Manager - Programme (Geospatial and Environmental Monitoring - Temporary Contract )

Expo City Dubai; Dubai; On-site; AED 220,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Expo City Dubai is seeking a seasoned geospatial project professional to manage the delivery of the portfolio’s projects and provide hands-on geospatial and Earth-observation expertise. The role combines project management with technical capability, enabling multiple projects to run in parallel with robust quality assurance.

You will coordinate consultants, interns and partners, lead first-pass QA on outputs, and contribute to proposals while communicating results to clients and supporting

Qualifications

• 6+ years of relevant experience delivering geospatial projects.
• Proficiency in GIS / remote-sensing data analysis and interpretation.
• Experience managing consultants or external technical teams.
• Strong technical writing and client communications abilities.

Responsibilities

• Manage delivery of live projects: planning, scheduling, budgets and milestones.
• Provide geospatial / EO technical capability and deliverables.
• Coordinate day-to-day work of consultants and external partners.
• Perform first-pass quality assurance on technical outputs.
• Contribute technical sections to proposals and bid responses.
• Communicate results to clients and support technical presentations.
• Collaborate with Terra Impact team on cross-platform deliverables.

Skills

Geospatial data

Project management

Team leadership

Technical writing

Remote sensing

Job description

Welcome to Expo City Dubai, where innovation and sustainability meet to create a city of endless possibilities. We are a dynamic business hub, host a vibrant cultural scene, and deliver through innovative educational initiatives—we are the city of the future.

We are more than just a destination - we are an ecosystem of opportunity, offering a unique chance to be part of something extraordinary. Together, we are building a sustainable, tech-enabled and human-centric city that will inspire future generations. Here, you will support us in creating the future and experience a world of innovation, growth and prosperity for people and planet.

To manage the delivery of the portfolio’s projects while providing hands-on geospatial and Earth-observation expertise.

The role combines project management with real technical capability — more than a data analyst — so that multiple projects can run in parallel and quality assurance is not solely dependent on single person. It directly reduces the key-person risk in the portfolio.

The main responsibilities for this role include:

• Manage delivery of live projects: planning, scheduling, budgets, milestones and reporting against contract requirements.
• Provide geospatial / EO technical capability — analysis, mapping, remote sensing and platform work — and produce or oversee technical deliverables.
• Coordinate and technically manage the day-to-day work of consultants, interns, university partners and external firms delivering specialist components — assigning tasks, reviewing outputs and keeping delivery on track.
• Perform first-pass quality assurance on technical outputs before the sign-off.
• Contribute the technical sections and methodology inputs to proposals (with the BD Specialist).
• Communicate results to clients and support technical presentations.
• Collaborate with the wider Terra Impact team — providing geospatial and monitoring support to other platforms (e.g. biodiversity, nature-based projects) and contributing to shared, cross-platform deliverables.

Knowledge, Qualifications and Skills required

Essential

6+ years of relevant experience as well as:

• GIS / remote-sensing / geospatial-data expertise.
• Demonstrated project management: budgets, timelines, deliverables, client reporting.
• Experience managing consultants or external technical teams.
• Strong technical writing and result communication.
• Domain exposure to water, land, agriculture or climate-resilience applications valued.