Project Manager - Transit Fare Collection Program

This Opportunity

WSP is seeking an experienced Project Manager - Fare Collection Program to lead and support complex fare collection, transit technology, and mobility programs for South Florida transit agency clients.

This position will serve as the primary day-to-day project management lead, coordinating activities among clients, technology vendors, contractors, and stakeholders to ensure successful project delivery. The Project Manager will provide leadership in project planning, schedule management, stakeholder coordination, risk management, reporting, and transition planning for large-scale fare payment and transit technology initiatives. The role is similar to WSP''s support for major transit fare system programs in New York, Philadelphia, San Francisco, Chicago, and Miami.

This position is required to be onsite in Miami, Florida five (5) days per week.

Candidates must reside in or be willing to relocate to the Miami metropolitan area. Remote or hybrid arrangements are not anticipated for this role.

Your Impact

• Serve as Project Manager for fare collection and transit technology projects.
• Act as the primary WSP point of contact with clients, vendors, and project stakeholders.
• Lead project planning, execution, monitoring, and reporting activities.
• Develop and maintain project schedules, budgets, action item logs, risk registers, and status reports.
• Facilitate meetings with agency executives, project teams, contractors, and vendors.
• Monitor project progress and identify risks, issues, and schedule impacts requiring management attention.
• Coordinate activities among client staff, technology providers, systems integrators, and subcontractors.
• Prepare executive-level presentations, briefing materials, and project reports.
• Support testing, implementation, operational readiness, and transition planning activities.
• Lead stakeholder engagement and communication efforts.
• Support business development and proposal activities for future transit technology opportunities.

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

• Bachelor''s degree in Engineering, Construction Management, Business, Information Technology, Transportation Planning, or related field.
• Minimum 10 years of post education project management experience.
• Minimum 5 years managing transit, transportation technology, fare collection, intelligent transportation systems (ITS), or large technology implementation projects.
• Demonstrated experience coordinating multiple stakeholders on complex programs.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Experience preparing executive presentations and project reports.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office Suite and project management tools.

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP certification.
• Experience with fare payment systems, account-based ticketing, AFC, or open payments programs.
• Experience working with transit agencies, including large metropolitan transit authorities.
• Familiarity with PMBOK project management practices.
• Experience with Primavera P6 and/or Microsoft Project.
• Knowledge of transit technology, systems integration, and implementation programs.

Why Join WSP?

WSP supports some of North America''s largest fare payment and transit modernization programs, bringing together project management, systems, and transit expertise to help agencies deliver transformative mobility solutions. Recent work includes major fare collection and transition programs supporting agencies such as SEPTA, MTA, and Miami-Dade Transit.

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About WSP

WSP USA is the U.S. operating company of WSP, one of the world''s leading engineering and professional services firms. Dedicated to serving local communities, we are engineers, planners, technical experts, strategic advisors and construction management professionals. WSP USA designs lasting solutions in the buildings, transportation, energy, water and environment markets. With more than 15,000 employees in over 300 offices across the U.S., we partner with our clients to help communities prosper.

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WSP provides a flexible and agile workplace model while meeting client needs. Employees are also afforded a comprehensive suite of benefits including medical, dental, vision, disability, life, and retirement savings focused on providing health and financial stability throughout the employee's career.

At WSP, we want to give our employees the challenges they seek to grow their careers and knowledge base. Your daily contributions to your team will be essential in meeting client objectives, goals and challenges. Are you ready to get started?

WSP USA (and all of its U.S. companies) is an Equal Opportunity Employer Race/Age/Color/Religion/Sex/Sexual Orientation/Gender Identity/National Origin/Disability or Protected Veteran Status.

The selected candidate must be authorized to work in the United States.

NOTICE TO THIRD PARTY AGENCIES:

WSP does not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters, employment agencies, or other staffing services. Unsolicited resumes include any resume or hiring document sent to WSP in the absence of a signed Service Agreement where WSP has expressly requested recruitment/staffing services specific to the position at hand. Any unsolicited resumes, including those submitted to hiring managers or other business leaders, will become the property of WSP and WSP will have the right to hire that candidate without reservation - no fee or other compensation will be owed or paid to the recruiter, employment agency, or other staffing service.