Product Manager - Demand Side

Summary

Join Spexi, a company revolutionizing access to ultra-high-resolution geospatial imagery, as a full-time Demand-Side Product Manager. You will own the product strategy for how organizations request, access, and visualize aerial data through APIs, dashboards, and GIS-ready formats. This remote position, based in Vancouver, BC (with occasional in-office requirements), offers a competitive salary (CAD $115,000-$150,000) and excellent benefits. You will lead the product lifecycle for demand-side experiences, collaborate with various teams, and leverage data to inform roadmap decisions. The ideal candidate possesses 4+ years of product management experience with geospatial or imagery-based platforms and strong technical and analytical skills. Bonus qualifications include experience building developer portals and a background in geospatial technology.

Requirements

• 4+ years of product management experience, ideally with geospatial or imagery-based platforms, data products, or developer tooling
• Hands-on experience working with or building products around aerial imagery, orthomosaics, point clouds, or tiled map layers
• Experience delivering APIs or integrations used to access, render, or process geospatial data
• Strong understanding of APIs (RESTful, authentication methods, rate limits, developer documentation)
• Familiarity with GIS concepts and file types (GeoTIFF, shapefile, KML, etc.) or mapping tools (QGIS, ArcGIS)
• Comfort with using Postman, Figma, Jira, Notion, or equivalent tools
• Excellent communication and storytelling abilities
• Empathy for users, especially technical users with specific data workflows
• Ability to simplify complex technical problems and align diverse stakeholders around solutions

Responsibilities

• Represent the voice of customers, such as insurance providers, construction firms, and government organizations
• Drive discovery efforts to understand customer needs, workflows, and technical environments
• Partner with Sales, Customer Success, and Engineering to gather requirements and identify high-impact problems to solve
• Lead the product lifecycle for demand-side experiences, including ordering tools, search/discovery flows, and API access to imagery and metadata
• Prioritize features based on user impact, technical feasibility, and business value
• Develop clear product requirements and collaborate with designers and engineers throughout the development process
• Participate in and facilitate scrum agile ceremonies, ensuring Jira boards remain organized and up-to-date
• Ensure backlog reflects both short-term delivery goals and long-term product strategy
• Own the vision for our API offering: including authentication, data access, endpoints, and documentation
• Understand how enterprise users integrate with spatial data and build product experiences that align with GIS standards (e.g., GeoJSON, WMTS, WMS, shapefiles)
• Support the development of a self-serve developer portal and sandbox environment for external users
• Define success metrics and regularly analyze usage data to inform roadmap and iteration
• Partner with Operations and Engineering to ensure metrics are accurate and actionable
• Collaborate with Marketing and Sales teams on feature positioning, documentation, and training materials
• Support launch planning and customer onboarding to ensure smooth rollouts of new capabilities

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience building developer portals or supporting external API integrations
• Background in geospatial technology, remote sensing, or location-based services
• Exposure to aerial imagery, drones, or Earth observation data

Benefits

• Remote-Friendly Environment: Work from home, with flexible hours
• Health Benefits: Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• Generous Vacation: 4 weeks of vacation to recharge and unwind
• Professional Growth: Opportunities for learning and career development