GIS Strategic Planning Manager
Full Time • Fully Remote - US
Benefits:
- Simple IRA Matching
- Health insurance
- Paid time off
- Training & development
Job Purpose:
The GIS Strategy & Planning Manager will lead client-facing strategic planning engagements for local and regional government clients, helping organizations define priorities, align stakeholders, and translate strategy into actionable implementation plans. This role requires familiarity with public sector environments and/or GIS-related services, with the ability to quickly understand client context and tailor strategic recommendations accordingly. This position is well-suited for GIS managers or leaders who have evolved beyond technical delivery into strategic planning, cross-functional leadership, and organizational decision-making. This role will work closely with company leadership and is expected to ramp quickly, taking on increasing ownership of client engagements within the first 6–9 months. While this role is not responsible for direct sales, it requires a commercial mindset - including the ability to shape engagements, contribute to scoping, and identify opportunities to expand work with clients.
Job Description and Requirements
Required Knowledge and Skills:
Client Leadership & Delivery
The GIS Strategy & Planning Manager will lead client-facing strategic planning engagements for local and regional government clients, helping organizations define priorities, align stakeholders, and translate strategy into actionable implementation plans. This role requires familiarity with public sector environments and/or GIS-related services, with the ability to quickly understand client context and tailor strategic recommendations accordingly. This position is well-suited for GIS managers or leaders who have evolved beyond technical delivery into strategic planning, cross-functional leadership, and organizational decision-making. This role will work closely with company leadership and is expected to ramp quickly, taking on increasing ownership of client engagements within the first 6–9 months. While this role is not responsible for direct sales, it requires a commercial mindset - including the ability to shape engagements, contribute to scoping, and identify opportunities to expand work with clients.
Job Description and Requirements
Required Knowledge and Skills:
Client Leadership & Delivery
- 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
Strategic Planning & Facilitation
- 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
GIS & Public Sector Context
- 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)
Execution & Practical Application
- 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
Offering Development & Contribution
- 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
Communication & Influence ·
- 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
Required Experience
- 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
Preferred Experience ·
- 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
Required Education: ·
Bachelor’s degree or equivalent professional experience
This is a remote position.
Compensation: $100,000.00 - $125,000.00 per year
BEYOND LOCATION INTELLIGENCE
As one of the world’s leading government GIS strategic planning, design, implementation, and maintenance companies, we are committed to advancing the science of location intelligence and geospatial technology.
We want to inspire. We want to push the envelope, break through boundaries, solve problems, and introduce a new kind of decision support to government operations. We go beyond location intelligence to plan, design, build, implement, transform, and maintain geospatial technology. Our goal is to use spatial information to understand, empower, and influence the decision-making process, offer new insights, reveal new data relationships, predict events, engage and educate our community, and solve problems of the future. The ultimate outcome is a smarter, more resilient, and sustainable government.
OUR VISION
Geographic Technologies Group strives to be the leading provider of innovative geospatial solutions, empowering organizations to make informed decisions and create a sustainable future through the power of location intelligence.
OUR MISSION
At Geographic Technologies Group, our mission is to change the world through geospatial technology.
GTG at a Glance
GTG at a Glance
Our team specializes in GIS services that include strategic planning, system design, implementation, and on-call maintenance. Our award-winning successes demonstrate our commitment to government in the USA and Canada. We empower government organizations by providing exceptional products and services. Our wide range of geospatial services offer government Operational Benefits, Organizational Benefits, Technical & Tactical Benefits, and Community & Environmental Benefits
- In Business Since 1997
- Over 1000 Satisfied Clients
- GSA Small Business
- Esri Business Partner
- 11 National Awards
- Over 40 on-call GIS Professionals
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What Drives Us?
Our GTG Values:
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Commitment
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Culture
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