Assistant Vice President
WSP
Assistant Vice President
WSP
Plans and designs infrastructure projects
Assistant Vice President, Intelligent Mobility Technology – Delivery & Solutions
Reports to: Senior Vice President, Intelligent Mobility Technology|Business Area: Intelligent Mobility / Transportation Operations
We are seeking an experienced technology delivery leader to direct the implementation and long-term success of complex back-office systems supporting tolling and transportation operations. This role is accountable for translating program and contractual requirements into executable solutions, coordinating internal teams and external partners, and ensuring systems are integrated, tested, deployed, and transitioned into reliable operations.
The successful candidate brings three essential strengths: proven back-office systems implementation and delivery; effective vendor and technology partner management; and deep tolling and transportation industry knowledge. Candidate should also have skills in solution architecture, cloud infrastructure, DevOps, cybersecurity, and business development to enable successful delivery of high quality solutions.
Lead end-to-end planning, implementation, integration, testing, deployment, acceptance, and transition to production support for complex back-office technology platforms.
Oversee solutions supporting transaction processing, customer accounts, payments, reconciliation, reporting, customer service, and related operational functions.
Translate business, operational, technical, and contractual requirements into solution designs, implementation plans, milestones, and measurable acceptance criteria.
Direct technical governance, cross-system integration, delivery risk management, issue escalation, operational readiness, and sustained system performance.
Coordinate application, infrastructure, cloud, security, and support teams to deliver scalable, secure, resilient systems that meet service-level commitments.
Lead technology vendor and systems integrator evaluation, selection, onboarding, coordination, and performance management.
Establish clear scopes, deliverables, integration responsibilities, milestones, service levels, and accountability across multiple partners.
Monitor vendor performance against contractual commitments; resolve delivery, quality, integration, and operational issues through timely escalation and corrective action.
Collaborate with procurement, legal, commercial, and program leadership on statements of work, technical evaluations, negotiations, and long-term partner relationships.
Apply tolling and transportation operations expertise to guide platform decisions, implementation priorities, and client solutions.
Provide leadership across tolling back-office functions, interoperability, transaction processing, payments, revenue management, and customer account operations.
Ensure integration among roadside and field systems, central processing, back-office platforms, and customer-facing channels.
Engage transportation agencies, toll authorities, concessionaires, and other clients to align delivery with operational performance, revenue integrity, customer experience, and contractual obligations.
Develop and advance DevOps strategies, engineering standards, governance frameworks, and technology roadmaps aligned with Intelligent Mobility priorities, Corporate IT standards, and business objectives.
Lead adoption of DevOps, DevSecOps, Agile, and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) principles, emphasizing reusable frameworks, automation, delivery quality, scalability, and cost effectiveness.
Coordinate solution design and lead implementation and operational oversight of development, testing, staging, and production environments across Azure, AWS, GCP, and private or hybrid cloud platforms, as applicable.
Guide cloud-native architecture, containerization, microservices, infrastructure provisioning, security controls, identity and access management, monitoring, FinOps, high availability, disaster recovery, and business continuity.
Establish CI/CD and application delivery standards for automated builds, integration, testing, secure deployment, production releases, environment promotion, and rollback across multiple programs and contracts.
Oversee DevOps toolchains such as GitHub, GitLab, Azure DevOps, and Jenkins, including code quality, security scanning, vulnerability management, and auditable release processes.
Provide architectural guidance for APIs, enterprise integrations, web and mobile applications, shared services, and reusable development components to improve maintainability and delivery speed.
Coordinate Intelligent Mobility Technology, Corporate IT, application development, cybersecurity, engineering, and external partners to resolve delivery challenges and meet service-level and operational requirements.
Support major pursuits, RFP responses, technical proposals, and client presentations with executable solution architectures, implementation approaches, estimates, and delivery assumptions.
Advise senior leadership on technical decisions, implementation performance, operational risks, and continuous improvement opportunities.
Experience providing technical leadership for DevOps/DevSecOps practices, CI/CD, cloud or hybrid environments, application release governance, and reliable production operations.
8+ years of progressive experience in enterprise technology delivery, systems integration, solution implementation, or related technology leadership, including experience leading complex multi-stakeholder initiatives.
Demonstrated ownership of large-scale back-office implementations, from solution definition and integration through deployment, acceptance, and ongoing operations.
Significant experience managing technology vendors, systems integrators, and third-party delivery partners against technical, schedule, commercial, and service-level commitments.
Substantial experience with tolling, transportation operations, or intelligent mobility technology, including transaction-intensive back-office environments.
Working knowledge of solution architecture, enterprise integrations, cloud or hybrid hosting, cybersecurity, application release practices, and operational support.
Ability to communicate effectively with executives, clients, operational stakeholders, technical teams, and external partners.
Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, Engineering, Information Systems, or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience.
12+ years of progressive technology delivery or leadership experience, including major tolling or transportation programs.
Experience supporting competitive transportation procurements, technical proposals, and long-term operations and maintenance contracts.
Knowledge of electronic and image-based tolling, interoperability, payment processing, revenue reconciliation, and customer service platforms.
Experience with cloud and hybrid environments (Azure, AWS, GCP), APIs, middleware, automation, CI/CD, DevSecOps, and high-availability operations.
Familiarity with SRE, infrastructure automation, cloud resilience, observability, FinOps, and enterprise development toolchains.
Experience leading distributed teams, subcontractors, and complex multi-vendor implementations; relevant architecture, cloud, cybersecurity, or program management certifications.
Develop competitive, technically sound, and executable solutions for major transportation pursuits.
Deliver integrated back-office systems that meet business, operational, technical, and contractual requirements.
Maintain strong governance and vendor accountability while reducing delivery risk.
Achieve stable production transitions and reliable long-term operations.
Build trusted client and partner relationships and strengthen organizational technical capabilities.
A seasoned technology delivery leader who has personally led the design, implementation, and operational support of complex back-office systems in tolling or transportation. This individual has supported major competitive procurements, understands the commercial realities of large-scale transportation contracts, and has held vendors and systems integrators accountable through difficult implementations. They combine strategic technology expertise with practical delivery ownership
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): $119,000 - $193,000
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.
Expected Salary (Colorado only): $134,000 - $181,000
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 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.
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.
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