Senior Manager, Geospatial Technology

CDM Smith is seeking a Geospatial Technology Leader to join our Digital Engineering Solutions team. This individual will lead the Geospatial Technology group within the Digital Engineering Solutions team, helping to drive strategic architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) initiatives through advances in GIS and mapping technologies, reality capture, remote sensing, the internet of things (IoT)/sensors, and custom solutions and workflows for AEC professionals.

The Geospatial Technology group will lead the firm in best practices for these types of technologies, helping to set the CDM Smith Way for our AEC design, planning, and construction practices, while also keeping the firm ahead of the curve with new and emerging technologies in this space, including the geospatial technology elements of digital twins. This position is for a person who has demonstrated leadership capabilities, is business savvy, experienced with geospatial technologies for the AEC industry, and enjoys framing a problem, shaping and creating solutions, and helping to lead and champion implementation.

As a member of the Digital Engineering Solutions team, the Geospatial Technology group will also engage in research and development and provide guidance and oversight to the AEC practices at CDM Smith, engaging in new product research, testing, and the incubation of innovative ideas that arise from around the company.

The ideal candidate will have a proven record as a team leader and expert in the field of AEC geospatial technology, with a mindset of continuous learning and curiosity leading to tangible results.

• Lead, monitor, supervise, and evaluate the Geospatial Technology group. This includes aligning the group to the Digital Engineering Solutions team’s goals and objectives. This further includes providing guidance, instruction, training, and leadership skills to inspire the group to perform at their optimum, working efficiently together and maximizing the team’s potential.

• Motivate and inspire the Geospatial Technology group by creating an environment that promotes positive communication, encourages bonding of group members (both within the Geospatial Technology group and across the broader team as a whole), and demonstrates flexibility.

• Display excellent interpersonal skills to build quality relationships with the team and across the organization, be goal-driven, and manage the day-to-day activities of the team efficiently.

• Achieve goals that contribute to the growth of the organization.

• Help to identify and prioritize business use cases.

• Provide oversight and management of the various geospatial technology efforts for AEC-related needs.

• Help lead vendor relationships such as Esri. Help establish relationships with other geospatial technology vendors as applicable.

• Establish common standards, best practices, etc. for CDM Smith’s AEC practices from a geospatial technology perspective. Work closely with CDM Smith’s Information Technology team and support the IT infrastructure, cyber security, and other IT-related organizational policies.

• Be a collaborative partner to our business line stakeholders by understanding the business needs, the key strategic objectives of the business line stakeholders, and what those stakeholders need to achieve their strategic objectives. Be seen by the business line stakeholders as an extension of their team.

• Help drive the business strategy, working with leadership to identify and prioritize problems best suited for custom solution and workflow development. Effectively translate business challenges into advanced digital solutions and help quantify the various types of risks and rewards for solutions to be prioritized.

• Manage staff, evaluate performance, mentor, and plan career paths, approve paid time off (PTO) and training, ensure human resources (HR) policies are followed and make recommendations regarding staffing decisions.

• Present to both internal and external audiences as needed.

• Assist the business with marketing, communications, and business development descriptions and activities from a technology perspective as needed.

• Assist with internal and external…