Vice President of OperationsStrategic Growth
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Job Location:
California, CA - USA
Monthly Salary:
$ 200000 - 250000
Posted on:
7 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Were currently hiring for a Vice President of Operations / Strategic Growth to serve as a key member of WRAs Executive Committee. This role is responsible for strengthening and scaling the firms operational systems while leading implementation of our strategic plan to support our next phase of growth.
This position serves as the connective tissue between strategy and execution ensuring the firm has the tools systems capacity and alignment needed for responsible growth while preserving the culture flexibility and client focus that define WRA.
The VP of Operations / Strategic Growth will work alongside the CEO partnering closely with leaders across Finance People and Internal Operations Project Delivery and Marketing while directly supervising select client-facing Principals and the Marketing Director.
This is a highly hands-on leadership role. As a 100-person firm WRA operates with a lean team to execute on all initiatives requiring every leader to engage both strategically and tactically. The VP of Operations / Strategic Growth will personally lead analysis design solutions and drive implementation of complex cross-firm initiatives serving as a player-coach who builds systems while helping deliver them.
Location is flexible within California with a preference for candidates located within approximately one hour of a WRA office (San Francisco Bay Area or San Diego) to enable regular in-person collaboration.
Why this role exists now
WRA is entering a new phase of maturity and growth. As we scale we are investing in dedicated operational leadership to ensure our ambitions are matched by our execution capability. This role reflects our commitment to implementing our strategic plan with discipline strengthening internal operating systems and supporting sustainable growth across the firm.
At WRA you will have 3 major areas of impact:
Turning Strategy into Action Implement the firms strategic plan through clear initiatives milestones and accountability.
Building Scalable Operations Strengthen systems processes and tools to support efficiency and quality as the firm grows.
Aligning Teams Around Growth Ensure strong coordination across project delivery marketing business development and executive leadership.
In this role you will:
- Lead strategy execution
- Provide operational leadership & systems ownership (outside of HR and Finance)
- Strengthen growth alignment & leadership
- Guide technology & strategic initiatives
- Serve as a partner to the CEO and as an Executive leader
To be successful in this role you will need:
- Senior operational leadership experience in a professional services firm
- Experience supporting growth in consulting AEC or similar billable-staff environments
- Strong understanding of systems that enable project delivery and financial performance
- Demonstrated ability to implement strategic initiatives across multiple teams
- Credibility leading change with senior technical leaders
Preferred:
- Experience in the AEC or environmental consulting industry
- MBA formal business training or relevant advanced degree
- Experience with technology or digital transformation
- Exposure to post-growth scaling or M&A integration
Leadership Attributes:
- Decisive systems-oriented operator
- Able to translate strategy into clear execution
- Collaborative and respectful of distinct executive roles
- Comfortable working with senior client-facing leaders
- Growth-minded pragmatic and adaptable
- A positive engaging personality we work hard and enjoy working together
WRA has an established internal leveling system for our staff that maps to salary bands that have been informed by market data. Our leveling system is dependent on years of relevant industry experience education and the level of responsibility and autonomy at which youre expected to operate. There will be opportunities to discuss this toward the end of the interview process; however if you wish to discuss compensation earlier in the interview process please do so with your recruiter.
The salary range for this position is $200000-$250000.
Who are we
WRAs an employee-owned environmental consultancy. We are a tenacious team of planners engineers and scientists and we aim to leave the lands we love better than we found them.
Our clients and partners hire us because were skilled at navigating through challenging projects involving wildlands parks community spaces and infrastructure. We bring over four decades of expertise long-standing relationships and connections to our local communities to make sure that projects are pursued in responsible ways where both people and the environment thrive.
As an organization we believe that independence and interdependence are not mutually exclusive. We invest in systems processes and employee programs to support our staffs collective engagement and success. At the same time we encourage our employees to operate with an ownership mindset taking responsibility for outcomes and being true to our commitments.
WRAs company vision is to cultivate a sustainable future where people and the environment thrive and that effort starts first with our staff. We are committed to building a diverse equitable and inclusive work environment and we have developed flexible policies internal practices and are investing in programs that prioritize learning and sustainability. We aim to create conditions that allow employees to prioritize their families lead healthy and balanced lives and to bring their authentic selves to work every day. We believe that by creating an exceptional workplace our employees will be able to do their best work and be able to meaningfully contribute to the sustainability of the environment and the communities in which we live.
WRA is an equal opportunity employer and we are committed to creating a diverse environment. We recruit employ train compensate and promote regardless of race religion color national origin gender sexual orientation disability age veteran status and other protected status as required by applicable law.
We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process such as reviewing applications analyzing resumes or assessing responses. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed please contact us.
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About Company
Environmental consultants making a net positive impact. A tenacious team of planners, engineers and scientists, leaving the lands we love better than we found them.
