Project Manager
Job Description
Job Title: Project Delivery Manager – POI & Navigation Mapping
Location: Not Specified
Employment Type: Full-Time
Experience: 10–15 years
Number of Openings: Not Specified
Education:
- Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Geography, Geospatial Sciences, Computer Science, or a related field
- Master's degree or PMP/Prince2 certification preferred
Summary
- Senior leadership role responsible for end-to-end project delivery within the POI (Points of Interest) & Navigation mapping domain
- Drives operational excellence by managing large cross-functional teams, ensuring timely and quality delivery of geospatial mapping projects
- Acts as the primary interface between internal stakeholders, functional managers, and clients to resolve escalations and ensure SLA adherence
- Oversees workforce planning including hiring, training, performance management, and team development across multiple layers of management
- Plays a critical role in continuous process improvement and quality governance for mapping operations
Roles & Responsibilities
Project Planning & Delivery Management
- Lead end-to-end project planning, execution, and delivery for POI & Navigation mapping projects
- Develop and maintain project schedules, milestones, and delivery timelines
- Drive service delivery performance to meet organizational and client commitments
- Conduct periodic status review meetings and provide timely progress reports to Senior Management
Stakeholder & Client Management
- Serve as the primary point of contact for client coordination, addressing technical queries and resolving escalations
- Manage stakeholder interactions across internal and external teams to ensure alignment on project goals
- Provide structured inputs to Senior Management on project progress, risks, and team performance
Escalation & Risk Management
- Oversee escalation management by ensuring timely identification, communication, and resolution of critical issues
- Identify, assess, and mitigate project risks proactively to minimize impact on delivery timelines
- Implement change management strategies to adapt to evolving project requirements
People & Team Management
- Lead and manage a large team comprising Team Managers and Team Leads
- Oversee end-to-end talent lifecycle including hiring, onboarding, training, mentoring, and performance reviews
- Identify Training Needs (TNI) and assess Training Effectiveness for continuous skill development
- Manage and monitor individual and team performance against defined KPIs
Quality & Process Management
- Review, maintain, and manage quality metrics to uphold delivery standards
- Provide actionable recommendations for improvement of mapping processes and workflows
- Ensure adherence to SOPs, quality frameworks, and SLA commitments
- Leverage project management systems and workflow management tools for operational efficiency
Coordination & Operational Excellence
- Coordinate with various functional managers to ensure smooth and seamless project execution
- Troubleshoot operational and process issues across team levels
- Drive SLA management and ensure consistent performance benchmarks are met
Required Skills
Technical Skills
- Strong understanding of POI (Points of Interest) & Navigation mapping concepts and geospatial data
- Proficiency in project management systems and workflow management tools
- Familiarity with quality metrics frameworks and SLA governance models
- Knowledge of mapping tools, GIS platforms, and data validation processes
Functional Skills
- Project planning and delivery management
- Escalation and risk management
- SLA & performance management
- Process improvement and quality governance
- Staffing, training need identification, and training effectiveness evaluation
- Change management
Soft Skills
- Strong leadership and team management capabilities
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills
- Analytical thinking and structured problem-solving
- Ability to manage large, multi-layered teams effectively
- Adaptability in dynamic, fast-paced project environments
- Decision-making under pressure and ambiguity
Desired Skills
- Exposure to HERE Maps, TomTom, OpenStreetMap, or similar geospatial platforms
- Experience working in a BPO/KPO/GIS service delivery environment
- Familiarity with Agile or hybrid project management methodologies
- Understanding of data quality frameworks specific to map content and navigation datasets
- Experience managing global or multi-site delivery teams
Domain / Industry
- Geospatial & Mapping Services
- POI Data Management & Navigation
- Location Intelligence / GIS
Tools & Technologies
- Workflow Management Systems (domain-specific)
- Project Management Tools (e.g., JIRA, MS Project, or equivalent)
- GIS Platforms (e.g., ArcGIS, QGIS, or proprietary mapping tools)
- Reporting & Dashboard Tools (e.g., Power BI, Excel-based MIS)
Certifications (Preferred)
- Project Management Professional (PMP)
- PRINCE2 Practitioner
- Six Sigma (Green Belt or above) – for quality process management
- GIS-related certifications (e.g., ESRI ArcGIS certifications) – advantageous
Compliance / SOP Exposure
- Experience working within structured SOP-driven delivery environments
- Familiarity with ISO quality standards or equivalent operational frameworks
- Demonstrated adherence to client-defined compliance and delivery protocols
Required Skills
Primary skills
- End-to-end project planning and delivery
- stakeholder and client management
- escalation and risk management
- SLA and performance management
- quality governance
- process improvement
- team leadership
- workforce planning
- geospatial/mapping operations
Secondary skills
- POI and navigation mapping concepts
- geospatial data
- GIS platforms
- mapping tools
- workflow management systems
- JIRA/MS Project
- reporting and dashboard tools
- Agile/hybrid methodologies
- SOP and ISO quality frameworks
- training need identification
- training effectiveness evaluation
- change management
Job overview
- Job title
- Project Manager
- Reference ID
- RRF-43854
- Location
- HYD-Telangana, Hyderabad, India
- Experience
- 10 – 15 Yrs
- Qualification
- Any Degree
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