GIS Manager
State of New Mexico Office of Broadband Access - Albuquerque, NM
Full-time
Salary: $89,075.00 - $142,520.00 Annually
Application Deadline: Dec 7, 2024
Office of Broadband Access and Expansion (OBAE) is administratively attached to the New Mexico Department of Information Technology (DoIT). OBAE's vision is to achieve bold, affordable broadband solutions for New Mexicans that honor the state's rich heritage and elevate quality of life for all. OBAE is tasked with developing grants, broadband projects, and providing technical assistance programs, digital equity programs, and other relevant programs to support federal and state objectives for broadband deployment.
This posting will be used for ongoing recruitment and may close at any time. Applicant lists may be screened more than once.
This posting will be used for ongoing recruitment and may close at any time. Applicant lists may be screened more than once.
Why does the job exist?
The OBAE GIS Project Manager ensures the geospatial information system most effectively meet the needs of the agency by identifying and making available the best data, analysis, and tools necessary for OBAE to achieve the ambitious goal of high-speed internet for all New Mexicans.
Set the highest standard of quality and excellence in the implementation of geographic information & technologies (GIT); serve as the final responsibility for the accuracy and precision of the data and analytics being produced from the GIT. Represent the agency to others as the geospatial data custodian of any data originating from the agency.
Function as the agency's Chief Geospatial Data Officer and functioning as the official data custodian for any data for which OBAE has primary responsibility for creation and maintenance.
Set the highest standard of quality and excellence in the implementation of geographic information & technologies (GIT); serve as the final responsibility for the accuracy and precision of the data and analytics being produced from the GIT. Represent the agency to others as the geospatial data custodian of any data originating from the agency.
Function as the agency's Chief Geospatial Data Officer and functioning as the official data custodian for any data for which OBAE has primary responsibility for creation and maintenance.
How does it get done?
- Manage Geospatial Information and Technology (GIT) projects
- Interface with agency management on setting strategic priorities
- Apply project management principles including risk assessment and return on investment
- Maintain an outline of the work pipeline and budget projections for two fiscal years beyond the present
- Maintain MS Project Plan, with resource scheduling that includes both staff and contractors
- Manage contractors supporting project implementation
-Function in a business analyst capacity to ensure that functional requirements of the agency are translated into appropriate GIT work products
- Write technical scopes of work that include level of effort and resource requirements
- Coordinate system design specifications with other systems used across the agency, state, and externally
- Remain current on the GIT industry best practices and incorporate into requirements
- Represent the agency¿s GIS in forums that increase awareness by others, strengthen skills, and create new opportunities.
- Present the geospatial data analytics of the agency in technical presentations to other agencies, tribes, GIS professionals, constituents, and the public
- Represent the agency as a voting member of the Geospatial Advisory
- Establish collaborative relationships with other entities to most efficiently accomplish business objectives
- Mentor other GIS employees
-Contribute to Strategic Reporting documents
- Interface with agency management on setting strategic priorities
- Apply project management principles including risk assessment and return on investment
- Maintain an outline of the work pipeline and budget projections for two fiscal years beyond the present
- Maintain MS Project Plan, with resource scheduling that includes both staff and contractors
- Manage contractors supporting project implementation
-Function in a business analyst capacity to ensure that functional requirements of the agency are translated into appropriate GIT work products
- Write technical scopes of work that include level of effort and resource requirements
- Coordinate system design specifications with other systems used across the agency, state, and externally
- Remain current on the GIT industry best practices and incorporate into requirements
- Represent the agency¿s GIS in forums that increase awareness by others, strengthen skills, and create new opportunities.
- Present the geospatial data analytics of the agency in technical presentations to other agencies, tribes, GIS professionals, constituents, and the public
- Represent the agency as a voting member of the Geospatial Advisory
- Establish collaborative relationships with other entities to most efficiently accomplish business objectives
- Mentor other GIS employees
-Contribute to Strategic Reporting documents
Who are the customers?
OBAE leadership, State and local governments, Federal government, Tribal governments, private citizens, unserved and underserved and under-represented populations and communities, non-profits, Internet Service Providers, other businesses, schools, and healthcare industry.
Ideal Candidate
Ideal Candidate has:
- GIS degree or comparable experience
- Administer the enterprise GIS environment, interface with cloud-host DOIT sys admin team on routine protocols
- GIS project management experience
- Successful experience with completing large scale projects on time, within scope, and under budget.
- Works well in small and dynamic teams.
- Can work independently.
- GIS degree or comparable experience
- Administer the enterprise GIS environment, interface with cloud-host DOIT sys admin team on routine protocols
- GIS project management experience
- Successful experience with completing large scale projects on time, within scope, and under budget.
- Works well in small and dynamic teams.
- Can work independently.
Minimum Qualification
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Management Information Systems (MIS), Business Administration, or Information Technology and six (6) years of experience in software development, project management, or systems analysis, with a minimum two (2) years of experience in the PM role. Substitutions Apply. See Substitution Table below. CAPM/PMI-ACP certification may be substituted for one year of experience. PMP/PgMP certification may be substituted for two year of experience.
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