The GIS Data Project Manager is responsible for the planning, direction, coordination, implementation, execution, control and completion of project activities related to SSP Data Services. The role involves managing project scope and budget, maintaining gross profit percentage targets, and ensuring project workflows and quality assurance procedures meet project requirements and specifications.
Requirements
- Manage project scope and budget in accordance with contract(s) and project financial targets.
- Maintain gross profit percentage targets for each project milestone.
- Manage and maintain adherence to project schedule and deliverable milestones.
- Manage and maintain resource utilization targets for all project staff.
- Ensure project workflows and quality assurance/quality control procedures are designed and executed to consistently meet the project requirements and specifications.
- Develop proper project documentation to support required deliverables, project workflows, technical specifications, and quality assurance procedures.
- Lead project teams of various sizes and see them through to project completion.
- Actively maintain knowledge of all activities within assigned project(s) via regular communication with all project team members and stakeholders.
- Maintain effective professional working relationships, including regular interaction with client and company leadership.
- Document and proactively manage project issues, risks, action items, and key decisions.
- Prioritize project tasks and assignments and delegate to proper project resources.
- Develop and maintain project tracking tool(s) to identify status of completeness, as well as manage productivity and quality metrics of the staff and project.
- Manage and monitor project staff performance in accordance with SSP’s policies and applicable laws, as well as report any issues to direct manager and/or the Resource Manager.
- Involved in performance appraisals, performance management, and staff development of project staff.
- Interview potential employees.
- Provide weekly status reporting to the client regarding overall status of project including project milestones, deliverables, dependencies, risks, action items, and key decisions.
- Maintain good understanding of company goals, financials, and initiatives to ensure alignment with day-to-day management of projects and staff.
- Maintain good working knowledge of SSP internal project management and financial systems.
Benefits
- Generous Paid Time Off
- 401k Matching
- Retirement Plan
