GIS & Asset Data Service Manager

This position provides strategic leadership and governance for Southern Company Gas’ enterprise GIS and Asset Data organization. The Manager, GIS & Asset Data establishes direction for geospatial and asset data programs that support utility operations, engineering, compliance, construction, asset management, and regulatory objectives. The position partners with business organizations, technology teams, and external providers to ensure dependable asset information, safe operations, regulatory readiness, and informed business decisions.

• Establish the GIS and Asset Data strategy, operating model, service expectations, and technology roadmap.

• Lead and coordinate supervisors, employees, contractors, consultants, and managed-service resources.

• Build workforce capability through coaching, performance management, succession planning, knowledge transfer, and professional development.

• Promote safety, accountability, collaboration, customer service, continuous improvement, and innovation.

• Lead GIS and asset data standards, stewardship, quality, traceability, accessibility, and lifecycle management.

• Ensure processes and controls support dependable asset records and operational, engineering, compliance, and regulatory needs.

• Lead governance forums and facilitate decisions involving geospatial platforms, asset data, business processes, and system ownership.

• Serve as a strategic liaison across GIS, Enterprise Asset Management, Operations, Engineering, Compliance, Construction, and Technology.

• Identify, evaluate, prioritize, and sponsor technology investments, system enhancements, integrations, and modernization initiatives.

• Guide requirements, solution alignment, testing oversight, readiness, communication, and adoption activities.

• Promote effective use of enterprise GIS, Maximo, analytics, mobility, automation, and related business platforms.

• Develop and manage departmental capital and O&M budgets, forecasts, accruals, expenditures, invoices, and financial reporting.

• Develop business cases and funding recommendations that align investments with operational, regulatory, and strategic priorities.

• Manage vendor relationships, sourcing activities, contracts, MSAs, SOWs, performance, and delivery commitments.

• Lead or sponsor GIS and asset data programs involving system upgrades, integrations, conversions, records modernization, data quality, and process improvement.

• Provide governance, risk management, issue resolution, stakeholder communication, and executive reporting for strategic initiatives.

• Ensure initiatives align with approved scope, schedule, budget, quality, compliance, and business outcomes.

• Ensure GIS and asset data services support Operations, Engineering, Construction, DIMP, TIMP, Corrosion, Asset Protection, System Operations, and other internal customers.

• Support regulatory reporting, audits, records research, operational decision-making, incident response, and business continuity needs.

• Represent GIS and Asset Data in corporate, regulatory, vendor, and industry forums as appropriate.

• Works primarily in an office or hybrid business environment.

• Periodic travel to operating companies, field locations, project sites, vendor locations, and industry conferences/meetings may be required.

• May periodically support urgent operational, compliance, system, or data issues outside normal business hours.

• Bachelor’s degree in Geography/GIS, Geospatial Sciences, Engineering, Information Systems,…