GIS & Location Intelligence Team Lead

GHD; Perth; Hybrid; AUD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work arrangement

Job summary

GHD is seeking a GIS & Location Intelligence Team Lead to lead the Perth-based GHD Digital team, guiding GIS, geospatial, and location intelligence services across projects. The role combines strategic leadership with hands-on delivery to strengthen capabilities and ensure high-quality client outcomes.

You’ll mentor a team of GIS specialists, shape technical direction, and drive adoption of modern GIS and analytics technologies, including cloud platforms and AI-enabled approaches.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience leading GIS/geospatial teams in consulting or infrastructure environments.
• Strong technical expertise in GIS, data management and geospatial analytics.
• Experience delivering enterprise GIS solutions using Esri technologies and cloud platforms.

Responsibilities

• Lead and mentor GIS/geospatial professionals and foster a high-performing, customer-focused culture.
• Provide technical oversight and governance for GIS projects ensuring delivery excellence.
• Shape strategic direction and delivery of GIS solutions while integrating data analytics and AI where appropriate.
• Support business development and client engagement to showcase GIS capabilities.

Skills

Leadership

Stakeholder engagement

People management

Geospatial analysis

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in GIS/Geospatial Science/Geography

Tools

ArcGIS Enterprise

ArcGIS Online

Azure

Power BI

Esri technologies

Job description

PERTH, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, Australia (Hybrid)

Job Description

Organisations don't innovate, people do.
As part of our digital transformation business, you’ll help clients unlock innovation, embrace the future and change communities for good.
And we’ll help you stimulate new thinking, accelerate your career and connect you to projects that really matter.
Join our team of over 600 data scientists, design thinkers, immersive digital consultants, project managers and innovators, all working to create positive change for generations to come.
Our pledge to you
Join GHD

This role combines hands‑on technical leadership with people‑focused guidance, supporting a small team of specialists to deliver high‑quality outcomes across complex projects.

Who are we looking for?

We’re seeking a GIS & Location Intelligence Team Lead to lead our Perth‑based GHD Digital team, driving the growth and delivery of GIS, geospatial and location intelligence services across GHD’s projects and digital solutions landscape.

This is a strategic and hands‑on leadership opportunity for an experienced GIS professional who is passionate about developing people, advancing geospatial capability, and delivering innovative location intelligence solutions that help our clients make better decisions.

You’ll play a key role in shaping the future of GIS and geospatial services across Western Australia and the broader APAC region, supporting major projects across infrastructure, environment, water, energy and natural resources. Working with an energetic and high‑performing team, you will help strengthen GHD’s GIS capability, foster innovation, and ensure the consistent delivery of high‑quality client outcomes.

In this role, you will:

• Lead and mentor a team of GIS, geospatial and location intelligence specialists, fostering a collaborative, high‑performing and customer‑focused culture
• Balance technical leadership with people leadership responsibilities, including prioritisation, delegation, coaching, quality assurance and career development
• Provide technical oversight and governance for GIS and geospatial projects, ensuring delivery excellence and adherence to best practices
• Shape the strategic direction, design and delivery of GIS, geospatial and location intelligence solutions, while identifying opportunities to leverage data, analytics, automation and AI technologies to improve project outcomes and deliver greater value for clients
• Drive the adoption of modern GIS, spatial analytics, cloud geospatial and location intelligence solutions using technologies such as Esri ArcGIS, Azure, Fabric, Power BI and related platforms
• Partner with project teams across environment, infrastructure, water, energy and digital advisory services to deliver innovative geospatial solutions that create measurable value for clients
• Support business development activities, proposal preparation and client engagement opportunities that showcase GHD’s GIS and location intelligence capabilities
• Identify opportunities to integrate data analytics, automation and AI‑enabled approaches into GIS workflows to improve efficiency, insight generation and client outcomes
• Promote data governance, spatial data management and secure solution design principles across projects and operational services

What you will bring to the team:

