Geospatial Manager / Team Lead

Many of the world’s top engineers and scientists come together in our Water business because they view a community’s interaction with water a bit differently—as a single holistic system, rather than unconnected networks divided by jurisdictional boundaries. Working throughout the hydrologic cycle, we are delivering sustainable solutions to make sure water is where it should be and available when needed. Our experts guide our work with scientific rigor, an innovative spirit, and a vision for growth. Every day, we help communities improve, reuse, and protect this precious resource for future generations. By 2025 we’re hiring 2,000 people (like you) to join our team. Grow with us, H2O+U.

Here at Stantec we are pushing the boundaries of innovation and we want to add to our Geospatial Delivery team. We want individuals to join our growing North American based team to support geospatial challenges across Stantec; apply your technical experience and use of geospatial solutions to a wide spectrum of projects. As such, we have an exciting and rewarding role to join our expanding team. We are seeking to add Geospatial Manager / Team Lead within our Northeast geography. Preferred location would be Burlington, MA or Auburn, NH with other locations in the New England area optional.

Benefits of working at Stantec

• Flexible working – we believe in flexible ways of working including working from home. We also have offices across the entire North region.
• We have diversified business lines and support professional development, nurturing future opportunities with Stantec.
• We are passionate about fair and equitable compensation. We pay competitively and thoughtfully based on your experience, the market and our insights.

Your Opportunity

This role as Geospatial Manager / Team Lead will leverage Stantec’s Win, Do, Manage, Grow strategy. Responsible for leading geospatial projects and supporting other pursuits, delivery of geospatial solutions to our clients, and provide day to day leadership to an existing team of geospatial professionals. You will work in alignment with water delivery and local leaders to provide operational, technical and people leadership to the geospatial teams, and continue to support our growth and success in the North geography.

Your Key Responsibilities

Project Focus:

• Lead and support technical delivery of geospatial solutions for significant regional and local project pursuits
• Focus on internal and external networks, marketing, and business development opportunities in the US North region
• Actively participate, including contribution to written content; proposals, independent technical Reviewers, discipline standards as required
• Conduct risk management related to projects and pursuits including review of contracts, fees, and proposals on pursuits and in coordination with local leaders and risk management team

Geospatial Discipline:

• Collaborate with water delivery and local leadership to establish, nurture and support cross-discipline project design processes, communication, and best practices
• Inspire, motivate, and hold team members accountable for project delivery, QAQC, discipline excellence and technical quality, documents quality and best practices in the execution of work
• Collaborate with the water delivery and local leaders to gather feedback and ensure that the geospatial solution delivery is high quality results, making course corrections when necessary
• Collaborate with local area leadership, including Project Managers, to meets its operation goals and adhere to the PM framework

Business Development and Collaboration:

• Lead and/or conduct business development efforts, including market research, client relationships, developing leads, and securing contracts
• Work with Business Center Leadership to identify priorities and strategic opportunities in the geographic market
• Actively contribute to win strategies, key pursuits and successful project delivery
• Actively contribute to the growth Geospatial discipline through business development, key pursuit, and sales strategy
• Expand our reach and client base utilizing strong marketing, business development, and sales account management plans
• Increase visibility of Stantec by sharing our knowledge and innovation story through key client engagements to enhance our reputation and drive revenue
• Participate in Go/No Go Review process as the Geospatial technical lead
• Partner with local leaders to drive collaboration on pursuits across geographies and business lines
• Ensure local marketplace reputation through established relationships and support of leadership

People Leadership:

• Support the overall talent management lifecycle including career development, employee engagement, succession planning, coaching, and mentoring, diversity and inclusion, and leadership development for the Geospatial discipline
• Collaborate with Water delivery leadership and local leaders to ensure the proper staffing of all projects including hiring, staff transitions, and labor sharing
• Support the Geospatial discipline with developing, attracting, engaging, and retaining top talent
• Foster employee connectedness by interfacing frequently with employees
• Participate in regular meetings to communicate the vision, business strategy and progress against applicable action plans

Provide broad leadership influence:

• Act as a highly regarded leader, thought partner and a source of counsel and advice on geospatial solutions
• Be personally involved in key client relationships, strategic project pursuits and major project leadership within the region
• Proactively identify opportunities to reinforce and further develop Stantec’s high- performance culture with a focus on innovation, speed, and productivity
• Foster a success-oriented, accountable environment within the company
• Uphold a corporate culture that promotes ethical practices, encourages individual integrity, and focuses on the customer and service delivery