Director, Product Management

GHGSat is a global leader in emissions intelligence, pioneering the use of satellite imagery to monitor and measure greenhouse gas emissions since 2016. By partnering with industry leaders, GHGSat leverages proprietary satellite data, aircraft imagery, and public data to provide unprecedented insights into the global emissions landscape. 

As GHGSat continues its journey to build the world's leading geospatial atmospheric data platform, we are seeking a Director, Product Management to lead our team of Product Owners and serve as the Product Owner for the Climate Analytics vertical. This dual role combines strategic leadership and direct ownership of a product area that integrates emissions data with climate and financial insights to power decision-making across global markets. 

This position reports to the Chief Product Officer and is open to candidates in Canada or the United States, preferably within Eastern time zones to facilitate collaboration with our Montreal-based teams and support hybrid work (2 days in-office, as applicable). 

What You Will Do:

Leadership & Team Management:

• Lead and develop GHGSat’s team of Product Owners, providing coaching, mentorship, and performance oversight. 

• Build a high-performing product management discipline, standardizing tools, frameworks, and processes for roadmap execution and lifecycle management. 

• Drive collaboration between Product Strategy, Science, Engineering, and Product Marketing teams to deliver integrated solutions. 

• Champion customer-centric design and data-driven decision-making across the product organization. 

Product Ownership – Climate Analytics:

• Serve as Product Owner for the Climate Analytics vertical, defining the roadmap for analytical products and insights derived from GHGSat’s emissions data. 

• Lead the design and development of data solutions serving financial services, climate risk, and sustainability markets. 

• Translate market and customer needs into scalable product capabilities, focusing on predictive analytics, benchmarking, and data visualization. 

• Define success metrics and monitor product performance to ensure adoption, customer satisfaction, and profitability. 

• Collaborate with Science and Data Engineering to guide data modelling, ingestion, and transformation pipelines supporting climate analytics products. 

Strategy & Execution:

• Translate GHGSat’s corporate and segment strategies into actionable product roadmaps. 

• Evaluate business opportunities, competitive positioning, and emerging trends to refine product-market fit. 

• Oversee the full product lifecycle, from ideation through launch and continuous improvement. 

• Partner with Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success to enable go-to-market readiness, product messaging, and client onboarding. 

• Provide executive-level reporting on product performance, milestones, and ROI.

You Should Have:

• Strong leadership capabilities and ability to inspire, guide, and develop cross-functional teams. 

• Deep understanding of data-driven architectures, cloud analytics, and geospatial technologies. 

• Customer-centric mindset with proven success in balancing technical feasibility and business value. 

• Experience collaborating with multidisciplinary teams in a matrixed environment. 

• Excellent communication and presentation skills, including executive-level briefings. 

• Strategic, analytical, and outcome-oriented mindset with the ability to make informed trade-offs. 

Your Background:

• Bachelor’s degree in engineering, computer science, environmental science, or a related technical discipline. 

• 8–10+ years of experience in product management, data solutions, or analytics platforms, with at least 3 years leading a product team. 

• Demonstrated experience building or managing data analytics or intelligence products serving financial services, ESG, or climate risk sectors. 

• Strong familiarity with cloud data platforms (e.g., AWS, Azure, GCP), data APIs, and analytics workflows. 

• Experience working with satellite, environmental, or climate datasets is a strong asset. 

• Familiarity with agile delivery frameworks and product management tools. 

• Competitive salary + stock options for all full-time employees 

• Health/Dental benefits 

• Paid Time Off + floating statutory holidays 

• Flexible work environment 

GHGSat offers a creative and highly motivating work environment. We offer competitive salaries, health and social benefits including flex-time and continuing development. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. GHGSat is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or other legally protected status. If you would like to request an accommodation, please notify your recruiter.