Director, Product Management – Life Cycle Assessment

• Define the LCA product portfolio strategy, objectives, and investment priorities
• Own the success of Assent’s LCA solution, including customer value, adoption, commercial performance, methodological credibility, and platform integration
• Build strategic relationships with customers, LCA practitioners, consultants, data providers, and industry partners
• Generate market insight, anticipate emerging needs, validate product priorities, and shape product strategy and roadmap decisions
• Ensure calculation transparency, data lineage, source attribution, version control, quality indicators, and audit trails
• Provide product leadership across end-to-end delivery with Engineering and Quality Assurance
• Define and monitor product success measures, including adoption, time to value, data coverage and quality, calculation completion, customer confidence, retention, expansion, and commercial performance
• Monitor LCA standards, methodologies, regulatory requirements, and market developments
• Translate standards and market developments into product strategy, data requirements, roadmap priorities, and scalable software capabilities
• Develop and evaluate business cases for LCA product investments
• Establish go-to-market strategy with Marketing, Sales, and Customer Success, including pricing, positioning, and growth plans
• Recruit, lead, coach, develop, and retain a team of Product Managers
• Establish team goals, operating processes, and accountability; monitor progress and manage risks
• Lead evidence-based prioritization from discovery and validation through development, launch, adoption, and continuous improvement
• Establish and coach the team on product management practices including discovery, user research, experimentation, delivery, and release management
• Apply responsible AI and machine learning to data collection, classification, calculation workflows, insight generation, and customer decision-making while maintaining transparency, validation, human oversight, and scientific integrity

• Degree, diploma, or equivalent experience in product management, environmental science, sustainability, engineering, computer science, software engineering, or a related discipline
• 10+ years of progressive product management experience, particularly in a B2B SaaS environment
• 5+ years of leadership experience in a rapidly growing organization
• Demonstrated professional experience applying LCA concepts and methodologies or leading software products that support LCA or related sustainability calculations
• Ability to evaluate and explain trade-offs involving system boundaries, functional units, allocation approaches, data sources, data quality, uncertainty, impact methods, and calculation transparency
• Experience leading AI-enabled product capabilities
• Understanding of use-case selection, data readiness, technical feasibility, and responsible AI practices
• Experience leading technically complex, data-intensive B2B SaaS products
• Strong understanding of databases, software development, quality assurance, calculation engines, data lineage, and auditable reporting
• Track record of developing teams and delivering organizational and commercial outcomes
• Exceptional communication, influence, and relationship-building skills
• Strong judgment and problem-solving skills
• Ability to translate complex sustainability and regulatory requirements into strategic, scalable product offerings
• Ability to segment markets by verticals, define value, and drive growth
• Candidates must be residing in the Netherlands, UK, or Germany; qualified candidates from North America could also be considered

• Vacation time that increases with tenure
• Comprehensive benefits packages (details vary by country)
• Life leave days
• Competitive base salary
• Corporate bonus program
• Retirement savings options
• Flexible work options
• Volunteer days
• Corporate giving initiatives
• Professional development days available from the start
• Diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives
• Employee Resource Groups (ERGs)
• Interview and selection process assistance or accommodation