Strategic Talent Leader (Vice President)

Montréal, QC

The Opportunity:

As a Strategic Talent Leader, you will be responsible to partner and build strong relationships with the designated National Sector and their direct reports by providing executive coaching while proactively supporting the strategic agenda of the business through leveraging the overall talent strategy.

You will demonstrate an in-depth understanding of WSP’s operations and partner with the senior leadership team to achieve financial targets and business strategy, all while integrating the talent strategy, including supporting our broader redeployment strategy, to drive a high-performance and thriving diverse culture.

You will provide insight and expertise to the senior leaders surrounding major change initiatives in the business as it relates to organizational changes, including re-alignments to meet business needs while considering impacts on the business and employees.

You’ll review and analyse People & Culture KPIs, trends and issues to provide insights and recommendations to the senior leadership team and define actions, with the goal of increasing overall engagement, culture and diversity.

You will be an integral team member of the National Sector executive team and be required to form strong working relationships with the VP of Finance, VP of Operations and any other key members identified by your Sector. You will be required to support all People and Culture components including labour actions and future planning in support of the monthly OPS review, Quarterly Strategic Reviews, budgeting and forecast submissions as well as broader Canadian Executive Team reporting requirements.

Why choose WSP?

We value and are committed to upholding a culture of inclusion and belonging
Our Flexible Work Policy – we recognize the importance of balance in our lives and encourage you to prioritize the balance in yours. We will support you on and off the job so you can be fully present in both your work and home lives.
A Canadian success story - we're proud to wear the red and white of this beautiful country and show the world what Canada has to offer.
Enhance the world around you - from the environment to the highways, to the buildings and the terrain, WSP is the fabric of Canada.
Outstanding career opportunities - we're growing and pushing ourselves every day to be greater than yesterday - we're open to your ideas and trying new things.
A phenomenal collaborative culture and a workforce filled with genuinely good people who are doing humbly important work. Come find out for yourself what it's like to be a part of our journey.

We offer attractive pay, flexible work options, a great corporate culture, comprehensive and employee-focused benefits including virtual healthcare and a wellness platform as well as great savings programs, and a clear vision for the future.

What you can expect to do here:

As a member of the People & Culture leadership team, you will create strong and effective partnerships with internal People & Culture functions, such as the broader Strategic Talent Leader Team, Employee Experience Team and the Center of Excellence Teams to provide best in class service to the business while ensuring all People & Culture practices and programs are embedded in the business. You will also build relationships with your broader Corporate Services teams within WSP to continue to develop and foster collaboration across the business.

You will manage the collective reputation of the entire People & Culture Team by being an ambassador of the People & Culture programs and by supporting the implementation of COE programs, as well as defining and delivering People & Culture solutions to business challenges and enable execution.

You will develop a broad understanding of all WSP People & Culture programs and will be responsible to ensure the understanding, buy-in and application of all People & Culture initiatives within your designated client group. Some of these programs include;

Talent Strategy: You will work closely with your Strategic Talent Team and the Engagement & Enablement Team to provide input into WSP’s overall Talent Strategy. This includes supporting the broader redeployment strategy of the business.
Succession Planning: You lead your Sector executive through the succession planning process by facilitating the discussion surrounding the identification of emerging diverse talent. In addition to this, you will support the Employee Experience Team in ensuing our top talent have the appropriate development plans to thrive and grow within our organization.
Critical Role Identification and Planning: You will lead your Sector/Corporate Executive through identifying critical roles required in the present and for the future. You will ensure your client group is utilizing WSP’s People and Culture programs in order to provide our employees with the development required to meet the needs of the role or by supporting our talent acquisition team with the external search for roles where internal talent does not currently exist.
Performance Management: You will provide your executive client group with the appropriate coaching and advice on our performance management program in order to foster and enable a high performance and highly engaging diverse culture.
Total compensation: With the assistance of our compensation team, you will provide guidance and advice to your Sector Executives and their direct reports on WSP’s overall compensation programs while ensuring pay equity amongst the employees within your client group.
Engagement: With the assistance of our Engagement & Enablement Team, you will analyse data from different sources such as, engagement surveys, exit surveys, exit reports etc. to provide sound advice on key actions required to increase engagement within your client group by using existing People & Culture programs and tools to ensure a consistent WSP experience. You will also identify any new required corporate initiatives to assist in the ongoing engagement of our employees to the Engagement & Enablement Team.
Talent Development & Management: With the assistance of our Engagement and Enablement Team, you will provide guidance and advice on WSP’s talent development programs to foster a continuous learning and development culture.

What you’ll bring to WSP:

Strategic-thinking, able to identify solutions and associated impacts across the organization;
Sound judgment, business insights and can make a contribution to the business as a whole;
Ability to proactively identify potential issues and/or areas of opportunity within the business and work to action these findings;
Has strong business and financial acumen;
Ability and desire to embrace and manage and able to deal with ambiguity effectively;
Ability to effectively collaborate within the People & Culture team
Demonstrated ability to consult, influence and partner with senior leaders in developing/executing people strategies to drive business performance;
Well-developed team-building and influencing skills, unquestioned integrity, and the experience, confidence, and stature to effectively address sensitive People & Culture issues;
Capability, energy, experience, presence and accountability outlook to quickly establish and maintain the People & Culture team’s credibility coupled with the ability to influence management, resolve conflicts with experience supporting senior leaders nationally in a matrix organization;
Proven experience in Merger & Acquisition integrations with an ability to lead through change.
Informal roll up your sleeves and get it done leadership style that is people-centric, effective and marked by a high level of energy;
Financial modelling and insight as it relates to compensation and budget review for all labour requirements in your identified group;
A minimum of 15 years of HR leadership experience, preferably in a large, matrix organization.
Bilingualism (English & French), written and spoken is required

About Us

WSP is one of the world's leading professional services firms. Our purpose is to future proof our cities and environments.

We have over 65,000 team members across the globe. In Canada, our 12,000+ people are involved in everything from environmental remediation to urban planning, from engineering iconic buildings to designing sustainable transportation networks, from finding new ways to extract essential resources to developing renewable power sources for the future.

At WSP:

We value our people and our reputation
We are locally dedicated with international scale
We are future focused and challenge the status quo
We foster collaboration in everything we do
We have an empowering culture and hold ourselves accountable

Please Note:

Health and Safety is a core paramount value of WSP. Given the importance of keeping one another safe it is expected that you comply with our Health, Safety & Environment (HSE) policy at all times as well as client HSE policies when working at client locations.

Offers of employment for safety-sensitive positions involving fieldwork are contingent upon candidates being able to perform key physical tasks of the job as described in the job posting and interview. This may include the ability to work in a variety of environmental conditions, such as remote or isolated areas, working alone, and in inclement weather (within safe and reasonable limits).

WSP welcomes and encourages applications from people with disabilities. Accommodations are available on request for candidates taking part in all aspects of the selection process.

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