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National Audubon Society · 3 hours ago

Senior Director, Enterprise Geographic Information Systems (GIS)

New York, NY

Full-time

Hybrid

Director/Executive

$165K/yr - $186K/yr

10+ years exp

The National Audubon Society is a leading nonprofit conservation organization dedicated to protecting birds and their habitats. The Senior Director, Geographic Information Systems (GIS) will lead the development and implementation of a unified enterprise GIS strategy to support conservation priorities and operational efficiency across the organization.

EducationNon ProfitPublishingWildlife Conservation

Responsibilities

Define and lead Audubon’s enterprise GIS strategy in alignment with the Strategic Plan and organizational priorities

Develop and maintain GIS product and systems roadmaps, ensuring alignment with organizational and user needs, conservation goals, and technology best practices

Lead the design, development, and deployment of high-value GIS products, such as community science apps, strategic plan measurement apps, and programmatic decision support tools

Supervise GIS staff and fellows, providing mentorship, performance management, and professional development opportunities

Administer and evolve Audubon’s hybrid ArcGIS deployment, including ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Enterprise, and desktop environments, ensuring scalability, security, and accessibility

Manage relationships with Esri and other vendors, including contract negotiation, budget management, resource planning, and strategic collaboration

Partner with Audubon’s Conservation and Science teams to deliver spatial analysis, decision support tools, and public-facing geospatial products

Collaborate with internal stakeholders across functional departments to integrate GIS into business practices, including fundraising, marketing, and policy advocacy

Ensure that enterprise GIS practices adhere to security, privacy, and compliance standards, including data governance policies, regulatory requirements, and industry best practices; Implement and maintain safeguards to protect sensitive information, mitigate risks, and support a culture of data security awareness across the organization

Prepare and deliver written and oral reports, visualizations, and presentations to executives, technical and non-technical staff, and external audiences

Represent Audubon in professional forums, conferences, and external engagements to elevate the organization’s GIS profile and thought leadership

Foster a culture of innovation, collaboration, and inclusion within the GIS team and across the organization

Maintain and foster culture of safety

Other job-related duties as assigned

Qualification

GIS strategyArcGIS OnlineArcGIS EnterprisePythonSQLCloud deploymentsProject managementSpanish proficiencyTeam leadershipCollaboration skills

Required

Master's or advanced degree in Geography Information Systems, Information Technology, Geography, or similar discipline and 10+ years of progressive professional experience in GIS field with demonstrated ability in GIS strategy, infrastructure, analysis, product management, and at least 3 years of team leadership. An equivalent combination of education and experience will also be considered

Proficiency in ArcGIS Online, ArcGIS Enterprise (Portal, ArcGIS Server, ArcGIS Data Store and Image Server) and ArcGIS Pro, with strong knowledge of enterprise GIS best practices including metadata standards, user and role management, branch versioning, and enterprise geodatabase (PostgreSQL) administration. Demonstrated experience with cloud deployments (AWS, S3 storage, EC2, RDS) and system integration

Proficiency in geospatial automation with Python and SQL, using GitHub for code development and management

Demonstrated experience with uses of spatial data and analysis for conservation or related sector, including imagery workflows and decision support systems

Demonstrated experience developing and applying technical coordination and project management best practices using tools such as Jira is required

Skilled at translating non-technical product needs into clear technical direction, ensuring requirements are accurately implemented and aligned with business goals

Demonstrated ability to manage teams of GIS practitioners, science and information technology professionals in a workplace environment

Strong detail-oriented execution skills while driving towards overarching vision for end products and their value to Audubon's objectives, using project- and product-management best practices

Success in leading/sponsoring large GIS initiatives in matrixed organizations

Excellent collaboration skills, with the ability to understand and apply product needs and requirements from a diverse set of organizational stakeholders, and to communicate effectively with non-technical collaborators

Demonstrated experience preparing effective written materials, presentations, and other documentation and communications for internal and external non-technical audiences required

Commitment to staying informed and applying leading edge innovations in GIS technology and use cases, and exchange knowledge, data, continuous improvement practices with Audubon partners and conservation GIS community

Commitment to Audubon's organizational values of care, collaboration, change, integrity, impact, and innovation

Experience fostering inclusive and collaborative work environments is valued

Preferred

Proficiency working with modern cloud data engineering workflows and tools (Snowflake/dbt for spatial data workflows, ArcGIS Pipelines) strongly preferred

PMP or other relevant certification preferred

Experience transforming how GIS delivers business value in large, federated organizations preferred

Existing relationships with key technology partners (including but not limited to Esri), active participation in Conservation GIS professional networks, and relationships with other Conservation organizations and technology partners in the GIS space strongly preferred

Spanish-language proficiency and cultural understanding not required but preferred

Company

National Audubon Society

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The National Audubon Society protects birds and the places they need, today and tomorrow, throughout the Americas using science, advocacy, education, and on-the-ground conservation.

Founded in 1905

New York, New York, USA

501-1000 employees