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TSMG

Mapping City/Country Expert

San Francisco, CA

Create city-level transit data modeling policies based on the market needs and local regulations ... reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential ...

TSMG

Mapping City/Country Expert

San Francisco, CA

Create city-level transit data modeling policies based on the market needs and local regulations ... reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential ...

Hayden AI

Data Analyst

San Francisco, CA · On-site

$123K - $160K/yr

Hayden AI seeks a Data Analyst to support a diverse set of stakeholders with Data and Analytics ... You will work with transit agencies, the customer success team, finance, product, company ...

Mochi Health

Data Analyst, Growth

San Francisco, CA · On-site

$100K - $150K/yr

We're hiring a sharp, business-minded Data Analyst to partner closely with marketing and help us ... transit and parking through pre-tax commuter benefits Top-of-Market Compensation - We offer ...

Kimley-Horn

Transit Planner

San Mateo, CA · On-site

$10K - $120K/mo

Support all phases of transit planning projects, including data collection, analysis, and the development of technical findings to inform actionable plans and strategies. * Conduct detailed ...

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What is the difference between Transit Data Analyst vs Transit Planner?

AspectTransit Data AnalystTransit Planner
Required CredentialsBachelor's in Data Science, Urban Planning, or related field; proficiency in data analysis toolsBachelor's or Master's in Urban Planning, Civil Engineering, or related field; knowledge of transportation systems
Work EnvironmentData analysis, reporting, and modeling in office settingsPlanning, project development, and community engagement, often in office and field settings
Employer & Industry UsagePublic transit agencies, transportation consultanciesMunicipal governments, transit authorities, urban planning firms

While both roles support transit system improvements, Transit Data Analysts focus on analyzing data to inform decisions, whereas Transit Planners develop long-term transit strategies and infrastructure projects. Understanding these differences helps job seekers target the right roles based on their skills and interests.

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Mapping City/Country Expert

TSMG

San Francisco, CA

Full-time

Re-posted 28 days ago

Job description

Role Objective
The team works on keeping Maps Data current and reflective of real-world changes. They work on issues submitted by end users of Maps or test the location results of user queries submitted via Web Search or Maps interface.

The Mapping City/Country Expert will be responsible for high-impact work in improving city transit data and providing country-specific expertise. The City/Country Expert will be responsible for developing and maintaining transit data pipelines and establishing the ground truth in the city/country they work.
Role & Responsibilities as City Expert
  • Communicate with internal stakeholder teams and external companies to achieve project goals.
  • Create city-level transit data modeling policies based on the market needs and local regulations.
  • Identify transit user expectations, broken critical user journeys, data gaps, and provide insights to the product.
  • Leverage local familiarity with regional urban transit systems and expertise to identify patterns and systematic data problems or gaps in transit data and make changes in the data model to improve and solve the issues.
  • Validate quality of new and updated data in the data management platform.
  • Make necessary edits for all transit data types.
  • Field escalations of complex or edge-case data issues from internal teams and resolve appropriately, including creating bugs for external teams.
  • Assist Program Managers to communicate with the partner/provider about required data fixes or inform about problematic data areas.
  • Conduct in-city field research to determine the ground truth of transit issues and user problems.
  • Develop outages and alerts capabilities in their assigned city.
  • Manage city-specific data pipelines through the transit data management platform, including updating pipelines using basic programming skills.
Role & Responsibilities as Country Expert
  • Create guideline documents to be used by operators with country-specific insights.
  • Provide input to create country-specific policy to existing general policy. Apply existing Mapping policies to their specific country, providing insights into traffic laws, landmarks, political modeling, and key mapping features.
  • Gain in-depth knowledge of the data, processes, tools, and policy (applicable to all processes/data types), translate and interpret comments and actions from various sources (e.g. Users), and troubleshoot problems based on instructions, training, and context.
  • Review mapping operations issues for quality checks related to specific countries of expertise.
  • Act as point of contact for mapping operations country-specific questions.
  • Perform FLA (Formative Learning Audit), review operations work, and identify operational errors at scale.
  • Evaluate import data from the Import Engineering team prior to ingestion.
  • Work with other internal teams to ensure correct political format for the country is utilized.
Experience / Skills
  • 1–3 years of experience.
  • Graduate or equivalent experience.
  • Good communication skills in English and native local language.
  • Technological savviness with basic programming skills (Java, C#, C++, Python).
  • Proficiency in GIS mapping tools and SME with deep knowledge of the city/country’s transit/traffic network.
  • Knowledge of traffic laws, landmarks, political modeling, and key mapping features of the city/country.
  • Comfortable with a rapidly changing environment.
  • Strong problem-solving skills and excellent attention to detail.

We may use artificial intelligence (AI) tools to support parts of the hiring process, such as reviewing applications, analyzing resumes, or assessing responses and identifying potential inconsistencies or verification signals in application materials based on available information. These tools assist our recruitment team but do not replace human judgment. Final hiring decisions are ultimately made by humans. If you would like more information about how your data is processed, please contact us.