Forerunner builds intelligent tools that help communities adapt to the impacts of climate change.&nbsp;We&nbsp;empower government agencies to access, understand, and mobilize local-level flood risk data at scale. This data, in turn, allows them to better communicate&nbsp;potential futures to residents and plan for a dynamically changing world.

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Empowering communities with actionable flood risk data to combat climate change impacts.

<h2>Hi! We're Forerunner.</h2>We believe that adaptation is a necessity, not a luxury, and communities deserve access to powerful software that helps them plan for the future. The challenge of climate change is complex – it implicates how municipalities plan, manage capital, and communicate to both residents and higher levels of government. Forerunner helps local communities do these things better by empowering them to access, understand, and mobilize local-level flood risk data at scale. Our software is built to be easy-to-use, so that governments preparing for our future can focus on the important stuff.<h2>About the position:</h2>The Event Coordinator role offers the opportunity to build a strong foundation in event planning and experiential design, particularly within the unique space of government trade shows. As a key member of our Marketing team, you will play a significant role in shaping the future of our events strategy. If you are someone who thrives in a fast-paced environment, values creativity, and is eager to make a substantial impact, we’d love to hear from you.  You will:<ul><li>Event Planning &amp; Execution: Manage all aspects of event planning and execution, including sponsorship and exhibit booth logistics, abstract submissions, happy hour or dinner arrangements, vendor management, and on-site coordination.</li><li>Stakeholder Collaboration: Work closely with internal teams and external partners to ensure alignment and successful event outcomes.</li><li>Budget Management: Develop and manage event budgets, ensuring cost-effectiveness while delivering high-quality experiences.</li><li>Marketing &amp; Promotion: Collaborate with the marketing team to promote events, including creating promotional materials, managing registration lists, and coordinating outreach and event follow-up.</li><li>Post-Event Reporting: Conduct post-event evaluations to assess outcomes and areas for improvement, providing detailed reports to stakeholders.</li><li>Innovation &amp; Creativity: Continuously explore new ideas and trends to enhance the impact and innovation of events.</li></ul><h2>About you:</h2><ul><li>Experience: 1-3 years of experience in event coordination, preferably within the Govtech or B2B space.</li><li>Skills: Strong project management skills, excellent communication &amp; interpersonal skills as well as being extremely  adaptable.</li><li>Attention to Detail: Meticulous attention to detail, with a track record of delivering seamless and successful events.</li><li>Problem-Solving: Ability to anticipate challenges and proactively develop solutions, as well as a strategic thinker for annual, quarterly, and monthly event planning.</li><li>Passion for Innovation: A genuine interest in the B2G space with a passion for creating experiences that reflect Forerunner’s innovative culture.</li><li>Ability to Travel: 30-40%.</li></ul><h2>Our team has a lot to offer.</h2>Forerunner is an early stage company with an interdisciplinary team. We are motivated by seemingly intractable problems and work hard to support one another.<ul><li>We're mission-driven. Our mission orients our business strategy and pushes us to work with a sense of urgency. We’re in the weeds -- our entire team spends time engaging with our partners in the field to better understand the real-world problems they face.</li><li>We're a small team. As a member of our growing team, you will quickly become an invaluable part of our organization and have a meaningful impact on our business and technical direction. We welcome unique perspectives and backgrounds. Your opinion matters and we hope you'll share it.</li><li>We're a remote-first organization, with offices in NYC, San Francisco and Portland, ME. Many members of our team work remotely, but we have a small offices in San Francisco and Portland, ME. We offer schedule flexibility for all of our employees and ask for accountability in return.</li><li>We want you to be happy and healthy. Forerunner offers competitive compensation, health/vision/dental coverage, and commuter benefits. We also have a quarterly wellness reimbursement so that you can have flexibility in defining what “health” means to you.</li><li>The salary range for this position is $90,000-$110,000. This posting may span more than one career level. Compensation is determined based on a variety of factors, including an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, and working location.</li></ul>We look forward to meeting you. To apply or ask questions, shoot us a message at <a href="mailto:jobs@withforerunner.com">jobs@withforerunner.com</a>.Forerunner is an equal opportunity employer committed to embracing diversity and the perspectives of individuals from all backgrounds.

