Senior Geospatial Project Manager

Location: Dauphin County, PA

Work Arrangement: Hybrid - 80% Remote/20% On-Site (As-Needed)

Schedule: 8 hrs/day, 5 days/wk, 40 hrs/wk

Contract: 05/04/2026 - 06/30/2026. Historically, these roles are extended for an additional year.

Visas Accepted: USC, GC, GC EAD, H1B

Role Overview

The Infrastructure and Economic Development (IED) Delivery Center is seeking a highly skilled and strategic Senior Transportation Geospatial Project Manager to lead enterprise-level geospatial initiatives at PennDOT. This position plays a critical leadership role in the planning, coordination, and execution of geospatial projects that enhance infrastructure management initiatives throughout Pennsylvania.

Primary Responsibilities

• Define project charters, deliverables, budgets, and schedules in alignment with Commonwealth and agency priorities.
• Manage agency teams and vendor resources to deliver complex GIS projects on time and within scope.
• Ensure alignment with IED Delivery Center, agency and OA strategic priorities, enterprise GIS roadmaps, and security/compliance standards.
• Facilitate requirements workshops with business and technical stakeholders.
• Translate business needs into geospatial system requirements including technical specifications, data workflows, service configurations, and interface definitions.
• Produce status reports, dashboards, and presentations.
• Coordinate tasks related to ArcGIS Enterprise deployment, upgrades, configuration, service publishing, and system integration.
• Create and manage requirements traceability matrices linking requirements to design, testing, and acceptance.
• Liaise with program offices, Commonwealth agencies, and vendors to understand business requirements and deliver geospatial solutions that meet mission needs.
• Oversee test execution across environments and ensure defects are tracked, triaged, and resolved.
• Coordinate and manage user acceptance testing with program area SMEs.

Required Technical Skills

• Experience supporting or managing projects in ArcGIS Enterprise-based systems and geospatial applications.
• Project management with multi-team IT coordination responsibilities.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture, cloud concepts, web GIS development, and DevOps workflows.
• Proven ability to write, maintain, and organize detailed technical documentation.
• Demonstrated experience with structured testing methodologies and test management tools.
• Excellent communication, facilitation, and team leadership skills Knowledge of GIS integrations.
• Comfort navigating multi-agency governance and IT prioritization processes

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP, PMI-ACP, Agile/Scrum Master or similar certification.