Aerial Geospatial Program Manager - Remote Delivery Lead

Robotic Data; Oregon (WI); On-site; USD 130,000 - 140,000; Full time

Job summary

Robotic Data seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead end-to-end aerial geospatial operations and delivery, spanning planning, airborne collection, processing, QA/QC, delivery, and client acceptance.

You will bridge technical collection teams, delivery operations, and clients while ensuring projects stay on schedule and within budget, aligned to operational and quality objectives. Remote work with cross-time-zone collaboration is required.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• 5+ years of project management experience or 10+ years related experience.
• 8–10+ years of geospatial, aerial mapping, or remote sensing experience.
• Deep understanding of aerial mapping, remote sensing, LiDAR, imagery, GIS, and photogrammetry workflows.
• Experience in managing field operations and geospatial delivery teams.
• Strong financial, organizational, and stakeholder management skills.
• Smartsheet experience required.
• Excellent communication and leadership capability.

Responsibilities

• Lead full lifecycle management of aerial geospatial programs from planning through final delivery.
• Own aerial collection operations including scheduling, flight coordination, collection readiness, and field execution.
• Manage delivery teams responsible for imagery, LiDAR, photogrammetry, GIS, and mapping outputs.
• Develop and maintain project plans, schedules, budgets, and resource forecasts.
• Utilize Smartsheet to manage dependencies, dashboards, schedules, reporting, and governance.
• Coordinate cross-functional teams across operations, processing, engineering, and client delivery for multiple Partners.
• Track project financials including forecasting, invoicing, margin performance, and collections.
• Implement project KPIs and executive reporting.
• Drive QA/QC processes and client acceptance.
• Identify operational risks and implement mitigation plans.
• Support proposals, estimates, and business development activities.
• Travel up to 10% as required.

Skills

Project management

Geospatial workflows

Field operations

Budgeting

Smartsheet

Stakeholder management

Communication

Leadership

Aerial mapping

Remote sensing

Education

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Tools

Smartsheet

Job description

Robotic Data seeks an experienced Project Manager to lead end-to-end aerial geospatial operations and delivery, spanning planning, airborne collection, processing, QA/QC, delivery, and client acceptance.

You will bridge technical collection teams, delivery operations, and clients while ensuring projects stay on schedule and within budget, aligned to operational and quality objectives. Remote work with cross-time-zone collaboration is required.