Event Coordinator

<h1>Hi! We're Forerunner.</h1>We believe that adaptation is a necessity, not a luxury, and communities deserve access to powerful software that helps them plan for the future. The challenge of climate change is complex – it implicates how municipalities plan, manage capital, and communicate to both residents and higher levels of government. Forerunner helps local communities do these things better by empowering them to access, understand, and mobilize local-level flood risk data at scale. Our software is built to be easy-to-use, so that governments preparing for our future can focus on the important stuff.<h1>About the position:</h1>We are looking to bring a Director of Operations + Finance onboard to support our organization through our next stage of growth and beyond. The Forerunner team is small but dedicated, working tirelessly to empower government agencies to achieve their resilience objectives. In this role you will:<ul><li>Team Leadership: Lead a small team in supporting operational growth across Forerunner’s organization. We’re at a pivotal point in Forerunner’s expansion and your work will be crucial to ensuring that we scale responsibly and efficiently.</li><li>Strategic Projects: Identify and spearhead cross-departmental strategic projects to drive data-driven decision-making and streamline processes.  </li><li>Business Registrations &amp; Compliance: Ensure ongoing compliance with business registration requirements and software compliance standards. We strive to provide best-in-class software to our government customers and our software is deployed across the country – compliance to local regulations and compliance standards like SOC2 is top of mind for our team.</li><li>Financial Management: Oversee budgeting processes and ensure compliance with financial regulations.  Manage cash collection and financial operations, including quarterly accounting and financial modeling.</li><li>Data &amp; Metrics Reporting: Compile accurate data and metrics for investor communications, organization-wide reporting, and leadership team visibility to support transparency and alignment with  strategic company goals. As Forerunner’s team grows, our impact will be dependent on our ability to stay oriented toward key objectives across our diverse team. </li></ul><h1>About you:</h1>In general, you might be a good fit if you have:<ul><li>5-7 years of relevant experience in business operations, ideally with some finance experience, preferably within an early stage SaaS company.</li><li>Experience maintaining and tracking business compliance. </li><li>Experience leading a team and scaling operations at a growing start-up to meet organizational goals.</li><li>The ability to adapt quickly in a nuanced rapidly changing domain.</li><li>An enthusiasm for creating structure out of ambiguity.</li></ul><h1>Our team has a lot to offer.</h1>Forerunner is an early stage company with an interdisciplinary team. We are motivated by seemingly intractable problems and work hard to support one another.<ul><li>We're mission-driven. Our mission orients our business strategy and pushes us to work with a sense of urgency. We’re in the weeds -- our entire team spends time engaging with our partners in the field to better understand the real-world problems they face.</li><li>We're a small team. As a member of our growing team, you will quickly become an invaluable part of our organization and have a meaningful impact on our business and technical direction. We welcome unique perspectives and backgrounds. Your opinion matters and we hope you'll share it.</li><li>We're a remote-first organization, with offices in San Francisco, New York,  and Portland, ME. Many members of our team work remotely, but we have small offices in San Francisco, New York City and Portland, ME. We offer schedule flexibility for all of our employees and ask for accountability in return.</li><li>We want you to be happy and healthy. Forerunner offers competitive compensation, health/vision/dental coverage, and commuter benefits. We also have a quarterly wellness reimbursement so that you can have flexibility in defining what “health” means to you.</li><li>The base salary range for this position is $165,000-$195,000. Base salary is one component of Forerunner's total rewards philosophy. Other components may include commission, equity, professional development allowance, and more. This posting may span more than one career level. Compensation is determined based on a variety of factors, including an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, and working location.</li></ul>We look forward to meeting you. If you have questions, shoot us a message at jobs@withforerunner.com.Forerunner is an equal opportunity employer committed to embracing diversity and the perspectives of individuals from all backgrounds.<h3> </h3>

