WSB · 1 month ago
GIS Project Manager
WSB is a company dedicated to strong relationships and innovative solutions. They are seeking a GIS Project Manager to manage and deliver complex GIS projects, ensuring alignment with scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations while leading cross-functional teams and facilitating client engagement.
Consulting
Responsibilities
Manage and deliver complex, technical GIS projects from initiation through close-out, ensuring alignment with scope, schedule, budget, and quality expectations
Lead project teams including GIS analysts, developers, architects, and subject matter experts through structured agile delivery approaches, including sprint planning, backlog management, and iterative releases
Coordinate activities such as requirements gathering, solution design, stakeholder engagement, user acceptance testing, and deployment
Monitor project performance proactively, identify risks and issues early, and implement mitigation strategies to maintain project momentum
Ensure that documentation, communication, and change management activities meet WSB and client standards
Serve as primary point of contact for clients, ensuring project expectations are well-defined, clearly communicated, and consistently met
Facilitate workshops, sprint reviews, demos, and decision-making sessions with clients and internal stakeholders
Translate complex technical concepts into actionable insights and recommendations for both technical and non-technical audiences
Build long-term client relationships by delivering value, anticipating needs, and fostering trust
Provide project management support across WSB’s GIS Group, technical leads, and analysts with planning, coordination, scheduling, and documentation
Help balance workload demands by stepping into active projects to support task tracking, communication, issue management, or sprint facilitation
Assist with coordinating shared resources across multiple projects, ensuring clear prioritization and alignment with group-wide commitments
Collaborate with GIS leadership to identify process improvements, operational efficiencies, and opportunities to improve team coordination
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's Degree in Project Management, Business, GIS, Geography, Planning, Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field
3+ years of experience managing technical or cross-disciplinary projects, ideally within consulting, infrastructure, planning, environmental, or technology-driven industries
Proven experience delivering projects that involve multiple stakeholders, iterative development cycles, and complex technical components
Experience with Azure DevOps, Jira, Smartsheet, or other work management platforms
Experience working within agile or hybrid project management frameworks; familiarity with Scrum is preferred but not required
Strong project management skills, including scheduling, risk management, scope control, financial tracking, and communication planning
Ability to break down complex technical requirements into clear tasks, user stories, or deliverables that teams can execute efficiently
Skilled in facilitating agile activities (sprint planning, retrospectives, reviews) and fostering iterative, collaborative delivery
Strong competency with project management and collaboration tools (Azure DevOps, Jira, MS Project, Smartsheet, Teams, etc.)
Excellent communication and presentation skills with the ability to translate technical concepts into business context for clients and leadership
Demonstrated ability to manage competing priorities, coordinate across disciplines, and drive accountability toward shared outcomes
Preferred
Experience supporting or managing complex software implementation projects (e.g., Enterprise GIS or Asset Management systems) is a plus
Experience working in or with renewable energy, utilities, infrastructure, or environmental sectors preferred but not required
Company
WSB
Forge ahead. WSB is a design and consulting firm specializing in engineering, community planning, environmental, and construction services.
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