Practice Lead, Geomatics & GIS

Position:
Practice Lead, GIS & Geomatics

Location:

Kelowna, Vancouver, or Surrey, BC

Reports To:

Chief Technology Officer

Full-time
· Senior leadership

PRI is seeking an experienced Practice Lead to provide technical leadership for our GIS & Geomatics practice. This is a senior leadership role for a seasoned geospatial professional who is energized by raising the technical bar, mentoring the next generation of practitioners, and building a practice known for the quality, accuracy, and innovation of its work.

As Practice Lead, GIS & Geomatics, you will own the technical excellence, quality, and capability of our geospatial disciplines — GIS and spatial analysis, remote sensing and photogrammetry, UAV and reality capture, and geospatial data management and delivery. You will be the senior technical authority the team turns to on complex projects, the mentor who develops emerging practitioners into confident professionals, and the standard‑bearer who ensures every deliverable is accurate, defensible, and delivered to standard.

You will work in close partnership with our commercial leaders, who own client relationships and business growth, so that you can focus your energy where it matters most: the quality of the data and the strength of the team.

PRI's GIS & Geomatics team supports every part of our multidisciplinary firm — from geotechnical, civil, environmental, and natural sciences to transportation and infrastructure — and partners with municipalities, provincial and federal agencies, Indigenous communities, developers, utilities, and private‑sector clients across Canada. The practice delivers spatial analysis, mapping and cartography, remote sensing and imagery analysis, LiDAR and point‑cloud processing, UAV data capture, 3D modelling and digital delivery, and geospatial data management.

PRI operates through a matrix of technical practices and commercial sectors. Practice Leads own the technical axis: technical excellence, quality management, discipline capability, staffing, and people development. Commercial sector leaders own client relationships, pursuits, and business growth. This structure means our Practice Leads can concentrate on what drew them to the profession in the first place — excellent work and strong teams — while being genuinely supported on the commercial side.

As Practice Lead, you'll be a senior technical resource on major pursuits and client relationships, but you won't carry sales targets or sole commercial accountability.

• Serve as the senior technical authority for the GIS & Geomatics practice, providing expert oversight on complex projects, technically challenging assignments, and demanding accuracy or data‑quality requirements.
• Provide senior technical review and sign‑off on GIS analyses and models, cartographic products, remote sensing and imagery deliverables, LiDAR and point‑cloud products, UAV survey outputs, 3D models, and geospatial datasets.
• Ensure all deliverables meet PRI's quality standards, positional accuracy requirements, metadata and data‑integrity standards, and applicable client and regulatory specifications.
• Own and continuously improve the practice's technical standards, data standards, workflows, coordinate systems and datum management, and quality‑control processes.
• Establish and lead consistent technical review and QA/QC processes at key project milestones, working alongside Project Managers who own project delivery.

• Own the technical capability of the practice — the software, platforms, skills, and methods the team needs to deliver excellent work now and as the practice grows (including the Esri/ArcGIS environment, remote sensing and photogrammetry toolsets, and UAV programs).
• Maintain labour forecasts, utilisation targets, and workload planning to ensure the right technical resources are available across offices, in coordination with commercial sector leaders and Project Managers.
• Coordinate geospatial resources across multidisciplinary teams, partner firms, and subconsultants to staff projects for success — and act as the…