Product Manager

Posted Jul 6

About GIST Impact

GIST Impact’s vision is a sustainable tomorrow: a world in which everyone measures what matters. Our mission is to help investors and companies measure and manage their impacts on all stakeholders, not just shareholders. GIST Impact is a leading impact data, analytics and product solutions provider that has been measuring, quantifying and valuing corporate impacts for more than 16 years.

With a team of 100+ scientists, engineers, data scientists, product managers and environmental economists, GIST delivers market-leading platforms, and datasets, covering 14,500+ companies with geographically precise, time-series data, along with market-leading impact valuation engines (e.g., APIs) that can be leveraged by customers to measure impact.

GIST Impact works with pioneering companies across all sectors and with investors representing over $8 trillion in assets under management. GIST Impact also partners with some of the world's largest ESG data providers, business networks, and fintech platforms to enable impact measurement across global markets.

Founded by Pavan Sukhdev (ex-banker, environmental economist, President of WWF International, and winner of the 2020 Tyler Prize for the Environment), GIST Impact is at the cutting edge of measuring impacts using a scientifically sound and economically rigorous methodology that provides unique and unparalleled insight into how companies impact society and the environment. In addition, our leadership team comprises product, technology and commercial leaders who have worked across Meta, Adobe, AT Kearney, Bain & Co., McKinsey & Co., Monitor Deloitte, etc.

Why Work at GIST Impact

Join a world-class team working at the cutting edge of impact, sustainability and technology: GIST Impact is a world leader in measuring and managing corporate sustainability impacts. Our team and board are widely recognised for their depth and breadth of sustainability expertise, and our clients are leading investors and corporations worldwide who are pushing the envelope on sustainability.

We are a company that values education and provides its employees with a generous learning and development budget to upskill in their careers, share knowledge, and work collaboratively in a space that provides multiple growth opportunities within the industry.

You will join a group of ambitious, passionate colleagues who are working at the heart of the next evolution of ESG: impact-based metrics. You will benefit from our team’s extensive expertise, to learn all about sustainability, ESG, and corporate impacts. We hire the best and brightest and invest intensely in training and development.

GIST Impact is a diverse, inclusive workplace with colleagues from a wide range of backgrounds, both academically and culturally: what unites us is the pride, passion, creativity, and rigour we bring to our work and our shared mission. Our unified team spans many corners of the globe, with key hubs in Mumbai, Delhi, London, and Geneva.

Role Description

We are looking for a driven, systematic, and energetic product manager who will work to evolve our products in line with market and customer needs. In this role, you will own GIST Impact’s key product product value propositions and be responsible for aligning on a go-to-market strategy. You will work with our customers to concretize and lead all aspects of the product, including its value propositions, long and short term strategy, features, and direct the work of our engineering team and researchers to drive their implementation. The role demands excellent critical thinking and collaboration skills and includes a significant share of hands-on work. To excel in this role, you will need to listen, learn, imagine, design, socialize, and organize ideas and systems. You will also be an extremely proactive and efficient task manager, managing teams and stakeholders to achieve results. You must be skilled at writing/maintaining product documentation, demand estimations/sizing and conducting market research.

We are primarily for individuals with B2B product experience across SaaS/DaaS as well as those who have either worked in or can demonstrate a strong interest in the areas of environment, sustainability, financial investment and portfolio management, management & strategy consulting.

Job Duties and Responsibilities

Conduct comprehensive market research to identify opportunities and prioritise product initiatives based on customer needs and market trends.
Define and execute the product and go-to-market strategy for GIST Impact's products, ensuring alignment with company goals and customer expectations.
Lead cross-functional product management sprints, working closely with engineering, customer and research teams to drive product development and delivery.
Translate user requirements into actionable feature designs, including wireframes and customer journeys, to guide technology builds and enhancements.
Document and maintain product definition, development roadmap, and feedback loops to ensure transparency and alignment across teams.
Facilitate user acceptance testing (UAT) of developed products/features and coordinate customer co-creation sessions for product validation and innovation.
Collaborate with marketing and client services/sales teams to develop product marketing materials, sales collateral, and knowledge resources.
Coordinate and lead cross-functional resources in ongoing product sprints, ensuring efficient execution and delivery of product milestones.

Requirements

Product Management Experience: 3-8 years in Product Management or similar roles, with a focus on B2B products, especially SaaS/DaaS.
Domain Expertise: Experience or strong interest in environment, sustainability, financial investment, portfolio management, strategy consulting, or technology/software companies.
Tool Proficiency: Skilled in wireframing and mock-up tools , Jira, and Confluence.
Customer Focus: High customer orientation, using design thinking and analytical approaches to identify customer needs.
Impact-driven: Execute projects with a focus on outcomes and impact, maintaining high standards of rigour.
Leadership and Initiative: Proactive, eager to take initiative, and demonstrate leadership.
Collaboration Skills: Excellent interpersonal and collaboration skills.
Ambiguity Navigation: Ability to navigate ambiguity by asking the right questions and finding answers.
Organizational Skills: Highly organized, able to manage multiple priorities and stakeholders.
Learning and Adaptability: Eager to learn on the job, ready for a steep learning curve.
Communication: Able to communicate effectively with all levels of the organization, both upwards and across. Excellent command of the English language.
Technical Understanding: Basic understanding of technology in product building. Knowledge of Machine Learning, Data Science, Data Engineering, and Platform/API Development is a plus.

Preferred Qualifications

Background in software engineering and data science is preferred
Experience with Agile ways of working and project management, relevant for a startup culture - fast experimentation, MVP and development cycles
Experience in market research and analysis required
Experience working in environmental/social impact or a demonstrated interest in this space
Bachelor’s degree in any relevant subject
Exposure to product innovation and management frameworks