Data Project Manager

Data Project Manager # Data Project Manager Annapolis office - Annapolis, MD 21401

Start Date   05/06/2026

End Date   06/30/2026## Overview Salary Range $75,000.00 - $85,000.00 Salary/year

Level Management Position  Type Full Time Education Level4 Year Degree Category Conservation  Technology## Description
** Job Type:
** Full-time, Exempt
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* Reports To:

** Deputy Director of the Conservation Innovation Center
** Direct Reports:
** 1
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* Work Location:

** Annapolis, Maryland. The Chesapeake Conservancy office operates under a hybrid remote/in-person environment with one day in the office per week required.
** ABOUT CHESAPEAKE CONSERVANCY
** Chesapeake Conservancy is a non-profit organization based in Annapolis, Maryland. We are a team of conservation entrepreneurs. We believe that the Chesapeake is a national treasure that should be accessible for everyone and a place where wildlife can thrive. We use technology to enhance the pace and quality of conservation, and we help build parks, trails and public access sites.
** PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
** The role of the Chesapeake Data Project Manager will be to execute and manage a 5-year geospatial land characterization project between Chesapeake Conservancy’s Conservation Innovation Center (CIC), EPA and Chesapeake Bay Program’s (CBP) geospatial data and science team. Through close professional and organizational contacts, the Chesapeake Data Project Manager ensures cooperation and collaboration among the CIC, partners and service providers to not only meet active grant requirements and financial obligations but to also improve CIC visibility, develop new collaborative partnerships and assess geospatial needs to identify and build business opportunities across the Chesapeake Bay watershed.

** ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
** Chesapeake Data Project Management
* Serve as the project manager for current and future bay-wide projects, leading a team of highly skilled analysts by providing guidance, instruction, troubleshooting support, feedback and evaluation.
* Manage the completion of the full life cycle of assigned portfolio of grants/contracts, including but not limited to developing work plans, official EPA Action Plans, work groups, research, budget adherence, reporting, and related strategies.
* Monitor project progress, track milestones and ensure adherence to timelines and quality assurances.
* In close collaboration with the deputy director, serve as the key CIC staff representative to bay-wide data projects and partners.
* Manage project timelines and staff schedules, and ensure cost-effective resource utilization.
* Write and develop Quality Assurance Project Plans (QAPP), Quality Management Plans (QMP) and Data Management Plans (DMP).
* Ensure the CIC and Chesapeake Conservancy complies with federal grant reporting requirements, including submitting complete reports (QAPPs, QMPs and others) on time.
* Work with the operations manager to balance and monitor team workflows across active projects, identify and manage risks to projected timelines and motivate staff to deliver project outcomes on time and within budget.
* Work with grant administrator and the director to execute client contracts for future and current bay-wide grants.
* Coordinate a response to urgent and unplanned needs such as ad hoc maps, reports or presentations from Conservancy and CIC leadership and the business development team.

Administration
* Cultivate trust-based relationships with contractors and subawards.
* Oversee and manage contractor performance and deliverables—setting clear scopes, schedules, and quality standards; monitoring progress, budget, and compliance; coordinating communication and feedback; and ensuring timely, cost-effective delivery of project objectives.
* Maintain organized records of subaward or contractor agreements, invoices and progress reports. Work with grant administrators to collect information and documentation needed for federal audit records.
* Support the CIC management team by performing monthly reviews of personnel time allocations and making adjustments to project plans as needed.
* Assist with the preparation of budgets and narratives for new proposals and grants.
* Lead…