WSP

Senior Manager, Performance & Delivery [ENTERPRISE]

WSP$127K — $227K *
Enterprise Technology
8 - 10 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in information technology or related field.
  • 10+ years in IT operations or infrastructure services with complex environments experience.
  • Strong knowledge of ITIL or similar frameworks.
  • Project or program management certification (e.g., PMP, Agile) is a plus.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence cross-functional teams and senior stakeholders.
  • Proficient in change management in high-visibility settings.
  • Familiarity with IT governance and operational control frameworks.
  • Excellent leadership and people management abilities.
  • Strong executive-level communication and presentation skills.
  • Robust analytical skills for actionable insights.

Responsibilities

  • Lead initiatives to continuously improve operational efficiency and service delivery.
  • Establish and maintain KPI and reporting frameworks to track performance.
  • Partner with leaders to identify performance gaps and prioritize improvements.
  • Direct financial planning for enhanced cost transparency and forecasting.
  • Oversee portfolio governance practices for consistent project management.
  • Monitor delivery risks and timelines to ensure business objectives are met.
  • Collaborate with leadership to create an executable delivery roadmap.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, and vision.
  • Disability and life insurance options.
  • Retirement savings plans.
  • Paid sick leave and vacation time.
  • Paid parental leave and time off for bereavement or civic duties.
Full Job Description
Job Description

This Opportunity

As Senior Manager, Performance & Delivery, [ENTERPRISE], you will lead the performance, governance, and delivery management practices that enable Infrastructure Services to operate effectively on a scale. This role is accountable for strengthening KPI and reporting frameworks, improving financial planning and cost transparency, and driving disciplined portfolio and program execution. Acting as a strategic partner to Infrastructure leadership, you will help translate priorities into measurable outcomes, enhance operational maturity, and ensure alignment between technology investments and business objectives.

Your Impact

Operational Performance & Continuous Improvement
  • Lead continuous improvement initiatives that enhance operational efficiency, delivery consistency, and service performance across Infrastructure Services.
  • Establish and maintain KPI, dashboard, and executive reporting frameworks to measure organizational performance and support data-driven decision-making.
  • Partner with functional leaders to identify performance gaps, prioritize improvement opportunities, and track delivery against agreed outcomes.


Financial Management
  • Lead financial planning activities that improve cost transparency, forecast accuracy, and visibility into operational and strategic investments.
  • Partner with Finance and Infrastructure leaders on budgeting, forecasting, variance analysis, and cost optimization to support sound investment decisions.


Portfolio Governance & Delivery Management
  • Lead portfolio governance practices and promote consistent program and project management standards across Infrastructure Services.
  • Oversee portfolio performance, delivery risks, dependencies, and timelines to improve execution discipline and achievement of business objectives.
  • Collaborate with Infrastructure leadership to translate strategic priorities into a sequenced and executable delivery roadmap.
  • Ensure initiatives are aligned with enterprise priorities, technology strategy, and measurable value delivery outcomes.


Leadership & Stakeholder Management
  • Foster a culture of accountability, collaboration, professionalism, and customer-centricity across the team and its stakeholder community.
  • Serve as a trusted advisor to senior leadership by providing clear insights on performance, delivery health, financial posture, and improvement priorities.
  • Monitor resource allocation and capacity utilization to support effective planning, prioritization, and delivery execution.
  • Set clear objectives, coach team members, and manage performance to build capability and support high-quality results.
Who You Are

Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in information technology or a related field.
  • 10+ years of experience in IT operations, infrastructure services, program delivery, performance management, or related leadership roles, with a proven track record in complex environments.
  • Strong understanding of ITIL or similar IT service management frameworks.
  • Project or program management certification (e.g., PMP, Agile) is an asset.
  • Demonstrated ability to influence and collaborate across cross-functional teams and senior stakeholder groups.
  • Strong change management capability and the ability to operate effectively in high-visibility, fast-paced environments.
  • Familiarity with IT governance, compliance, and operational control frameworks.
  • Strong leadership and people management skills, with the ability to motivate, develop, and align teams to strategic priorities.
  • Executive-level communication, presentation, and stakeholder management skills.
  • Experience with portfolio governance, performance reporting, and managing multiple priorities across a complex delivery environment.
  • Strong analytical skills, with the ability to turn data into actionable insights and executive-ready recommendations.


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): $127,600.00 - $227,500.00
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.

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About WSP

WSP is a Canadian engineering consulting firm that provides services to transform the built environment and restore the natural environment. The firm's expertise ranges from environmental remediation and urban planning, to engineering iconic buildings and designing sustainable transport networks, to developing the energy sources of the future and enabling new ways of extracting essential resources. It has approximately 54,000 employees, including engineers, technicians, scientists, architects, planners, surveyors, program and construction management professionals, and various environmental experts. WSP has offices in more than 40 countries and territories around the world.
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