Emissions Data Analysis Team Lead (INTERNAL ONLY)

About Bridger Photonics, Inc. Bridger Photonics, Inc. creates and deploys innovative LiDAR sensors for the Oil & Gas, Landfill, and Industrial Manufacturing industries. Our airborne LiDAR sensors are transforming the way the Oil & Gas industry discovers and manages natural gas (methane) leaks. This opportunity is resulting in significant and rapid growth for our company.

About the role To assist in our growth, we seek an outstanding and motivated Emissions Data Analysis Team Lead (EDATL). The successful candidate will work as an operational leader of Bridger’s Flight Planning and Emissions Data Analysis team to support Bridger’s goal to reduce emissions globally.

What you'll do

• Manages a team of at least four full-time Emissions Data Analysts (Junior, Emissions Data Analyst, and Senior levels) within Bridger’s Flight Planning and Emissions Data Analysis department; management of this team is the primary duty of the position
• Directs and assigns the department’s daily work, including staffing levels, weekend and holiday schedules, and project assignments to support 7-day operations
• Participates in hiring for the team: drives interview processes, evaluates candidates, and makes hiring recommendations
• Conducts performance evaluations for direct reports, sets goals, provides coaching and corrective action, and makes recommendations on promotions, pay changes, discipline, and termination
• Approves time-off requests, timecards, and overtime for direct reports, and ensures the team follows company policies, safety standards, and timekeeping requirements
• Plans and oversees department training, onboarding, mentorship, and continuous learning opportunities for all analysts
• Provides department-wide leadership, advice, and decision-making to realize departmental objectives and company mission and ambulances
• Oversees a portfolio of projects and balances staffing, schedules, priorities, and resources to ensure reliable delivery; serves as the department's final technical and operational escalation point
• Operates synergistically with internal and external stakeholders including, but not limited to, other departmental leads, company leadership, visiting clients, and external partners
• Leverages expert understanding of Bridger planning & analysis workflows, standard operating procedures, tooling, and data quality standards to integrate functions across departments to meet company goals and client emission reduction targets
• Directs the team in diagnosing the most complex client and emissions data issues, prioritize delivery deadlines, and ensure successful data product delivery
• Identifies and compiles problematic trends in data or software, documents and escalates needs for improvement across the company
• Orchestrates testing and scalability of practical improvements to and optimization of established Bridger workflows, SOPs, tooling and data quality standards, ensures accuracy and currency of related documentation
• Supervises Senior Emissions Data Analysts and, as needed, steps in on planning and analysis work during absences or peak demand; this work is secondary to the position’s management responsibilities
• Engages in continuous learning and skill development to strengthen team flexibility and responsiveness to shifting operational and company demands
• This position is subject to a non-standard schedule to support 7-day operations, extended operating hours, weekends, holidays and other operational needs of the company and our clients (Final schedule to be determined and subject to change)

Qualifications

• Multiple years of leadership experience in complex remote sensing, data analysis, project planning, or LiDAR operations projects, along with their associated workflows, and due dates
• Multiple years of leadership experience with GIS data professionals and software applications such as QGIS and ArcGIS
• Multiple years of experience supervising staff, including assigning work, training and mentoring, evaluating performance, and participating in hiring decisions
• Proven ability to uphold the highest data and product quality standards, increase efficiency and accuracy, continuously update documentation to reflect these practices, and integrate these changes into protocols and standards across the entire department
• Proven ability to address complex problems, troubleshoot problematic or suspicious data, and work collaboratively with all stakeholders to implement appropriate solutions
• Impeccable work ethic and the proven ability to tackle all tasks necessary to meet client expectations and continuously innovate to meet changing market demands
• Proven ability to set an exemplary leadership example across Operations, communicate synergistically with coworkers, internal and external stakeholders, and address conflicts appropriately and in accordance with company values and standards
• Multiple years of experience successfully and independently managing complex projects, along with their associated workflows, and due dates
• Proficiency using Microsoft 365 applications including strong Excel proficiency
• Coding is not required for this position but exposure to coding is helpful (ex. Python, SQL)
• Experience with project planning and/or logistics planning
• B.S. or B.A. in Engineering, Physics, or STEM field, with demonstrated data analysis experience; directly applicable A.S. or A.A. or other combination of experience and education will also be considered