Senior Geospatial Project Manager (remote)

Company Description

About Element 84 

Element 84 is a woman-owned small business that works with public, private, and non-profit sector clients to develop geospatial data processing pipelines & build software that helps answer big questions about our health, our infrastructure, and our changing planet. We solve challenging problems across a wide range of industries, but our superpower is cloud-based geospatial data processing, remote sensing, and Earth science systems. Our headquarters is located in Alexandria, VA and we have a satellite office in Philadelphia, PA. Element 84 also supports a large remote workforce from a variety of other states.

A Few Other Things You Should Know

1. Element 84's values are: We Invest in Each Other, We are Reliable, and Our Work Benefits our World.

2. Element 84 works on meaningful projects that are challenging—from a technical, people, and team perspective. We make an impact on large projects through our leadership and expertise, both formal and informal.

3. Element 84 values life outside of work. We offer parental leave for everyone and support each other through family challenges like medical problems, adoptions, and new babies.

4. Element 84 has had a flexible work schedule since our founding in 2010.

5. Element 84 is committed to building an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace. We expect the entire team to share that same commitment. 

About You

You are curious about the world, are constantly learning, driven to lead (formally or informally), and have a strong work ethic. You're interested in solving impactful problems in science, medicine, and other projects that have a societal good. You can work independently or with a team, prioritize your projects, and be effective without micromanagement.

You'll care about writing. Our team is remote and written communication is essential. In addition to caring about a well-crafted email and a succinct conference abstract, you understand that good writing is good design and engineering.

Job Description

Element 84 project managers serve a number of roles for the company. At Element 84, project managers are expected to be intimately involved with their team's performance, execution, budget, and customer satisfaction. While each project's team can be different, often an Element 84 PM will act in the role of Scrum Master in the Agile Development Process, work with customers to make sure their requirements are translated into work from the team, and manage the delivery schedule. Project managers also assist business development efforts at Element 84 by working on proposals and contributing to Element 84 team allocation planning. As a member of Element 84's Project Management Organization, you will also be expected to contribute as a thought leader for continual improvement.

Duties & Responsibilities

Teamwork & Leadership

You demonstrate the 'We Invest In Each Other' company value in the following ways:

• As a customer-facing leader, you help the team understand high-level customer goals and the value of individual feature requests so that the team may deliver the most value possible
• You help the customer understand Element 84's development process and advocate for better processes so that the development team is not hindered by external factors
• You seek opportunities to grow the team by engaging with the customer and driving a vision for your projects
• You collaborate cross-functionally with engineers, data scientists, business users, and other project managers to achieve elegant solutions
• You build and maintain working relationships with team members, vendors, and other departments involved in your projects

Execution

You demonstrate the "We Are Reliable" company value in the following ways:

• You set deadlines, assign responsibilities, and monitor progress of your projects.
• You develop detailed project plans and roadmaps to communicate the vision and future of your project, and you map dependencies from your roadmap to other teams in your space.
• You make reliable, real-world time estimates and take into account previous iterations to continually improve your estimates.
• You incorporate quality measures and standards to project deliverables.
• You run formal planning sessions with all stakeholders to set the direction of your team's development efforts for a set duration of time.
• You serve as the Product Owner or Scrum Master on your projects. You manage sprint processes and ceremonies, monitor the progress of the project, and report project status and risks to the PMO.
• You approve timesheets for the development team, ensure staffing allocations are accurate in our time tracking system, m