Director of Operations + Finance 

<h2>Hi! We're Forerunner.</h2>We believe that adaptation is a necessity, not a luxury, and communities deserve access to powerful software that helps them plan for the future. The challenge of climate change is complex – it implicates how governments plan, manage capital, and communicate to stakeholders. Forerunner helps government agencies do these things better by empowering them to access, understand, and mobilize local-level flood risk data at scale. Our software is built to be easy-to-use, so that the planners and floodplain managers preparing for our future can focus on the important stuff.<h3>About the position:</h3>We're looking for a talented GIS Analyst with 3-6 years of experience to join our team to provide geospatial map integration, support, and analysis to our customers. In general, you might be a good fit if you:<ul><li>Have demonstrable proficiency working with ArcGIS and/or QGIS. Spatial analysis and geographic data management are core to our work – we'll expect you to jump in quickly. Bonus points if you have experience with or interest in flood mapping and working with governments.</li><li>Are comfortable performing a wide array of mapping processes, including map digitization, GIS analysis, and data conversion. Forerunner offers services to integrate existing maps into our software and generate custom queries. You'll work closely with our engineering and customer success teams to meet the needs of our partners.</li><li>Have an eye for detail. Our partners use Forerunner to support their day-to-day work, which encompasses everything from regulatory compliance enforcement to resident outreach. As a result, the data that they rely on is held to a high standard of accuracy.</li><li>Consider yourself to be a great communicator. We're a small team working remotely, which requires us to be prompt and clear with written and spoken communication.</li><li>Are great at balancing and prioritizing multiple projects. Juggling work is key to the position, as you'll likely be working with multiple stakeholders and datasets at the same time.</li></ul><h3>Our team has a lot to offer.</h3>Forerunner is an early stage company with an interdisciplinary team. We are motivated by seemingly intractable problems and work hard to support one another.<ul><li>We're mission-driven. Our mission orients our business strategy and pushes us to work with a sense of urgency. We’re in the weeds -- our entire team spends time engaging with our partners in the field to better understand the real-world problems they face.</li><li>We're a small team. As a member of our growing team, you will quickly become an invaluable part of our organization and have a meaningful impact on our business and technical direction. We welcome unique perspectives and backgrounds. Your opinion matters and we hope you'll share it.</li><li>We build each other up. A team works best when its members are adequately equipped with the tools to tackle the problems they are facing. Forerunner strives to provide adequate feedback and appropriate learning opportunities to help all its team members expand their skills.</li><li>We want you to be happy and healthy. Forerunner offers competitive compensation, health/vision/dental coverage, a 401k plan, and one expensed lunch per week. We also have a quarterly wellness reimbursement so that you can have flexibility in defining what “health” means to you.</li><li>We're a remote-first organization, with offices in San Francisco, Portland, ME, and NYC. Many members of our team work remotely, but we have small offices in San Francisco, Portland, ME, and New York City. We offer schedule flexibility for all of our employees and ask for accountability in return.</li><li>The salary range for this position is $65,000-$85,000. This posting may span more than one career level. Compensation is determined based on a variety of factors, including an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, and working location.</li></ul>

