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# GIS Business Class Lead

- **Company:** HDR, Inc.
- **Location:** Salt Lake City, UT, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Microsoft Windows, ArcGIS (Software), Spatial Data Infrastructures, Esri GIS (Software)
- **Published:** October 27, 2026
- **Apply:** https://diversityjobs.com/career/18761683/Gis-Business-Class-Lead-Utah-Salt-Lake-City

## About the Role

Our Utah team is looking for a GIS Business Class Lead to develop and implement geospatial solutions on our projects throughout the state. Duties include working in a professional environment with a team of other GIS analysts, developers, and professionals across all HDRs business lines. The ability to effectively communicate and collaborate with remote team members and with individuals from a wide variety of backgrounds, both technical and non-technical, is required. Ideal candidates will have a solid understanding of GIS and expertise with Esri software.
In the role of GIS Business Class Lead, we'll count on you to:

 * Demonstrated ability to serve as a GIS project leader including development of technical approaches, budget, scheduling, and quality assurance
 * Expertise in spatial data analysis
 * Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to write reports that summarize spatial analyses and communicate findings with charts, tables and narrative
 * Ability to identify industry trends and determine where company capabilities can be marketed to existing and potential clients
 * Demonstrated success leading staff, multidisciplinary teams, and workload planning
 * Experience driving business growth through client engagement, pursuits, proposal development, strategic planning, and financial management
 * Strong leadership, communication, relationship-building, and organizational skills, with the ability to influence diverse stakeholders and effectively motivate teams
 * Proficiency with the ArcGIS platform; Esri Certification, Microsoft 365 Apps, GISP, FME Experience or other relevant professional certification, * Demonstrated ability to serve as a GIS project leader including development of technical approaches, budget, scheduling, and quality assurance
 * Expertise in spatial data analysis
 * Excellent verbal and written communication skills, including ability to write reports that summarize spatial analyses and communicate findings with charts, tables and narrative
 * Ability to identify industry trends and determine where company capabilities can be marketed to existing and potential clients
 * Demonstrated success leading staff, multidisciplinary teams, and workload planning
 * Experience driving business growth through client engagement, pursuits, proposal development, strategic planning, and financial management
 * Strong leadership, communication, relationship-building, and organizational skills, with the ability to influence diverse stakeholders and effectively motivate teams
 * Proficiency with the ArcGIS platform; Esri Certification, Microsoft 365 Apps, GISP, FME Experience or other relevant professional certification, * Bachelor's degree in a Professional, Architecture, Engineering or closely related field
 * 10 years of experience
 * Committed to quality, improvement and HDR values
 * Experienced in development and management of diverse teams
 * Works cooperatively with other area business class leaders, operations managers, technical directors and marketing managers on business class efforts
 * An attitude and commitment to being an active participant of our employee-owned culture is a must

## Description

* Take responsibility for area coordination, monitoring and improvement of technical competencies of business class staff and products to meet client needs and market drivers, all within direction and goals of business class plans
 * Participate in delivery of project services to meet client expectations
 * Collaborate on business class efforts with area operations, marketing and project management
 * Participate in business class practice and professional discipline groups, project teams and activities to continually improve standards and best practices, and implement effective quality assurance and quality control reviews
 * Participate in business class strategic planning, budgeting and plan implementation
 * Perform other duties as needed