Associate Director - Geospatial

BakerHicks; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car / cash allowance

Pension plan

Life assurance

Flexible / hybrid working

Annual leave 25 days

Employee assistance

Professional development

Job summary

BakerHicks is seeking an Associate Director - Geospatial in the United Kingdom to lead and grow our geospatial capability. You will shape strategy, drive business development, manage client relationships and oversee a talented geospatial team across diverse infrastructure projects.

You’ll champion GIS technologies, AI and digital twins, providing technical governance and helping BakerHicks deliver innovative solutions for clients.

Qualifications

• Significant experience leading geospatial teams in a consultancy or engineering environment.
• Proven track record in developing services and growing business.
• Strong client relationships and opportunity identification skills.

Responsibilities

• Define and deliver geospatial strategy, business plan and growth roadmap.
• Lead bids, tenders, proposals and client presentations to grow revenue.
• Mentor and grow a high-performing geospatial team with clear development paths.
• Provide technical leadership and governance across geospatial projects.
• Champion GIS, AI, automation and digital twin initiatives to improve delivery.

Skills

Geospatial leadership

Business development

Client relationship building

ArcGIS stack

Team mentorship

Tools

ArcGIS Enterprise

ArcGIS Online

QGIS

Job description

At BakerHicks, we're committed to shaping a healthier, safer and more sustainable world. As we continue to grow our Digital and Geospatial capabilities, we're looking for an experienced and inspiring leader to join us as Associate Director - Geospatial.

This is a unique opportunity to lead an established team while influencing the future direction of geospatial services across a multidisciplinary engineering consultancy. You'll play a pivotal role in helping our sectors harness the power of spatial data, GIS, digital technologies and AI-driven solutions to deliver better outcomes for our clients.

We're seeking someone who is passionate about developing people, fostering innovation, building meaningful client relationships, and creating an environment where teams can thrive and grow.

As Associate Director - Geospatial, you'll be responsible for leading and growing BakerHicks' geospatial capability, combining technical leadership with business development, client engagement, and team growth.

Key responsibilities include:

• Defining and delivering the geospatial strategy, business plan, and growth roadmap for the discipline.
• Driving business development activities, identifying new opportunities and expanding existing client relationships.
• Leading bids, tenders, proposals, and client presentations to help grow revenue and increase market presence.
• Acting as a trusted advisor to clients and developing long-term strategic partnerships.
• Building, mentoring, and growing a high-performing geospatial team, creating clear development pathways and fostering a culture of collaboration and innovation.
• Providing technical leadership and governance across geospatial projects and programmes.
• Championing the adoption of GIS, AI, automation, digital twins, and emerging technologies to improve project delivery and client outcomes

Why Join BakerHicks?

This role offers the opportunity to make a lasting impact. You'll be joining a talented and growing team that is open to new ideas, embraces innovation and actively encourages continuous improvement.

What makes this opportunity different?

• The chance to shape and grow a national geospatial capability.
• Significant influence over strategy, innovation and future direction.
• Opportunity to build and develop your own team.
• Active involvement in AI initiatives and digital transformation projects.
• Opportunity to develop innovative ArcGIS applications and geospatial solutions.
• Exposure to a diverse range of infrastructure and engineering projects.
• A collaborative culture where ideas are welcomed and innovation is encouraged.
• The support to develop your career while helping others develop theirs.

About You

We're looking for an experienced geospatial professional who combines strong technical expertise with exceptional leadership and relationship-building skills.

You'll likely bring:

• Significant experience leading geospatial teams within a consultancy, infrastructure, engineering or related environment.
• Experience developing and growing teams, capabilities, services or business units.
• Strong commercial awareness and a track record of supporting business development activities.
• Experience building client relationships and winning new work.
• Extensive knowledge of geospatial technologies including ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Online, QGIS and related platforms.
• Experience in GIS, spatial analytics, data management, digital delivery and geospatial innovation.

Many of the positions within our company are subject to security clearance or security assurance levels.

The successful candidate must be able to obtain and maintain the appropriate level of security clearance or assurance level for this role, in line with client and sector requirements.

In some cases, additional nationality or residency criteria may also apply due to specific client or national security obligations.

Further information on National security clearance levels can be found on the UK Government website: National security vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK

About BakerHicks

We’ve been innovating in design, engineering and project delivery since 1957 and operate from 14 locations for a truly European reach. For more about our company story, see: About | BakerHicks.

BakerHicks. A Morgan Sindall Group company.

Benefits

Whatever your discipline, you’ll be alongside some of the most talented people in the industry. Our network of offices are appealing, friendly and comfortable spaces, easily accessible by car or public transport. And our salary and benefits packages are some of the best in the industry.

What you get will depend on what you do, with individual performance-related rewards also on offer in addition to:

• Company car or cash allowance
• Up to 6% matched contributory pension plan
• Life assurance scheme
• 25 days annual leave plus ability to buy additional leave
• Discount scheme (including gym membership, mobile phones etc)
• Flexible/hybrid working
• Family friendly policies
• Employee assistance
• Professional development

BakerHicks is an equal opportunity employer. We care about creating an inclusive atmosphere and are committed to promoting diversity and inclusion throughout.
BakerHicks is an inclusive organisation welcoming talent from all backgrounds. Applicants are assessed on the basis of personal merit and qualifications.