Group Product Manager

Climate X is seeking a Group Product Manager in England to lead SaaS product development and guide a diverse team. This role involves aligning technical output with business needs, managing major projects, collaborating with stakeholders, and focusing on high-ROI initiatives. Candidates should have extensive product leadership experience. Climate X is a tech company focused on climate resilience, backed by notable investors, with offices in London and New York.
Group Product Manager M4

About us

Climate X is a purpose-driven technology company, backed by GV (Google Ventures), Western Technologies (early investors in Meta, Google, Palantir), Commerz Ventures, Pale Blue Dot, Deloitte, and other world-class investors. We’re a wonderfully diverse, growing team with physical offices in London and New York City.

Demand for Climate X is growing fast, and we need to build our team! You’ll be at the front of a nascent industry, working as part of a fantastic and diverse team, doing things that you can be proud of. We’re excited to have the opportunity to speak with you during this process.

Our mission

To deepen the understanding of our changing planet and inspire meaningful action.

What we do
• We’re helping the world become more resilient to the impacts of physical climate risks (including floods, fires, storms and more). In doing so, we help drive positive global impact aligned to many of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG’s).
• Our team builds cutting-edge, peer-reviewed science (incorporating climate projections, remote sensing data) and translates that into financial impacts (to the value of assets or business disruption linked to failure of critical infrastructure) that our customers in the financial services industry use to identify, manage and mitigate those risks.
• Climate X’s customers include the world’s largest banks, asset managers and insurance companies including CBRE, Standard Chartered, Equans as well as a partnership ecosystem that includes Deloitte, Capgemini and AWS. Combined, they manage over $6.5 trillion of assets.
• Customer’s choose us thanks to our ecosystem of products that help solve real human problems, and drive tangible business benefits to our customers. They love our customer-centric mindset, as well as our pace of innovation in the market.

The impact you’ll own

We’re looking for a Group Product Manager (player-coach) with extensive experience in SaaS product development and a proven track record of building and guiding teams to deliver solutions that align with both technical and business objectives. This role combines leadership and hands-on product management to ensure the team delivers maximum impact.
• Technical-Business Alignment: Ensure the team’s technical output aligns with business needs by asking insightful questions and advocating for clarity in direction.
• Major Project Leadership: Lead the delivery of key initiatives, surfacing requirements to upper management proactively to ensure smooth execution on ambitious timelines.
• Stakeholder Partnership: Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to define and manage deliverables.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Work alongside peers to align strategies, resolve conflicts, and ensure collaborative progress toward shared goals.
• Delivery Planning: Set realistic yet ambitious expectations for deliverables, timelines, and milestones. Proactively manage alignment with senior stakeholders to mitigate mismatched expectations.
• Focus on Impact: Guide the team in identifying high-ROI projects and removing obstacles that impede their success.
• Talent Development: Line management of 1-2 product reports, nurturing their strengths and guiding them in areas for improvement.

Essential Skills
• Strong experience in a product leadership role for complex SaaS products, balancing hands-on and managerial responsibilities.
• Demonstrated success in aligning technical deliverables with business objectives.
• Exceptional ability to manage and prioritise a diverse set of projects, ensuring maximum team impact.
• Strong collaboration skills, with experience working cross-functionally and resolving conflicts effectively.
• Proficient in managing stakeholder expectations and communicating complex ideas clearly.

Desirable Skills
• Knowledge or deep interest in climate change impacts and adaptation strategies, especially in the context of financial and operational risk.
• Experience developing or managing financial services products or applications, especially in risk assessment.
• Knowledge of geospatial data platforms, GIS, or mapping tools.
• Hands-on experience with agile methodologies and tools.

Benefits

🌍 Contribute to a business making purposeful impact related to climate change

💡 Monthly training & conference budget to help you upskill and develop your career (£1,000 per year)

📈 6 monthly appraisals and 12 monthly pay reviews

💰 Pension contribution scheme

🏡 Flexible hours and hybrid working (3 days/week in office; core hours 10am-4pm)

🏥 Mental Health and Wellbeing support via Oliva

🏖 25 days holiday, plus Bank Holidays, annual 3-day Christmas-closure, and half day on your birthday (36.5 days total!)

🏏 Optional quarterly socials, dinners, and fun nights out

🥐 A fully stocked supply of snacks, fruit, and refreshments for the days when you are in the office

🚴 Cycle to work scheme via gogeta

🍼 Enhanced maternity and paternity

🐶 Pawternity

🐕 Dog friendly office (official residence of Alfie, Chief Mischief Officer)

Equal Opportunities

Climate X are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. We are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and welcome applications from individuals of all backgrounds.