GIS Analyst

<h1>Hi! We're Forerunner.</h1>We believe that adaptation is a necessity, not a luxury, and communities deserve access to powerful software that helps them plan for the future. The challenge of climate change is complex – it implicates how municipalities plan, manage capital, and communicate to both residents and higher levels of government. Forerunner helps local communities do these things better by empowering them to access, understand, and mobilize local-level flood risk data at scale. Our software is built to be easy-to-use, so that governments preparing for our future can focus on the important stuff.<h1>About the position:</h1>We're looking for an energetic Customer Success Manager to join our team. In this position you will be our partner community's internal advocate, helping ensure an excellent Forerunner experience, and gathering feedback on ways that Forerunner can increase our value.<ul><li>Ensure customer health. You will become a trusted advisor to our partner communities, will deeply understand their workflows and needs, and ensuring that they derive maximum value from their investment in Forerunner, leading to project success, retention, and renewal.</li><li>Product activation. You will provide user communications, customized in-app onboarding, and continued learning to ensure that our partner communities are fully utilizing their Forerunner software.</li><li>Account expansion. You'll support expansion of your accounts by identifying expansion opportunities and driving business outcomes in partnership with the sales &amp; leadership team.</li><li>Case studies and learning opportunities. You will evangelize Forerunner success stories throughout all of your accounts to help our community partners grow.</li><li>Coordinate with the Product and Engineering teams. You’ll share the customer’s experience, ideas, and key concerns with the Product and Engineering teams to both aid the customer and move the product forward.</li><li>Provide meaningful contributions to the development of CS policy and procedure. As an early member of our customer success team, your ideas and feedback will be crucial in setting our team up for ongoing success.</li></ul><h1>About you:</h1>As a new addition to our team, you will help us spread the word about Forerunner and engage our customers in conversations about how software can help to transform their data and workflows. In general, you might be a good fit if you:<ul><li>Have experience with customer success in the GovTech space, floodplain management or flood insurance, GIS/mapping, or project management for government clients. Our customers—and our industry as a whole—are unique. Experience with floodplain management or working with local governments, while not a requirement, would be beneficial to your success when working with customers.</li><li>Are an excellent, empathetic communicator. You'll often be the first point of contact for potential customers interested in Forerunner and building trust is crucial in our space. We'll be relying on you to make a great impression in both written and phone/video communication.</li><li>Are detail-oriented and committed to quality. We're passionate about creating value for our customers. A successful candidate will share this enthusiasm.</li><li>Are comfortable with a high degree of ambiguity. We're always learning, and hope you will be too. We are looking for someone who can be nimble in prioritizing work and isn't shy in taking on additional responsibility.</li><li>Have 3+ years of professional experience with a track record of meeting or exceeding goals. As a small startup, we're excited about growth and expect you to be eager about contributing to it. Experience supporting SaaS software is preferred but not required.</li></ul><h1>Our team has a lot to offer.</h1>Forerunner is an early stage company with an interdisciplinary team. We are motivated by seemingly intractable problems and work hard to support one another.<ul><li>We're mission-driven. Our mission orients our business strategy and pushes us to work with a sense of urgency. We’re in the weeds -- our entire team spends time engaging with our partners in the field to better understand the real-world problems they face.</li><li>We're a small team. As a member of our growing team, you will quickly become an invaluable part of our organization and have a meaningful impact on our business and technical direction. We welcome unique perspectives and backgrounds. Your opinion matters and we hope you'll share it.</li><li>We're a remote-first organization, with offices in San Francisco and Portland, ME. Many members of our team work remotely, but we have a small offices in San Francisco and Portland, ME. We offer schedule flexibility for all of our employees and ask for accountability in return.</li><li>We want you to be happy and healthy. Forerunner offers competitive compensation, health/vision/dental coverage, and commuter benefits. We also have a quarterly wellness reimbursement so that you can have flexibility in defining what “health” means to you.</li><li>The base salary range for this position is $80,000-$115,000. Base salary is one component of Forerunner's total rewards philosophy. Other components may include commission, equity, professional development allowance, and more. This posting may span more than one career level. Compensation is determined based on a variety of factors, including an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, and working location.</li></ul>We look forward to meeting you. If you have questions, shoot us a message at <a href="mailto:jobs@withforerunner.com">jobs@withforerunner.com</a>.Forerunner is an equal opportunity employer committed to embracing diversity and the perspectives of individuals from all backgrounds.

