GIS Strategic Planning Manager

• Simple IRA Matching
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Training & development

• Lead and deliver strategic planning engagements for local and regional government clients from scoping through final recommendations        
• Serve as the primary day-to-day client lead, driving alignment, progress, and decision-making        
• Structure ambiguous problems into clear priorities, tradeoffs, and actionable plans 

• Design and facilitate stakeholder interviews, workshops, and executive discussions within public sector environments
• Synthesize inputs into clear strategic direction and practical implementation roadmaps       
• Translate high-level strategy into sequenced actions, including dependencies, risks, and ownership 

• Understand how GIS capabilities support government functions (e.g., public works, utilities, planning, emergency management)        
• Apply knowledge of public sector operating environments, including stakeholder dynamics, budget cycles, and decision processes      
•  Interpret GIS-related needs and translate them into strategic priorities and initiatives (not just technical solutions)

• Ensure recommendations are grounded in organizational realities, including staffing, funding, and operational constraints  Partner with technical teams to bridge strategy and GIS implementation         
• Define realistic paths from current state to future state 

• Contribute to defining and refining our approach, templates, and delivery of strategic planning engagements         
• Support proposal development, project scoping, and pricing for strategic planning engagements       
• Identify opportunities to improve and standardize delivery across clients 

• Communicate complex ideas clearly to technical and non-technical audiences        
•  Facilitate alignment across stakeholders with differing priorities         
• Build trust with clients and guide them toward decisions

• 4–7+ years of experience in strategy, operations, planning, or advisory roles in a client-facing or cross-functional environment (including corporate, consulting, public sector, or military leadership roles) 
• Experience owning and leading workstreams or key components of engagements, with demonstrated ability to operate independently and take on full ownership over time   
• Experience leading complex, multi-stakeholder initiatives from problem definition through execution (e.g., strategic planning, operating model design, transformation efforts)       
• Experience working with local or regional government and/or GIS, infrastructure, or geospatial services, including ownership of planning, prioritization, or cross-functional initiatives       
• For candidates from government or GIS-focused roles: experience owning or leading strategic planning, capital planning, or cross-functional initiatives, not just contributing to them        
• Experience facilitating stakeholder interviews, workshops, or executive discussions       
• Proven ability to manage multiple workstreams or projects in a fast-paced, client-facing environment

•  5+ years of experience in consulting, strategy, or advisory roles      
• Direct experience working with local or regional government clients and/or GIS, geospatial, or infrastructure-related services strongly preferred        
• Direct experience developing strategic plans, implementation roadmaps, or operating models        
•  Experience with enterprise GIS programs, geospatial strategy, or infrastructure-related initiatives        
•  Exposure to proposal development, project scoping, or pricing of work        
• Experience with change management or organizational transformation efforts  

This is a remote position.