Senior Product Director

Cognibox; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading sustainability firm in London seeks a Senior Product Director to drive product strategy and execution for sustainability initiatives. The role involves developing product offerings, managing customer engagement, and collaborating with cross-functional teams. Ideal candidates have substantial B2B SaaS product management experience and a focus on sustainability outcomes. This position operates under a hybrid work model, with three days in the office.

Benefits

Personal Health & Wellbeing Benefits

Enhanced Parental Leave

Generous annual leave

Healthcare Plan

Annual Giving Day

Cycle-to-work Scheme

Pension scheme with employer contributions

Life Assurance

Rewards Program

LinkedIn Learning License

Qualifications

• Significant experience in B2B SaaS product management.
• Strong track record of delivering sustainability products.
• Ability to balance strategic vision with hands-on execution.

Responsibilities

• Own the entire product strategy and roadmap.
• Develop customer relationships to understand their needs.
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams for commercial growth.

Skills

B2B SaaS product management

Product leadership

Sustainability expertise

Commercial acumen

Influencing across teams

Job description

Senior Product Director

Department: Planet Mark

Employment Type: Permanent

Location: London, UK

Reporting To: VP Product

Description

We see a world where we all contribute to a thriving planet and together, we are a collective force for good. The Planet Mark is a sustainability certification which recognises outstanding achievements, encourages action, and builds an empowered community of like-minded individuals. We work with businesses to rigorously measure their carbon footprint and social value, engage their staff and supply chain to unlock their knowledge and drive passion for change, and communicate their progress to build a positive brand. We help businesses put a purpose at the heart of their organisation that brings social, environmental, and economic considerations together.

This role leads product strategy and execution for sustainability, shaping offerings across Planet Mark, SafePlanet, and related portfolios. It combines vision and hands-on leadership; defining strategy, engaging customers, managing backlogs, and partnering with engineering to deliver impact. The focus is on helping businesses and their supply chains measure, reduce, and report carbon impacts at scale, including ownership of the Planet Mark Net Zero Certification Programme, supply chain engagement models, and a new platform strategy aligned with global standards.

What that means day to day

As a key growth role and member of the Planet Mark leadership team, the position bridges strategy, customer engagement, and delivery, requiring strong product leadership, sustainability expertise, and the ability to drive measurable commercial and environmental outcomes.

• Product Strategy & Vision
  • Own the end-to-end product strategy, roadmap, and execution for Planet Mark and SafePlanet.
  • Define and articulate how sustainability products fit into the broader ecosystem and create long-term value for clients.
  • Balance product standardization with regional regulatory requirements and customer-specific needs to maximize adoption and impact.
  • Shape propositions that meet the needs of both standalone members and enterprise clients seeking to manage supply chain-wide sustainability.
• Roadmap Development & Delivery
  • Develop and maintain a visionary yet practical roadmap, grounded in customer insight and industry trends.
  • Translate strategy into execution through close collaboration with engineering, leveraging shared platform components (UX, APIs, configuration, QA).
  • Ensure smooth customer migration from legacy platforms to new sustainability solutions.
• Customer & Market Insight
  • Build strong relationships with sustainability and ESG leaders to understand their challenges and evolving needs.
  • Partner with Product Intelligence to combine customer feedback, regulatory shifts, and market data into actionable insight.
  • Participate actively in advisory boards and industry forums to shape our market perspective and thought leadership.
• Cross-Functional & Commercial Partnership
  • Collaborate with Sales, Marketing, and Customer Success to ensure products enable commercial growth and retention.
  • Influence pricing, packaging, and onboarding strategies to drive adoption and lifetime value.
  • Provide GTM teams with clear product positioning, messaging, and demo narratives.
• Performance & Reporting
  • Define and track KPIs including adoption, retention, revenue, and satisfaction for Planet Mark and SafePlanet.
  • Communicate product performance and roadmap progress to executives, Planet Mark leadership, and the Board.
  • Ensure that investments in sustainability products deliver measurable commercial and customer impact.

What you’ll need to be successful

• Significant experience in B2B SaaS product management or product leadership, ideally with responsibility for enterprise or platform-level solutions.
• Strong track record of defining and delivering sustainability products that drive measurable outcomes for organizations and their supply chains.
• Demonstrated ability to balance strategic vision-setting with hands-on execution (roadmap management, backlog grooming, direct customer engagement).
• Experience launching data-driven platforms that turn insight into actionable decisions for users.
• Commercial acumen with the ability to connect product direction to revenue growth, adoption, and customer retention.
• Skilled at influencing across Product, Engineering, GTM, and executive leadership teams.
• Prior experience in private equity-backed environments or networked SaaS platforms preferred.
• Proven product leadership experience in sustainability and ESG (carbon accounting, Net Zero strategy, climate tech, or related fields).
• Strong understanding of sustainability frameworks, reporting standards, and regulatory drivers (e.g., GHG Protocol, SBTi, CSRD, SEC climate disclosure).

What you'll get in return

We operate a hybrid workplace policy, where you will work from the office in Central London 3 days per week. We want you to be able to do your best work here. We emphasize providing many ways to support our team to do their best work and below are some of the perks and benefits we offer:

• Personal Health & Wellbeing / Benefits
• Enhanced Parental Leave
• Generous annual leave
• Healthcare Plan
• Annual Giving Day – an extra day to give back to yourself or your community
• Cycle-to-work Scheme
• Future Planning
• Pension scheme with employer contributions
• Life Assurance
• Rewards Program – access to discounts and cashback
• LinkedIn Learning License for upskilling & development

Interested but don’t feel you meet all the requirements?

Our recruitment team assesses and reviews all applications against the role and business needs. We believe in people having transferable and soft skills and want you to know that we do consider where an individual might not meet all the criteria, but have the aptitude and capability, nonetheless. Our priority is to ensure we set people up for success. We will make a final call based on our determining whether we can offer the necessary support to upskill or provide the developmental support needed for you to get the best out of this opportunity with us!

Bring Your Whole Self to Work.

Alcumus is proudly an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to ensuring that no candidate is discriminated against because of gender identity and expression, race, disability, ethnicity, sexual orientation, age, colour, region, creed, national origin, or sex. We are dedicated to growing a diverse team while continuing to create an inclusive environment where everyone feels safe and empowered to be themselves.

What you can expect if you apply:

• A response to your application within 15 working days
• An interview process consisting of:
  • An initial discovery call with the recruiter
  • A first stage interview via Microsoft Teams
  • Additional interview (likely face to face) with the stakeholders you’ll be working with closely in the role

We’re keen to ensure our hiring process allows you to be at your best, so if you need us to make any adjustments, please just let us know.