Senior Product Strategy Lead

Role Description

The Center for Geospatial Solutions (CGS) is seeking a Product Strategy Lead to help identify, develop, and launch new geospatial products and services. This position will play a key role in shaping CGS’s long-term product direction as a strategic partner to CGS leadership, helping inform our long-term growth strategy through product innovation and market insights.

Reporting to the Director of Solutions, you will:

• Lead product discovery and market research.
• Evaluate new product opportunities.
• Define product goals and value.
• Guide products from initial concept through early development and launch.
• Coordinate with external partners as needed.
• Support efforts related to funding, marketing, and product adoption.

This position combines strategic planning, technology, and mission-driven work, offering an opportunity to shape the future direction of CGS's products and services while supporting the organization's long-term goals.

Qualifications

• Undergraduate degree or equivalent experience (graduate degree preferred in a relevant field).
• 10+ years of experience delivering product strategy, managing domain-specific product portfolios, and delivering innovative solutions in complex environments.
• 3+ years of experience supporting fundraising, partnerships, or revenue generation for early-stage products.
• Experience with geospatial technologies, environmental data, or climate/water domains.
• Demonstrated experience building and launching products.
• Demonstrated experience influencing executive stakeholders and leading cross-functional initiatives in complex organizations.
• Ability to bring structure to ambiguous problem spaces and drive toward clear product outcomes.
• Demonstrated interpersonal strengths in growing cooperation and team trust.
• Strong judgment in identifying, prioritizing, and sequencing product opportunities.
• Strong experience with market research, user discovery, and product validation.
• Ability to work across technical and non-technical teams and translate complex concepts into clear product direction.
• Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to build alignment and collaborate on commitments and decision buy-in.
• Experience working in environments where products are supported by a mix of funding sources (e.g., grants, partnerships, earned revenue).

Requirements

• Identify and evaluate opportunities to translate CGS’s services, data assets, and technical capabilities into scalable products and productized offerings.
• Synthesize insights from across projects, partners, and domains to identify high-potential opportunities.
• Establish decision frameworks for evaluating product opportunities, risks, and long-term sustainability.
• Conduct market research, user discovery, and evaluation to inform product and service direction.
• Define product vision, value propositions, and potential business models.
• Prioritize and select 1-2 initial products for development.
• Develop early-stage product development from concept through Minimum Viable Product (MVP) stage.
• Define product requirements, roadmaps, and success metrics.
• Partner with the Director of Solutions and the Senior Manager of Growth & Revenue to develop and pitch products to funders and partners.
• Work closely with data scientists, engineers, and designers to co-develop products.
• Ensure products are user-centered and aligned with CGS’s mission.
• Embed with CGS service teams to identify repeatable workflows, user needs, and scalable opportunities.
• Translate project-based work into structured product concepts or hybrid product-service offerings.
• Design and execute pilot projects and early product testing.
• Engage partners and early adopters.
• Refine products based on user feedback and performance.
• Support go-to-market strategy and initial rollout.
• Build alignment and drive cross-functional decision-making across CGS teams.
• Serve as a strategic thought partner to CGS leadership on product strategy, market opportunities, and emerging technology trends.
• Translate complex technical capabilities into clear product direction.
• Establish and operationalize product management practices, processes, and tools at CGS.
• Contribute to long-term product strategy and roadmap.
• Inform future product investments and scaling choices.

Benefits

• Opportunity to shape the future direction of CGS's products and services.
• Work in a fully remote team of award-winning professionals.
• Engage in mission-driven work that supports sustainable and equitable outcomes.