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WSP

Plans and designs infrastructure projects

Head of Structural Design

Engineering LeadershipConfirmed live in the last 24 hours
Full-timeNo salary listed

About the Job

Requirements

  • Experience with business results accountability, business development, and business management.
  • Ability to lead and develop high-performing organizations through other managers.
  • Experience in complex project and business environments, preferably in an international context.
  • Ability to build strategic customer relationships and represent the business externally.
  • Experience coaching and developing leaders and future key personnel.
  • Relevant university degree or Master of Science in Engineering.
  • Very good knowledge of Swedish and English.
  • A strategic, commercially minded leadership approach with strong technical understanding and a documented ability to achieve results through others.
  • Experience leading large and complex businesses in commercially driven environments, with the ability to set direction, engage people, and deliver results through clear, developmental leadership.
  • Ability to combine a strategic perspective with operational execution and strong commercial understanding.

Responsibilities

  • Hold overall responsibility for the structural design business, including approximately 350 employees across offices in Sweden and India.
  • Own the business's results, growth, and profitability; translate strategy and business plans into development and strengthen market position.
  • Develop the business and long-term customer relationships, represent the organization in strategic customer discussions, and contribute to growth and profitability.
  • Lead the organization through managers and ensure it has the appropriate structure, staffing, and competencies for continued development.
  • Develop leadership, culture, and organizational capability; clarify goals, follow-up, and accountability; drive change initiatives that strengthen efficiency and collaboration; and ensure long-term workforce capability and succession.
  • Develop collaboration between Sweden and India and ensure Global Competence Centers are effectively integrated into delivery.
  • Increase delivery scalability and efficiency; foster collaboration across geographies, disciplines, and business units; and develop offerings for complex international assignments.
  • Ensure high-quality, profitable project delivery and further develop project management and risk management practices.
  • Ensure regulatory compliance and business ethics, proactively manage quality and risk, and sponsor strategically important projects.
  • Participate in the Property and Buildings leadership team in Sweden and the WSP Global Structures Leadership Team, contributing to the global offering and collaborating with international leaders.

Desired Qualifications

  • Experience in complex project and business environments, preferably in an international context.

About the Company

WSP

Plans and designs infrastructure projects

WSP is an engineering and science consultancy that helps governments and businesses plan, design, and manage infrastructure. Its teams work on transport networks, buildings, water systems, power facilities, and environmental projects, combining engineers with scientists, planners, and technical advisers. Services include feasibility studies, detailed design, environmental assessments, and project management, with specialists supporting assets through construction and operation. Clients pay through contracts priced by staff time, agreed project fees, or a share of project costs. Genivar reorganized as WSP Global in 2014, and the group is headquartered in Montreal, Quebec.

Company size
10,001+
Company stage
IPO
Headquarters
Montreal, Canada
Founded
1959

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