Vice President of Projects

About us

Worley is a global company of energy, chemicals and resources experts headquartered in Australia. We partner with our customers to deliver projects and create value across the life of their assets. We specialize in consulting, engineering, procurement and construction across the project lifecycle, with services extending through to operations and decommissioning. Leveraging extensive experience and AI-enabled delivery, we support customers in navigating complexity as they meet today's needs and transition to more sustainable solutions.

Role Purpose

The Vice President, Project Management – Alaska provides regional functional leadership for project and program management, strengthening the governance, capability and delivery performance of Worley’s project portfolio across Alaska.

The role establishes consistent project management standards and assurance practices across the full project lifecycle, from opportunity shaping and execution planning through delivery, closeout and lessons learned. It partners with regional, sector, commercial and functional leaders to improve project predictability, protect margin and cash, manage risk and build customer confidence.

As a visible regional leader, the Vice President builds a strong pipeline of Project Directors and Project Managers, deploys the right leadership to priority work and intervenes early where projects require recovery or executive support. The role operates through a global matrix and works across countries, cultures and delivery locations to advance safe, sustainable and high-quality outcomes.

Leadership Expectations

The Vice President is expected to

• Lead with integrity, courage, accountability and an enterprise mindset.
• Translate strategy into clear priorities, governance and measurable delivery outcomes.
• Make timely, evidence-based decisions in complex and ambiguous environments.
• Influence effectively across a global matrix and align culturally diverse teams around shared objectives.
• Create an inclusive environment that enables people to perform, develop and speak up.
• Remain composed and decisive during critical customer, commercial and project challenges.

Role Responsibilities

• Portfolio Strategy and Pursuit Support
• Provide project management input to regional portfolio strategy, opportunity qualification and prioritization, with particular focus on execution feasibility, delivery model, risk and resource readiness.
• Partner with regional, sector, customer and Major Projects and Programs leaders to shape execution strategies for priority pursuits and confirm appropriate project leadership.
• Support bid and approval governance by challenging assumptions, delivery schedules, project controls, commercial positions and risk allowances.
• Promote scalable delivery models that draw effectively on Alaska, global and distributed delivery capabilities.
• Project Delivery, Governance and Assurance
• Provide functional oversight of the Alaska project portfolio to support safe, predictable and commercially successful delivery.
• Establish and maintain consistent project governance, stage-gate reviews, assurance, delegations and performance review practices aligned with Worley standards.
• Monitor leading and lagging indicators across safety, schedule, cost, quality, productivity, customer outcomes, margin, cash and risk.
• Identify underperforming projects early, mobilize the right expertise and sponsor practical recovery plans with clear accountabilities and escalation.
• Embed lessons learned, project closeout discipline, digital delivery practices and continuous improvement across the region.
• Financial Performance and Governance
• Drive improved project financial outcomes through accurate forecasting, margin protection, cash discipline and timely management of project leakage.
• Strengthen project controls, earned value, schedule, cost, change control and risk and opportunity management across the portfolio.
• Oversee commercial and contractual performance, including claims, variations, compliance and exposure, in partnership with Commercial, Legal, Finance and regional leadership.
• Organizational Leadership and Capability Development
• Set regional project management capability standards and maintain visibility of the competence, availability and readiness of Project Directors and Project Managers.
• Lead workforce and succession planning for critical project leadership roles, including cross-border deployment and access to global capability.
• Select, coach, mentor and develop senior project leaders and create meaningful pathways for high-potential talent.
• Build an inclusive, accountable and collaborative project management community that shares knowledge and consistently applies effective ways of working.
• Client and Stakeholder Leadership
• Act as executive sponsor or senior project management representative for priority customers, pursuits and projects.
• Build customer confidence through transparent performance conversations, visible leadership, disciplined governance and timely resolution of issues.
• Develop effective relationships with joint-venture partners, contractors, suppliers and key regional stakeholders, and support major negotiations as required.

What you will bring

• Extensive leadership experience in project and program management within engineering, consulting, EPC, EPCM, PMC, construction or a comparable capital-project environment.
• Proven success leading a complex portfolio across the project lifecycle, including opportunity shaping, mobilisation, execution, assurance, recovery and closeout.
• Demonstrated experience working across multiple Alaska countries, regulatory environments and cultures within a global matrix organisation.
• Strong knowledge of project governance, project controls, forecasting, contracting models, commercial management, claims, change and risk and opportunity management.
• Track record of identifying and recovering challenged projects and improving portfolio predictability, margin and cash performance.
• Executive-level customer and stakeholder leadership, including negotiation and partnership with regional and global business leaders.
• Proven ability to build geographically dispersed teams and develop a sustainable pipeline of senior project leadership talent

Education and Qualifications

The successful candidate will be a highly respected project leader with a demonstrated ability to govern and enable the successful delivery of mega-projects in complex, remote and challenging environments. They will bring a balanced combination of technical depth and commercial acumen, together with exceptional leadership and stakeholder management capability. They will also have a proven record of senior leadership as a Project Director or equivalent on large-scale, complex infrastructure projects, ideally exceeding US$5 billion in Total Installed Cost, with demonstrated success delivering safely and in line with established schedules, budgets and customer commitments.

Extensive senior leadership experience as a Project Director or equivalent, with accountability for large-scale, complex infrastructure, energy, chemicals or resources projects.

Strong, demonstrable experience across the full project lifecycle, including front-end loading, engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning and closeout within EPC, EPCM or comparable delivery models.

Proven experience delivering and overseeing projects across Alaska, including work in complex, remote and culturally diverse operating environments.

Deep technical understanding of engineering, construction, commissioning, project controls, assurance and safe project execution practices.

Strong commercial acumen, with proven experience managing major project budgets, contracts, financial performance, risk, opportunity, change and claims.

Experience leading large, integrated project organisations, including home-office teams, site-based workforces and globally dispersed, multidisciplinary delivery teams.

Extensive subcontractor, contractor, joint-venture and supply-chain management experience within complex execution models.

Exceptional stakeholder engagement skills, including the credibility and judgement to influence senior customer decision-making and align regional and global leaders.

Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Project Management, Construction Management, Business or a related discipline, or equivalent relevant experience; recognised project management or professional accreditation is preferred.

Professional fluency in English and Spanish is strongly preferred; Portuguese language capability is advantageous.

Legal authorisation to work in the applicable Alaska location, or the ability to readily secure such authorisation.

Ability and willingness to travel regularly across Alaska and internationally, as business and project needs require.

Moving forward together

We want our people to be energized and empowered to drive sustainable impact. So, our focus is on a values-inspired culture that unlocks brilliance through belonging, connection and innovation. We're building a diverse, inclusive and respectful workplace. Creating a space where everyone feels they belong, can be themselves, and are heard.

And we're not just talking about it; we're doing it. We're reskilling our people, leveraging transferable skills, and supporting the transition of our workforce to become experts in today's low carbon energy infrastructure and technology. Whatever your ambition, there's a path for you here.

And there's no barrier to your potential career success. Join us to broaden your horizons, explore diverse opportunities, and be part of delivering sustainable change.