Customer Success Manager

<h2>Hi! We're Forerunner.</h2>We believe that adaptation is a necessity, not a luxury, and communities deserve access to powerful software that helps them plan for the future. The challenge of climate change is complex – it implicates how governments plan, manage capital, and communicate to stakeholders. Forerunner helps government agencies do these things better by empowering them to access, understand, and mobilize local-level flood risk data at scale. Our software is built to be easy-to-use, so that the planners and floodplain managers preparing for our future can focus on the important stuff.<h2>About the position:</h2>We're looking for an energetic Account Executive to join our team. As an AE you will drive Forerunner's future growth engine by building relationships with prospective clients and turning them into happy Forerunner users. You will:<ul><li>Source new leads and connect with prospects. You'll develop outbound strategies to create and nurture opportunities.</li><li>Close new deals. You'll own an account list, carry a quota and develop plans for winning and expanding business with our government customers.</li><li>Articulate the value of Forerunner. You’ll dazzle with demos and domain knowledge in front of our most high value prospects on a weekly basis. </li><li>Prioritize the sales pipeline to align with business goals. As a small startup we expect everyone to be adept at shifting priorities to meet changing goals.</li><li>Develop scalable sales strategies. As an early member of our sales team, your contribution will be crucial in setting our sales team up for ongoing success.</li><li>Contribute to product strategy. Help us drive product strategy by engaging with Product and Engineering teams based on your learnings in the field.</li></ul><h2>About you:</h2>As a new addition to our team, you will help us spread the word about Forerunner and engage our customers in conversations about how software can help to transform their data and workflows. In general, you might be a good fit if you:<ul><li>Are an excellent, empathetic communicator. You'll often be the first point of contact for potential customers interested in Forerunner and building trust is crucial in our space. We'll be relying on you to make a great impression in both written and phone/video communication.</li><li>Are comfortable with a high degree of ambiguity. We're always learning, and hope you will be too. We are looking for someone who can be nimble in prioritizing work and isn't shy in taking on additional responsibility.</li><li>Have experience with or are excited by government sales. We're passionate about creating value for our customers. A successful candidate will share this enthusiasm.</li><li>Have 5+ years of professional experience with a track record of meeting or exceeding goals. As a small startup, we're excited about growth and expect you to be eager about contributing to it. Experience selling SaaS software or work in the Public Sector is preferred but not required.</li></ul><h3>Our team has a lot to offer.</h3>Forerunner is an early stage company with an interdisciplinary team. We are motivated by seemingly intractable problems and work hard to support one another.<ul><li>We're mission-driven. Our mission orients our business strategy and pushes us to work with a sense of urgency. We’re in the weeds -- our entire team spends time engaging with our partners in the field to better understand the real-world problems they face.</li><li>We're a small team. As a member of our growing team, you will quickly become an invaluable part of our organization and have a meaningful impact on our business and technical direction. We welcome unique perspectives and backgrounds. Your opinion matters and we hope you'll share it.</li><li>We're a remote-first organization, with offices in San Francisco and Portland, ME. Many members of our team work remotely, but we have a small offices in San Francisco and Portland, ME. We offer schedule flexibility for all of our employees and ask for accountability in return.</li><li>We want you to be happy and healthy. Forerunner offers competitive compensation, health/vision/dental coverage, and commuter benefits. We also have a quarterly wellness reimbursement so that you can have flexibility in defining what “health” means to you.</li><li>The base pay for this position is $80,000-$105,000. Base salary is one component of Forerunner's total rewards philosophy. Other components may include commission, equity, professional development allowance, and more. This posting may span more than one career level. Compensation is determined based on a variety of factors, including an individual’s skills, experience, qualifications, and working location.</li></ul>We look forward to meeting you. If you have any questions, shoot us a message at jobs@withforerunner.com.Forerunner is an equal opportunity employer committed to embracing diversity and the perspectives of individuals from all backgrounds.

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