Geospatial Program Manager - Food Security - TGI

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ABOUT THE TAYLOR GEOSPATIAL INSTITUTE   

The Taylor Geospatial Institute (TGI) is the nation’s leading geospatial research collaborative, rooted in St. Louis and the Midwest. TGI’s singular goal is to fuel the transformative scientific and technological revolution that is geospatial. The Institute draws on the strengths of eight outstanding, Midwestern research institutions and harnesses the energy of partnership with industry and government to grow talent and to cultivate solutions to the world’s greatest challenges. TGI believes that the next generation of geospatial scientific and technological advances will be essential in addressing national security and promoting peace, tackling climate change, realizing true food security and sustainability, and facing global health crises. For more information, please visit taylorgeospatial.org.  

JOB SUMMARY

The Geospatial Program Manager - Food Security - TGI leads the planning, design, development, implementation, maintenance, rollout, support, and presentation of the Taylor Geospatial Institute (TGI) strategic programs and projects. This position is responsible for coordinating with teams across the consortium and outside partners to provide TGI strategy, program & project guidance, geospatial expertise, and report schedules and status. This role is also responsible for documenting processes, projects, advancements, and implementations to ensure TGI metrics are met and that the consortium partners are experiencing value in their membership.

This position will lead TGI’s Food Security and Digital Agriculture Challenge, which is a multi-year and multi-million dollar strategic initiative starting in the summer of 2024. The first phase of the initiative is focused on ideation on the challenge with the partners. The second phase is focused on the research with up to 3 multi-institution, interdisciplinary, TGI funded teams.  The position requires both strong program management skills and technical expertise in the field to effectively lead and fuel this multi-year collaborative research effort and find future funding opportunities. The candidate is expected to find and pursue co-investor partners and collaborators to leverage TGI’s initial investment, to help anchor the research in industry needs, and to scale the impact of the research. These efforts should lead to continuous publishing of TGI thought leadership pieces such as  white papers, as well as attracting relevant experts to present and participate in TGI initiatives.  Additionally, this effort includes identifying research opportunities, technology and science advancement opportunities, and operational implementation concepts. 

TGI needs an independent, organized, and motivated individual who will lead the planning, design, development, implementation, sponsorship, rollout, support, and reporting of the programs associated with the strategic initiative.  

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

• Develops and manages projects for initiating and sustaining institutional objectives and metrics within the TGI 3- and 10-year plans; manages a variety of geospatial oriented projects across multiple organizations (academia, government, industry) and varied teams of specialists such as engineers, scientists, and users; develops, executes, and manages projects related to geospatial research, technology and science advancements, and operational implementations; launches and manages identified working groups, grant projects, workshops, etc., as well as define, document, and track their status, and impact; works with consortium members and government, industry, and academic partners; maintains awareness of new trends and developments in geospatial fields; incorporates new developments as appropriate into programs; participates in TGI processes, strategies and systems

• Partners with groups across consortium partners to provide program, application, and development support; maintains strong partnerships and collaboration with key constituents across the TGI university consortium, to include the Research Council, various working groups and project participants, associates, post-docs, and doctoral students in the consortium, non-consortium partners, government, industry, and academic institutions; leads reporting and presentations of program strategies and project status; conducts regular status meetings and provides guidance and expertise to projects when necessary; documents projects and provides data fo