Context
The GIS Project Manager supports the delivery of enterprise geographic information system (GIS) initiatives across land-focused programs. This role is ideal for a delivery-oriented professional who can coordinate technical teams, business stakeholders, and external partners to ensure high-quality outcomes across complex, multi-stream initiatives.
Missions/Main Duties
- Lead the planning, coordination, and delivery of multiple concurrent GIS workstreams aligned with the organization’s land management roadmap.
- Oversee end-to-end delivery of GIS datasets, spatial workflows, and web-based GIS products, including web layers, maps, and dashboards.
- Manage project schedules, delivery milestones, scope, dependencies, and risks across internal teams and external vendors.
- Monitor progress and provide clear status updates to senior stakeholders and project sponsors.
- Provide delivery oversight for enterprise GIS platforms and spatial data integration and automation solutions.
- Review and approve technical delivery plans, including sequencing of data integration, validation, publishing, and release activities.
- Define acceptance criteria and ensure deliverables meet business requirements, quality standards, and operational expectations.
- Act as the primary GIS delivery liaison between land management teams, environmental stakeholders, design teams, and external service providers.
- Translate business needs into clear, actionable delivery plans for technical teams.
- Ensure GIS outputs support land program objectives such as temporary easement tracking, land acquisition analysis, corridor and impact analysis, and title and ownership integration.
- Support strong governance over parcel, property, stakeholder, and title-related data, including identifiers, traceability, and validation practices.
- Promote scalable, repeatable, and auditable GIS delivery practices across projects.
Profile/Skills
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Geographic Information Systems, Geography, Geomatics, Engineering, Planning, Computer Science, or a related field. An equivalent combination of education and relevant experience may also be considered.
Years of experience: A minimum of 20 years of experience in GIS, spatial data, or data-driven delivery environments is required. A minimum of 5 years of experience in a Project Manager, Delivery Manager, or Program Manager capacity is also required.
Technical competencies:
- Strong conceptual knowledge of ArcGIS Enterprise, including portal environments, web services, and enterprise geodatabases.
- Strong understanding of spatial data integration, transformation, and automation concepts, including tools such as FME.
- Good understanding of GIS publishing and release lifecycles across development, testing, and production environments.
- Demonstrated experience managing enterprise GIS or spatial data initiatives in complex delivery settings.
- Experience working within multi-vendor delivery models and coordinating contributions across several teams.
- Familiarity with land-related programs such as property and temporary easements, land acquisition, corridor-based infrastructure projects, environmental considerations, and title or ownership reconciliation.
- Experience in infrastructure, utilities, or transportation programs would be considered an asset.
- Previous experience in a GIS Delivery Manager or GIS Program Lead role would be an asset.
- Familiarity with enterprise data governance practices would be an asset.
- Clear verbal and written communication skills, both in French and in English*
*Reasons for requiring bilingualism: You will have the opportunity to work with a varied clientele, including both French- and English-speaking companies. Bilingualism is therefore fundamental to building strong relationships with our customers, understanding their specific needs, communicating effectively in their preferred language and facilitating strategic meetings.
Personal & soft skills:
- Strong project planning, coordination, and dependency management capabilities.
- Excellent stakeholder management and vendor coordination skills.
- Ability to communicate clearly and effectively with both business and technical audiences.
- Sound judgment and confidence in decision-making within evolving or ambiguous project environments.
- Strong focus on delivery, quality, and practical outcomes.
- Ability to provide technical oversight and challenge delivery approaches constructively without being hands-on in system configuration or development.
Workplace TypeHybrid