• Demonstrated experience leading or mentoring GIS, geospatial or location intelligence professionals
• Strong technical expertise in GIS, spatial data management, geospatial analysis and enterprise GIS platforms
• Advanced experience with Esri technologies, including ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Online and associated geospatial applications
• Experience delivering GIS and location intelligence solutions within consulting, engineering, infrastructure, environmental or natural resource sectors
• Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into practical business outcomes
• A collaborative leadership style that builds trust, develops people and encourages continuous improvement
• Experience with, or an interest in, emerging technologies such as data analytics, automation, artificial intelligence and machine learning, and an understanding of how these capabilities can complement and enhance GIS and location intelligence solutions

Qualifications:

• Extensive experience in GIS, geospatial analysis, location intelligence, spatial data management or related disciplines within complex project or consulting environments
• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) in GIS, Geospatial Science, Geography, Surveying, Environmental Science, Computer Science, Engineering or a related field
• Proven experience delivering enterprise GIS solutions using Esri technologies, cloud platforms, databases and reporting tools
• Demonstrated ability to manage multiple projects, priorities and stakeholders while maintaining high‑quality delivery outcomes
• Strong technical capability in spatial analysis, GIS application configuration, data management, Python scripting and geospatial visualisation
• Experience with data engineering, analytics, automation, AI/ML platforms or cloud‑native technologies such as Azure, Fabric, Power BI or similar technologies would be highly regarded, but is not essential
• Experience contributing to proposals, business development initiatives and client relationship management activities

You’ll be at your best when:

You thrive on leading GIS professionals, solving complex geospatial challenges and helping clients unlock the value of location intelligence. You combine strong technical expertise with people leadership skills to build capability, support your team and deliver meaningful outcomes across a diverse portfolio of GIS and digital projects.

Exposure to data, analytics, automation and AI technologies will help you further enhance the solutions delivered by your team, but deep expertise in these areas is not essential. We are looking first and foremost for a strong GIS and Location Intelligence leader who can guide our capability, develop our people and help shape the future of geospatial services at GHD.

GHD is an equal opportunity employer, and we want everyone to be able to fully participate in our recruitment process. We value a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture. We encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and people of all identities.

GHD embraces hybrid work arrangements to create a work environment focused on well‑being, flexibility and productivity where our people can thrive. This supports the diverse needs of our workforce while balancing the benefits of remote working with the value of face‑to‑face collaboration in the office.

We respectfully ask that no agency resumes be presented at this stage.

#LI‑Hybrid

About Us

Come together and make a meaningful impact. We bring our people together to create something bigger and solve some of the world's most complex problems. Come and experience the power of commitment and see strategy and ideas come to life when you join GHD. Let's drive real change. Our Pledge to You
At GHD, we don’t just believe in the power of commitment, we live and breathe it every day. That’s why we pledge to empower our people to make a positive impact. Combining our deep technical expertise with the capabilities of our clients and partners, we respond to some of the most complex challenges facing our planet today. See where your commitment could take you.
That’s the #PowerOfCommitment Who we are
GHD is a global professional services company that leads through engineering, architecture, and construction expertise. We are an employee‑owned company with over 11,000 diverse and skilled individuals, across more than 200 offices spanning five continents.
The Power of Commitment is our brand promise. It’s what makes us different. We are bound to our stated vision and determination to address humanity’s most urgent needs: to make water, energy and urbanisation sustainable for generations to come.

About the Team

GHD Digital GHD Digital is GHD’s digital transformation business, dedicated to helping clients unlock innovation, embrace the future and change communities for good. Our diverse and talented team of more than 600 people include data scientists, design thinkers, immersive digital consultants, project managers and innovators. With the combined global and local expertise of GHD’s 11,000 engineering, architectural, environmental and construction professionals, we help navigate and solve complex challenges with advanced technology. Together, we can create positive change for generations to come.

Job Info

• Job Identification 26688
• Job Category Science
• Locations 999 Hay Street, Perth, Western Australia, 6000, AU (Hybrid)