-$300,000

WSP USA is providing the compensation range that the company in good faith believes it might pay and/or offer for this position within the state of Colorado, based on the successful applicant’s education, experience, knowledge, skills, and 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

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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.