Sr. Project Manager - Maritime

Overview

In this position, you will use your consulting and project management skills to lead teams during all phases of implementation including requirements, analysis, design, build/configuration, and deployment. You will manage the scope, schedule, and budget to provide our customers and strategic partners with meaningful solutions.

This team supports domestic and international National Mapping and Charting organizations and Intelligence Community clients including Hydrographic Offices, Navies, and other organizations responsible for Maritime Safety of Navigation. You will be part of a talented cross-functional team of dynamic and passionate professionals to deliver capabilities that enable our customers to accomplish their missions.

The Professional Services division is the consulting and implementation arm of Esri. We break ground in new markets, push the technology envelope and ultimately deliver transformational solutions to high profile clients worldwide. The Professional Services organization is comprised of nearly 1,000 talented business and technical professionals who strive every day to help our users be successful.

Responsibilities

Manage complex technology projects and programs: Collaborate with Esri consultants to deliver high-quality solutions that align with project timelines, budget expectations, and customer objectives. Drive successful project outcomes by effectively managing and communicating scope, schedule, and budget to provide our customers and strategic partners with meaningful solutions. While leading strategic engagements with key stakeholders on opportunity development, proposal development, and project execution, ensuring alignment with business objectives and managing expectations.

• Engage with our customers:  Work with customers to understand the value of location within their workflows by creating outstanding proposals and winning work with strategic customers.

• Develop and grow business: Lead business development by defining project and proposal strategies that further technology and implementation patterns with new and existing customers. Manage a team of Maritime subject matter experts, software developers, and consultants that are dedicated to developing new business strategies and actively influencing strategic direction to supporting Maritime customers and their mission critical systems and applications.

• Be a thought leader: Advise customers regarding innovative solutions using Esri technology and content to drive better decision-making. Recommend relevant strategies, architectures, and solutions and work with customers to prepare implementation and migration strategies.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience in a similar position, supporting similar responsibilities
• Professional experience leading and managing IT based projects
• Experience supporting maritime customers and knowledge of maritime products and specifications including S-57 and S-100
• Strong project management skills, with the ability to deliver complex projects on time and within budget
• Demonstrated ability to evaluate and translate customer’s business goals, objectives, and strategies into technical plans and solutions
• Exceptional interpersonal, written/verbal communication, multi-tasking, and presentation skills
• Ability to clearly communicate technical ideas, whether to other technical peers or non-technical peers or customers
• Entrepreneurial mindset, eagerness to learn, and ability to thrive in a dynamic, cross-functional team environment
• Proposal writing experience, including preparing executive summaries, solution definition, scope of services, staffing, and pricing
• Willingness and ability to travel up to 10% of the time
• US citizenship and willingness and ability to maintain a US Security Clearance
• Bachelor’s in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Geography, or related field

Recommended Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience in GIS project management
• Knowledge of and experience with technical solutions and implementations and/or robust application development principles and practices
• Experience with ArcGIS Maritime for hydrographic data production in support of DNC and/or ENC products
• Experience with current technology implementation patterns including service-oriented and cloud computing architecture
• Project Management Professional (PMP) certification
• Master’s in Geographic Information Systems (GIS), Geography, or a related field

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