VP of Product

Location: Raleigh, San Francisco, or New York 

ABOUT GREENPLACES

Greenplaces’s mission is to democratize access to sustainability. Through its innovative software and service offerings, Greenplaces helps customers measure and track their carbon emissions and serves as a source of truth for business's sustainability activity. The vision is to create a future where sustainability is attainable for every business, especially given small and medium-size businesses account for most of the world’s carbon emissions. The company is headquartered in Raleigh, NC with employees in San Francisco, New York, Charleston, and more. 

Greenplaces has a tenured leadership team who’ve worked at high-growth and scaled businesses like Handshake, Yext, Salesloft, PagerDuty. Its CEO/Founder Alex Lassiter is a second-time founder and sold his first business, Gather, to Vista & General Atlantic. 

ABOUT THE ROLE

We're seeking a collaborative and analytically-minded product leader to help shape the future of our sustainability solution, built for mid-market businesses. Working closely with our Engineering and Sustainability teams, you'll help evolve our product from its sustainability roots into an AI-driven sustainability and risk assessment platform. This position reports directly to the CEO/Founder and is a member of the executive team. 

• Partner cross-functionally to develop and execute our product roadmap
• Shape the leadership team’s perspective on critical features, duration of workflows, and product priorities. 
• Lead the design and implementation of Greenplaces AI-powered data collection and analysis features
• Drive product decisions through a combination of data analysis, market research, and stakeholder input
• Create and validate product requirements for new features and capabilities
• Develop the long-term vision for the team and set the roadmap to fulfill that vision
• Oversee the user experience design process to ensure intuitive, friction-free interactions
• Collaborate with cross-functional teams to ensure alignment between product capabilities and customer needs
• Current focus areas: automating the foundation of our offering (carbon footprint); developing sustainability reporting frameworks in platform; enhancing AI capabilities for automated data collection and processing; expanding platform capabilities beyond sustainability calculation and reporting.

YOUR EXPERIENCE 

• 10+ years of B2B product management experience
• ​​3+ years experience managing product manager/designer 
• Direct experience with AI/ML-powered products and data platforms
• Track record of successfully launching and scaling B2B SaaS products
• Experience with data integration, ETL processes, and API development
• Background in working with engineering teams in an agile environment

ABOUT YOU (SKILLS) 

• User-centric design: Proven track record of creating intuitive, user-friendly products
• Analytical mindset: Strong ability to analyze complex data sets and derive meaningful insights
• Technical acumen: Deep understanding of AI/ML technologies and their practical applications in software development
• Strong communication: A strong interest in and ability to convey technical information to non-technical team members. 
• Collaborative leadership: Experience working effectively across teams and incorporating diverse perspectives
• Agile methodology: Experience with iterative development and rapid prototyping

IDEALLY, YOU ALSO BRING THESE TO THE TABLE

• Brings a builder's mentality with hands-on product development experience
• Balances strategic thinking with tactical execution
• Demonstrates intellectual curiosity and adaptability
• Shows strong empathy for users and stakeholder needs
• Values collaboration and incorporates feedback effectively
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced, evolving environment

WHAT WE OFFER

• Flexible, unlimited paid time off
• Generous healthcare benefits 
• Equity packages for all employees
• Volunteer and interest groups
• Mental health and family planning resources 
• Independence and autonomy over your area of expertise
• Remote and hybrid work options 
• Annual team and department retreats 

We hire talented and passionate people from a variety of backgrounds because we want our global employee base to represent the wide diversity of our customers. If you’re excited about a role but your past experience doesn’t align perfectly with every bullet point listed in the job description, we still encourage you to apply. If you’re a builder at heart, share our company values, and enthusiastic about making software toolmaking ubiquitous, we want to hear from you.

Greenplaces is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate in hiring or any employment decision based on race, color, religion, national origin, age, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), marital status, ancestry, physical or mental disability, genetic information, veteran status, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, or other applicable legally protected characteristic.