GIS Product Manager

Avolve Software Group•, CO

3d•Remote

About The Position

Avolve is the global market leader in electronic plan review for local governments. We made the INC 5000 2025 list as one of the fastest‑growing private companies in the US, and our government expertise has been recognized for the second year in a row with our inclusion in Government Technology’s GovTech 100 list for both 2025 and 2026, a summary of 100 innovative companies making a significant contribution to the public sector. At Avolve we digitalize the review and approval of plans for permit applications, for both citizen and commercial planning developments. This enables government jurisdictions to improve efficiency and processes, as well as optimizing the experience for both permit applicants and plan reviewers. We have over 350 customers globally and are expanding fast, because we have a suite of best-in-class solutions that offer choice to cities, counties, municipalities, and states. We partner with some of the leading technology providers out there, including Microsoft, Google, and Esri – in fact, we are the only vendor that has Esri GIS functionality embedded in the plan review solution, which has earned us the Esri State and Local Government Specialty in recognition for our innovation. It is an exciting time to join Avolve - we are expanding into new territories and have great vision for our technological solutions. As a team we take enormous pride in the quality of our work, and our people come to work because they enjoy being part of the Avolve family and helping our customers to create safe and thriving communities. This role will help inform and manage the roadmap and GTM strategy for GIS & Esri-focused product enhancements. With Avolve’s strong partnership with Esri, we are developing a growing roster of collaborative product-level initiatives that will enhance the value of Avolve data for GIS specific use-cases in the Esri product stack. This role has the opportunity to oversee these projects in close collaboration with the Director of Product, from the ground up and help build the next set of value-generating solutions for the Avolve product suite.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in business or related field, or the equivalent combination of education, training, and experience.
6-8 years (minimum) of hands-on technical experience using Esri tools. Primarily ArcGIS Pro, AGOL, ArcGIS Living Atlas, ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Developer account and their suite of widgets.
1-3 years of product management or project management experience.
Understanding Esri licensing requirements and GTM best practices.
Ability to work with various feature services and spatial datasets, load them into ArcGIS, run spatial joins, analysis and geoprocessing workflows within the Esri environment.
Comfortable working with large datasets and file-based GIS analysis
Ability to be a liaison between sales & technical teams for their relevant products
Strong organizational & prioritization skills - ability to manage & straddle multiple projects & priorities, timelines & ad hoc projects in a fast-paced environment.
Flexibility for approximately 15% travel.
Strong communication and collaboration skills to work across cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

Be the Subject Matter Expert for GIS & Esri Toolsets such as but not limited to ArcGIS Pro, AGOL, ArcGIS Living Atlas, ArcGIS Urban, ArcGIS Enterprise, ArcGIS Developer Account and Experience Builder.
Be the driver of product changes keeping our tech stack and the Esri stack in mind, to develop optimal solutions that can work in an array of Esri tools and scale as we grow.
Align Avolve functionality with Esri GTM strategy and licensing to maximize co-selling opportunities.
Oversee our Esri-compatible Feature Service and other derivative Esri-focused solutions.
Gain a deep understanding of customer experience, foresee customer use cases, identify and fill product gaps, and generate new ideas that grow market share, improve customer experience, and drive growth. Be the representative of the customer's needs and communicate workflows to the Product & Engineering teams.
Become an expert on our client use case and gain deep understanding of all of our spatial datasets - being able to understand how our project data will work in GIS use cases, a penchant for spatial analysis using multiple relevant datasets joined at the parcel level.
Work with Director of Product and the sales team to drive more product and solution opportunities with our Esri partners.
Translate product strategy into detailed technical requirements and prototypes.
Work closely with engineering teams to deliver quick time-to-market and optimal resources.
Work closely with support on client issues on relevant products and be able to QA/QC and solve problems with the technical teams.
Drive product launches including working with external partners, executives, Engineering, and other product management team members.
Act as a product champion to build awareness and understanding.
Represent the company by collecting customer and partner feedback on company products and services.
Create buy-in for the product vision both internally and with key external partners.