Head of Product (ESG SaaS)

Location London
Discipline: ESG Reporting, Senior Leadership , Strategy, Consultancy, Management, Analysis, Data, Projects
Job type: Permanent
Salary: £120000
Contact name: Serrol Osman

Contact email: serrol@verdantsearch.com
Job ref: 107
Published: 1 day ago
Startdate: ASAP

A global ESG software business with its own consultancy arm is seeking a Head of Product to be based in central London, working on a hybrid basis.

Reporting into the Co-Founder you will lead product strategy, expand the product team and deliver the product roadmap to support the business become the world’s leading carbon intelligence platform. This is a new role to support the business as it enters a period of substantial expansion, both technical and commercial, they already work with hundreds of companies at enterprise level and below, your role will be to enable success through product excellence.

Key duties will include:

  • Develop, communicate and deliver a clear product strategy, creating a long term vision to make the business the leader in ESG SaaS reporting, decarbonisation strategy and climate intelligence.

  • Lead and mentor the product team, including Product Managers, Designers and QAs.

  • Partner with Engineering, Sustainability and Commercial teams, building successful working relationships.

  • Drive discovery, getting hands-on with requirements, especially in complex areas and refine processes.

  • Ensure they deliver world-class experiences at scale, implementing the roadmap commitments.


Candidates MUST have:

  • Demonstrable, successful experience in a similar role.

  • Strong experience leading product teams in a B2B SaaS business, that are ideally workflow driven and data heavy.

  • Good experience in the ESG, Climate Technology and / or Sustainability sector.

  • Significant technical understanding, allowing you to work well with the development / engineering team, understanding systems, data models and APIs.

  • Have owned complex product roadmaps, from discovery through to delivery.

  • Grown and managed a product team.

  • Experience building strong internal relationships, at all levels.


Desirable are:

  • Experience working in a business that is undergoing rapid growth.

  • Experience in an ESG SaaS solution business delivering enterprise level solutions.

  • International product experience.


This is a wonderful opportunity to join a purpose led and progressive business, with hybrid working patterns that is looking to deliver a unique and first-class service.

The successful candidate will receive a salary of £100,000 - £150,000 based on experience, equity and good benefits.

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