GAF Geospatial GmbH (GAF), an e-GEOS S.p.A. (Telespazio S.p.A./ASI) company, is a globally active provider of cross-platform geoinformation solutions and innovative Earth Observation applications. In addition to receiving and procuring satellite-based earth observation data, GAF holds a leading position in the areas of data processing and geo-consulting due to its 40 years of expertise. With an international and interdisciplinary team of experts, GAF sets standards for geospatial consulting, cloud- and AI-based data analysis, and satellite-based monitoring of the environment and natural resources in Europe and around the globe.
To strengthen our technology organisation at our headquarters in Munich, we are looking for an experienced and business-oriented
Head of Product Governance & Innovation
Reporting to the CTO, you will lead product strategy, roadmap development, and product governance for our geospatial solutions portfolio. You will translate market and customer needs into structured product priorities, improve portfolio transparency and decision-making, and strengthen the link between engineering, business development, and customer value.
Your responsibilities:
Product strategy and portfolio direction
Together with your team you define a clear product vision and measurable product goals aligned with company strategy
Develop and maintain a 12 to 24-month product roadmap and associated implementation priorities in close cooperation with engineering teams
Build pragmatic business cases, including market need, pricing logic, investment rationale, and expected business impact
Align product priorities with strategic objectives, available capacity, and release planning
Support product-related investment and prioritisation decisions with clear recommendations
Product governance and lifecycle management
Establish and further develop product governance routines, roadmap review processes, and prioritisation frameworks across the portfolio
Drive product lifecycle management from ideation and validation through development, launch, improvement, and retirement
Ensure transparency on product priorities, dependencies, trade-offs, and roadmap status
Balance customer-specific requirements with scalability, reuse, and portfolio coherence
Strengthen decision-making across product, engineering, and business stakeholders
Customer and market understanding
Identify target groups, key use cases, pain points, and market potential for each product line
Monitor market developments, competing products, and relevant partnerships
Translate customer and market insight into clear product implications and roadmap inputs
Engage with customers and stakeholders to validate needs and improve product-market fit
Present products and solutions in relevant customer and market contexts, including selected conferences and trade fairs
Go-to-market and commercial enablement
Support Business Development and Sales with clear product value propositions, demonstrations, and solution positioning
Provide product input to quotations, proposals, and tenders, including scope, deliverables, assumptions, risks, and pricing guardrails
Assess opportunities together with Sales / BD with a balanced view of product fit, benefits, risks, and resource implications
Ensure that commercial commitments are aligned with roadmap priorities and delivery realities
Contribute to a clear and differentiated positioning of the product portfolio in the market
Execution and cross-functional alignment
Translate market and business needs into concise requirements, problem statements, and prioritised backlog inputs
Coordinate closely with engineering teams on planning, release readiness, and implementation sequencing
Ensure quality, documentation, and handover requirements are addressed appropriately
Provide clear, timely, and decision-relevant updates on progress, risks, dependencies, and next steps
Act as a central interface between product, engineering, business development, and other stakeholders
Portfolio synergy and scalability
Identify synergies across products, customers, and solution areas to improve speed, reuse, and scalability
Collect, analyse, and prioritise customer requests in a structured and transparent manner
Explain and align trade-offs across stakeholders where competing priorities exist
Help reduce unnecessary fragmentation and support a more standardised, scalable product model
Align product priorities with capacity planning to support realistic and successful execution
Your profile:
University degree in Business Administration, Computer Science, Geoinformatics, Engineering, Data Science, or a related field
Several years of relevant professional experience in product management or a closely related role for B2B software, analytics, data, or geospatial solutions
Proven experience in product strategy, roadmap management, and cross-functional prioritisation
Strong understanding of software development, data analytics, and geospatial solution environments, with the ability to engage credibly with technical teams
Good commercial understanding, including market analysis, business models, pricing logic, and business case development
Experience supporting customer presentations, bids, proposals, or go-to-market activities for software or data-driven solutions
Familiarity with software delivery methods and tools used in product and engineering environments
Experience in an international, interdisciplinary, and technically demanding environment
Very good written and spoken German and English; further languages are an advantage
Personal strengths
Strong strategic and analytical thinking
Structured, reliable, and able to bring clarity to complex topics
Strong communication and presentation skills with both internal and external stakeholders
Commercially aware and able to connect market needs with technology and business priorities
Collaborative and effective in interdisciplinary environments
Pragmatic, solution-oriented, and confident in managing trade-offs
Able to combine product vision with execution discipline
Desirable background:
Experience with web and mobile product environments
Exposure to remote sensing, satellite imagery products, or geospatial standards
Understanding of EU and German public-sector procurement or tendering environments
Experience in balancing customer-specific needs with scalable product development
Familiarity with product performance tracking, roadmap governance, or portfolio steering
What we offer:
A visible and strategically relevant role reporting directly to the CTO
The opportunity to shape product strategy, governance, and portfolio direction in a growing technology environment
An international and interdisciplinary working environment with dedicated colleagues
Training and development opportunities because your experience and knowledge count
A respectful, friendly, and modern project-based working environment with a leadership style based on trust
Flexible working hours and the opportunity to work from home within the framework of our regulations
Workation: temporary work from abroad depending on individual and legal requirements
An attractive Munich location with excellent public transport connections and strong outdoor and leisure options nearby
A range of additional benefits, e.g., public transport contribution (job ticket), company pension scheme (optional), travel health insurance (worldwide), occupational health management and more
Further information:
Place of work: Headquarters in Munich
Full-time position (40 hours per week)
Permanent position, available to start as soon as possible
Then we look forward to receiving your application. Please send your application and any other useful supporting documents, along with your (gross) salary expectations and your earliest possible availability to start, to
[email protected].
Please state “Head of Product Governance & Innovation” as the subject.
Contact:
Recruiting-Team
[email protected]
phone: +49 89 12 15 28 0
Arnulfstr. 199 • 80634 Munich• https://www.gaf.de
