Senior Product Manager

RiseMe; Portland (ME); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Forerunner is seeking a Senior Product Manager to lead Field Intelligence, guiding strategy and roadmaps for field teams with emphasis on mobile/offline workflows and AI-guided inspections. The role centers on transforming field observations into actionable insights and ensuring clear product direction.

You will work closely with Engineering, Design, and Customer Success to deliver end‑to‑end experiences that drive adoption and measurable value across mobile and web platforms.

Responsibilities

• Own the product strategy, roadmap, and outcomes for Field Intelligence, from work planning and data capture through review, follow‑up, and resolution.
• Spend time with inspectors, field crews, program managers, and operational leaders to understand how work happens in practice.
• Identify the highest‑leverage opportunities for AI to improve fieldwork while preserving user control, transparency, and trust.
• Partner closely with Engineering and Design to frame problems, evaluate tradeoffs, define requirements, and ship polished end‑to‑end experiences across mobile and web.
• Define how we measure success, including adoption, task completion, data quality, time saved,

Job description

Hi! We're Forerunner.

We're on a mission to help communities adapt to a changing world. Forerunner builds modern, easy-to-use software for the people who keep communities running. Local governments, federal agencies, and infrastructure operators use Forerunner to run inspections, enforce codes, manage public works, respond to disasters, and meet their regulatory obligations.

About the role

We're looking for a Senior Product Manager to lead product for the Field Intelligence team.

You’ll own the strategy and roadmap for how Forerunner helps field teams understand what needs attention, capture trustworthy information, and turn their findings into action. This includes mobile and offline workflows, AI-guided inspections, geospatial context, photo and voice capture, operational visibility, and the connection between field observations and downstream compliance or corrective‑action workflows.

This is a high‑ownership role for a hands‑on product builder who enjoys getting close to users, making sense of complicated operational environments, and turning that understanding into clear product direction and tangible solutions. Depending on the problem, that might mean sketching a workflow, building a lightweight prototype with modern tools, digging into usage data, writing detailed product behavior, or working directly with customers to test the riskiest assumption.

You’ll work closely with Engineering and Design from discovery through delivery, while partnering with Customer Success, Sales, and Marketing to ensure what we build is adopted and creates measurable value.

What you’ll do

• Own the product strategy, roadmap, and outcomes for Field Intelligence, from work planning and data capture through review, follow‑up, and resolution.

• Spend time with inspectors, field crews, program managers, and operational leaders to understand how work happens in practice.

• Identify the highest‑leverage opportunities for AI to improve fieldwork while preserving user control, transparency, and trust.

• Partner closely with Engineering and Design to frame problems, evaluate tradeoffs, define requirements, and ship polished end‑to‑end experiences across mobile and web.

• Define how we measure success, including adoption, task completion, data quality, time saved,