PennDOT Senior Transportation Geospatial Project Manager-799379 hybrid

Position Summary

The Infrastructure and Economic Development (IED) Delivery Center is seeking a highly skilled and strategic Senior Transportation Geospatial Project Manager to lead enterprise-level geospatial initiatives at PennDOT.

This position plays a critical leadership role in the planning coordination and execution of geospatial projects that enhance infrastructure management initiatives throughout Pennsylvania.

The ideal candidate brings a combination of deep geospatial expertise project management acumen and a commitment to innovation delivering modern GIS solutions that drive interagency efficiency and public service improvements.

Key Responsibilities

Enterprise Project Management

• Define project charters deliverables budgets and schedules in alignment with Commonwealth and agency priorities.
• Manage agency teams and vendor resources to deliver complex GIS projects on time and within scope.
• Ensure alignment with IED Delivery Center agency and OA strategic priorities enterprise GIS roadmaps and security/compliance standards.
• Facilitate requirements for workshops with business and technical stakeholders.
• Translate business needs into geospatial system requirements including technical specifications data workflows service configurations and interface definitions.
• Produce succinct status reports dashboards and presentations.

ArcGIS Enterprise & Integration support

• Coordinate tasks related to ArcGIS Enterprise deployment upgrades configuration service publishing and system integration.
• Create and manage requirements traceability matrices linking requirements to design testing and acceptance.

Stakeholder Engagement & Client Management

• Liaise with program offices Commonwealth agencies and vendors to understand business requirements and deliver geospatial solutions that meet mission needs.
• Facilitate stakeholder communication reporting and change management throughout project lifecycles.

Testing Strategy Coordination & Quality Assurance

Oversee test execution across environments and ensure defects are tracked triaged and resolved.

Guarantee digital accessibility testing is performed and addressed to meet Commonwealth standards for GIS products.

Validate system performance data integrity service reliability map rendering performance and API response behavior.

Coordinate and manage user acceptance testing with program area SMEs.

Minimum Experience and Training

• 3 years of experience supporting or managing projects in ArcGIS Enterprise based systems and geospatial applications.
• Project management with multi-team IT coordination responsibilities.
• Strong understanding of enterprise architecture cloud concepts web GIS development and DevOps workflows.
• Proven ability to write maintain and organize detailed technical documentation.
• Demonstrated experience with structured testing methodologies and test management tools.

• Excellent communication facilitation and team leadership skills Knowledge of GIS integrations

• Comfort navigating multi-agency governance and IT prioritization processes

Preferred Qualifications

• PMP PMI-ACP Agile/Scrum Master or similar certification