Specialist I - Geospatial Data Operations - 1 year fixed contract

What You'll Do

• Research, assess and acquire any type of information for the creation and maintenance of TomTom Map Databases
• Scan the local market for relevant data sources
• Perform and support quality checks
• Develop and maintain working relationships with existing and potential providers/partners as well as local authorities
• This role is to be a country sourcing and local intelligence specialist for Finland with expertise in the local language, geographical know-how, mapping regulations, local legislation knowledge and good industry connections

What You'll Need

• University degree in geography, cartography, geomatics or geoinformatics.
• 2+ years of work experience in GIS or related fields.
• Knowledge of known and common GIS software.
• Language skills: Danish AND/OR Swedish AND/OR Finnish as native speaker and proficient in English (both written and verbal) and Russian language + Cyrillic alphabet
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills that allow successful negotiations with our partners and networking.
• Support and understand map quality for a given country/countries
• Knowledge of geographic source data handling and data licenses
• Great problem-solving and analytical skills
• Ability to think out of the box and bring new ideas to the table
• Can work remotely - please note that we're only looking for people who already based in Finland
• Solid organization skills; the ability to work independently is critical, as well as contributing to the TomTom Team

What is Nice to Have

• Additional knowledge on other languages
• Basic programming in SQL/Python
• Familiarity with FME software