Remote Aerial Geospatial PM: Delivery & Ops Lead

Voxelmaps; Portland (OR); On-site; USD 130,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Benefits as required by law

Job summary

Robotic Data seeks a Project Manager to lead end-to-end aerial geospatial programs, spanning planning, airborne collection, processing, QA/QC, and delivery to clients. You will bridge technical teams, delivery operations, and clients to keep projects on schedule and within budget.

The role requires deep geospatial expertise, cross-functional leadership, and strong financial acumen, with remote work options and occasional travel up to 10%.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience.
• Minimum 5 years’ 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.
• 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 either directly or via the Robotic Data partner network.
• 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

Communication

Leadership

Financial management

Stakeholder management

Geospatial domain

Remote sensing

Team management

Education

Bachelor’s degree

PMP (preferred)

ASPRS CP/CMS/GISP (preferred)

Tools

Smartsheet

Job description

Robotic Data seeks a Project Manager to lead end-to-end aerial geospatial programs, spanning planning, airborne collection, processing, QA/QC, and delivery to clients. You will bridge technical teams, delivery operations, and clients to keep projects on schedule and within budget.

The role requires deep geospatial expertise, cross-functional leadership, and strong financial acumen, with remote work options and occasional travel up to 10%.