Product Manager

The Product Manager will lead business engagement and product strategy for the Geospatial Solutions portfolio within the World Bank Group. The role involves working closely with operational stakeholders and technology partners to maximize business value through geospatial technology delivery, ensuring alignment with organizational priorities and technology strategy.

Responsibilities

• Leads the product portfolio for Geospatial Solutions, working with agile team and Country Management Units, Global Practices, Regional teams, and operational stakeholders to identify high-value opportunities where geospatial solutions can improve development outcomes, operational efficiency, decision-making, and project delivery.
• Deep understanding of business and operational priorities across regions and sectors, and translates these needs into geospatial product strategies, roadmaps, and investment priorities.
• Defines and communicates a clear, scalable product vision and roadmap for Geospatial solutions that balances operational demand, delivery capacity, organizational priorities, and long-term sustainability.
• Builds strategic relationships across the WBG and with external partner organizations to advance the adoption and impact of geospatial solutions.
• Promotes the use of geospatial intelligence and spatial analytics in support of country programs, project implementation, climate resilience, disaster response, infrastructure planning, and monitoring and evaluation activities.
• Provides leadership across agile teams, ensuring alignment, coordination, and execution so that development cycles translate into timely, high-quality product releases and operational value.
• Facilitates continuous stakeholder engagement and feedback, identifies emerging opportunities, and evolves the product roadmap to maximize adoption and business impact across operational teams.
• Designs governance structures and operating models for geospatial products, ensuring compliance with WBG policies, technology standards, and data management requirements while maintaining agility and innovation.
• Oversees vendor and partner relationships, ensuring timely access to specialized geospatial expertise, technical capabilities, and delivery support.
• Evaluates and recommends strategic investments that accelerate product development, improve scalability, enable replication across regions and business units, and effectively manage technical debt.
• Monitors product-level financials and investment performance, ensuring resources are utilized effectively and aligned with business value and operational outcomes.
• Leads complex, cross-functional initiatives involving software engineers, data scientists, GIS specialists, solution architects, business stakeholders, and operational teams to deliver impactful geospatial capabilities.
• Identifies systemic challenges and cross-cutting opportunities across sectors and regions, applying structured analysis and strategic thinking to accelerate the adoption of geospatial solutions throughout the World Bank Group.
• Represents the Geospatial Solutions portfolio in strategic discussions and governance forums, advocating for investments and priorities that support operational effectiveness and development impact.

Requirements

• Master's degree in a STEM discipline with at least 8 years of relevant professional experience, or a bachelor's degree with at least 10 years of relevant experience; or an equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Demonstrated experience in geospatial technologies, spatial analytics, remote sensing, geospatial data management, and the application of location intelligence to solve complex business, operational, and development challenges.
• Strong understanding of geospatial products, platforms, and data ecosystems, including the ability to translate geospatial capabilities into practical business and operational solutions.
• Proven experience engaging with business stakeholders, operational teams, and technical teams to define vision, prioritize investments, and deliver products that create measurable business value.
• Strong understanding of development and operational processes, including how technology and geospatial solutions support project design, implementation, supervision, monitoring and evaluation, disaster risk management, infrastructure planning, climate adaptation, and country-level decision making.
• Demonstrated ability to translate complex operational and business needs into product strategies, roadmaps, and actionable requirements that support scalable and reusable solutions.
• Experience working with Multilateral Development Banks (MDBs), international development organizations, government institutions, or similar environments, as well as knowledge of MDB operational processes, country engagement models, project lifecycles, and development programs, is highly desirable.
• Ability to synthesize stakeholder input, analyze business and operational processes, and identify opportunities where geospatial solutions can be scaled across countries, regions, and sectors.
• Strong strategic thinking and analytical skills, with the ability to balance innovation, business priorities, operational needs, risk management, and delivery constraints.
• Proven experience collaborating across multidisciplinary teams and building trusted partnerships across organizational boundaries.
• Strong interpersonal, facilitation, stakeholder management, and communication skills, including the ability to effectively communicate complex geospatial and technical concepts to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• High degree of ownership and accountability, with proven ability to manage competing priorities, drive execution, and deliver results in fast-paced environments.
• Strong passion for innovation and continuous learning, with demonstrated interest in emerging geospatial technologies, spatial analytics, digital platforms, and delivery approaches.
• Preferred certifications include SAFe Agile Product Management, Design Thinking, GIS, or related certifications.
• Proficiency in English, with excellent written and verbal communication skills suited for global, multicultural collaboration.

Skills

• Geospatial Technologies
• Spatial analytics GIS
• Remote Sensing
• Geospatial Data Management
• Location Intelligence
• Geospatial Products
• Geospatial Platforms
• Data Ecosystems
• Stakeholder Engagement
• Product Strategy Development
• Product Roadmaps
• Operational Processes
• Project Design
• Project Implementation
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Disaster Risk Management
• Infrastructure Planning
• Climate Change Adaptation
• Country-Level Decision Making
• Multilateral Bank Experience
• Business Process Analysis
• Scalable Geospatial Solutions
• Strategic Thinking
• Risk Management
• Cross-Functional Collaboration
• Stakeholder Management
• Technical Communication
• SAFe Agile Product Management
• Design Thinking
• GIS Certification

Languages

English