What are the responsibilities and job description for the GIS Program Manager position at GeoSearch?
Step into a world of innovation and leadership as a GIS Program Manager with us—where your expertise will shape the future! In this leadership role, you'll lead a dynamic team of GIS professionals, solving complex geospatial challenges for high-profile clients globally. This isn't just a consultancy role—it's an opportunity to drive impactful projects that showcase the power of GIS and leverage your team to grow a portfolio of new business. Coordinate large-scale deployments, transform organizations, and be the catalyst for change in the geospatial industry. You will collaborate with other Project Managers, analysts, developers, and designers and will report to the Principals of the company.
In this role the primary responsibilities are:
Program Development:
- Portfolio Consulting- grow, maintain, manage; includes Business Development
- Sales leads follow-up, new business introductory calls/meetings, explore new potential business channels
- Proposal writing, technical writing, strategy, capture management
- Attend networking and conference events
- Foster perpetual sales through successful project management and customer satisfaction
Project Management
- Manage all aspects of application, web GIS, and system architecture support for an extensive project portfolio
- Manage scope, budget, timeline, and deliverables
- Lead project teams through all phases of the application process including requirements building, designing, developing, testing and deployment
Team Oversight
- Acts as a champion to foster a positive project work environment; and successfully leads the team to accomplish all the project objectives on time and on budget
- Manage team members and advise on staff allocation
- Review timesheets and invoicing to ensure projects are on track at all times
- Play a key role in our performance management process
Requirements
- 7 years of project management experience in the GIS industry
- Esri ArcGIS experience and overall knowledge of the Esri platform
- Experience with projects leveraging ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Online, and Cloud technologies (Amazon Web Services, Azure)
- Understanding of data visualizations; keen interest in learning about new technology (especially interactive web mapping applications)
- Collaborative, team-oriented work style paired with the ability to work independently, troubleshoot, and problem solve in a fast-paced environment
- Organizational, planning and follow-through skills with the ability to manage multiple projects
- Business Development Experience: Excellent verbal and written communications skills with the ability to present and discuss technical information in a way that establishes rapport, persuades others, and gains understanding
- Experience managing customer relationships with CRM tools like Salesforce
- Passion for unlocking location intelligence to help our clients solve the world's greatest challenges
- Must be local to the Arlington, VA area and willing to work in the office occasionally
- Must be legally eligible to work in the United States
Our customers come from all walks of life and so do we. We hire talented people from a wide variety of backgrounds, not just because it’s the right thing to do, but because it makes our company stronger. If you share our values and our enthusiasm for using GIS and modern web technologies to solve global challenges, you’ll love working at with us. Our team is passionate about what we do, our clients, and how our work makes a positive impact on our world.
Apply now to join our team of exceptional people!
