GIS Solution Engineer Team Lead- Civilian Sciences

Esri • Vienna, VA

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About The Position

GIS Solution Engineer Team Leads are trusted technical advisors who play a key role in helping customers across the Civilian Sciences community, including DOI, USDA, DOT, and the tribal community, achieve their mission-critical goals. Partnering closely with Account Managers, fellow leaders, and a team of Solution Engineers, you’ll guide the technical vision, deliver impactful solutions, and drive the adoption of GIS to solve our customers’ most complex challenges. In this role, you’ll combine leadership, coaching, and technical expertise to develop and inspire your team of Solution Engineers. You’ll collaborate with stakeholders across Esri and the National Government team, shaping strategies that showcase the value of ArcGIS and empowering customers to make better, data-driven decisions. At Esri, we celebrate curiosity, innovation, and a growth mindset, values that make this a place where you can do your best work while helping others do the same.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience with Esri technology creating maps, performing spatial analysis, and configuring web applications
• 3+ years of experience mentoring, motivating, and coaching on a team
• Advanced understanding of current GIS technology, including the ArcGIS system to demonstrate Esri’s patterns of use for civilian sciences
• Broad knowledge of ArcGIS from an IT context (such as hardware, software, storage, security, networking, servers, databases, web services, virtualization, cloud computing)
• Demonstrated experience in technical consulting and conceptual solution design
• Demonstrated experience of actively participating in a sales process
• Remarkable presentation, interpersonal, and listening skills
• Ability to travel domestically or internationally up to 50%
• Bachelor’s degree in geography, computer science, or a related field
• Visa sponsorship is not available for this posting. Applicants must be authorized to work for any employer in the U.S.

Nice To Haves

• Experience and passion working with Civilian Sciences customers or the general sciences community with a general understanding of common data types, workflows, and problem sets
• Master’s degree in geography, computer science, or a related field

Responsibilities

• Empower your team. Manage the technical activities of your solution engineering team by working with account and sales managers to strategically lead all technical stages of the sales process.
• Mentor your team through active coaching, clear direction, and regular feedback. Cultivate a virtual team to support sales objectives and generate results.
• Be an expert. Be a technical leader of ArcGIS as well as a subject matter expert of civilian sciences. Demonstrate your advanced understanding of sales strategies and initiatives to develop complex solutions for Esri’s most strategic customers.
• Solve problems . Proactively craft and propose solutions that clarify how GIS brings business value to our customers by addressing the critical business challenges they face. Define and deliver complex strategies that align Esri technology with our largest customers’ business needs. Understand an organization’s business structure, associated workflows, third party business systems, and integration points.
• Build relationships. Present, demonstrate, and support selling Esri software and solutions as part of the account team. Gain access to technical enterprise-level decision makers and lead technical meetings that drive revenue. Partner closely with Sales leadership to align team strategies and goals.
• Tell our story. Design presentations for technical and non-technical audiences within Esri’s largest customers. Provide configuration guidance and best practices. Empower others to present at large conferences, trade shows, and executive engagements.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level