Director, Product Management

Scope3 is the market leader in sustainable advertising solutions: modeling the complex digital advertising supply chain and helping brands dramatically reduce digital waste, both reducing emissions and increasing the efficacy of advertising investment.  

Founded by a team that invented many of the foundational technologies behind the $100B programmatic advertising industry, Scope3 is a well-funded startup (Venrock, Rucker Park, Craft Ventures) with an accomplished leadership team. Scope3 has significant customer and market traction and is experiencing accelerating growth. 

Scope3 is fully remote and largely asynchronous to provide flexible working hours and to operate globally. This is an exceptional opportunity to build a company alongside great people and make a difference in one of the most important issues facing the planet 

This is an exceptional opportunity to build a company alongside great people and make a difference in one of, if not the, most important issues facing the planet.

The Role ... 

The Director, Product Management will have primary responsibility for focusing the company’s core technology, data assets and emissions measurement methodologies into a scalable suite of products based on market need and Scope3’s mission to decarbonize digital advertising. The Director will have a commercial mindset – working closely with engineering and go to market teams (Sales, Services, Partnerships & Marketing) she / he will synthesize market opportunity into a comprehensive global solutions, lead the implementation of repeatable processes and the launch of commercially successful products consistent with the company’s mission.  

Collaborating closely with the CEO and COO she / he will articulate Scope3’s product strategy by understanding the media and advertising ecosystem’s need for products & tools to enable net zero media, the forces driving buyers & sellers to invest in green media and overlaying those insights onto commercial opportunities. A market facing executive by nature, the Director will embrace the company’s core values of education and evangelism by being visible in the industry and the “voice of the customer” internally.  

 First and foremost, Scope3’s she / he will be committed to the mission of decarbonizing digital advertising. She / He will be an accomplished product leader who’s a domain expert in advertising technology with an in – depth understanding of how data is used to drive outcomes and monetized. She / he will have a commercial focus and significant experience delivering successful products into rapidly evolving markets. The Director understands this role is as tactical as it is strategic and will be adept at shifting aperture as needed.  

 You’ll be responsible for:  

 Product Vision and Leadership …            

• Own the roadmap – drive commercialization and execution.  

• Identify market opportunities consistent with Scope3’s mission that leverage core technology and IP. 

• Quickly recognize industry trends - rapidly map opportunities to current product capabilities and iterate in alignment with market direction. 

• Distinguish Scope3’s offering in an emerging, noisy category

• Quickly develop a deep understanding of customer needs and scalability & sustainability of product areas.

• Create an exceptional team – recruit, develop, mentor and retain talent. 

  Commercial Growth … 

• Accountable for supporting the strategy and execution of all sales and revenue initiatives.  

• Identify opportunities for new and diversified revenue streams.  

• Personally develop customer and partner relationships.  

• Drive scale leveraging organic and inorganic growth.  

Execution … 

• Identify key performance metrics and implement processes for measuring success.  

• Clearly communicate financial objectives, release/development schedules and milestones.  

• Make decisions and set priorities based on good judgment and analysis of data. 

• Create a culture that embraces iteration in the context of a systems approach to product management.  

  Be the voice of the customer and marketplace … 

• Ensure frictionless communication between commercial , product and engineering teams.  

• Provide market feedback to engineering regarding product features, functionality and enhancements. 

• Evangelize the company’s vision to key prospects, clients’ senior management, industry leaders and the media – drive awareness Scope3 and Net Zero.  

• Seize opportunities to educate, advocate for Scope3’s mission.  

  Your experience:  

• Previous successful experience leading Product Management teams delivering complex, data dependent supporting programmatic advertising.  

• Proven ability to successfully launch new products where success pivoted on educating customers 

• Previous accountability for financial performance of a product. 

• Excellent presentation and communications skills to both internal and external stakeholders  

• Ability to effectively engage with customers and partners – communicate product strategy and gather/interpret market feedback. 

• Ability to understand the ROI of a given project and effectively communicate the information across the company. 

• Attracted and led successful team – have an eye for talent and the ability to mentor & coach.  

• Considered a domain expert in digital advertising, specifically programmatic with a well established network.

Our Culture is rooted in …  

• A passion for the environment and climate work. We are a mission-driven company, and this is what motivates us to work hard and deliver outcomes for our customers. 

• A desire to communicate clearly and empathetically while working asynchronously. We are remote-first and have been operating across time zones from day one, so we do a lot of collaboration using Notion, Miro, and other tools. 

• Low tolerance for drama and no nonsense. We celebrate healthy conflict in the workplace, but we focus on the solutions and we move on quickly. 

• The ability and accountability to deliver what we promise. We do what we say we will do, and we don’t make promises we can’t keep. 

• Experience driving systemic change. Our mission is to decarbonize advertising and this requires a holistic approach to re-imagining and inspiring an industry movement at a global scale.