Senior Product Manager

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  • Ottawa, ON
  • Permanent
  • Full-time
  • 8 days ago
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Company DescriptionAssent is the leading AI native platform for supply chain sustainability and compliance, trusted by complex manufacturers and distributors around the world. Built and backed by experts who have led global compliance programs, our unified platform combines advanced AI, regulatory expertise, and the world’s largest supply chain data network to help organizations reduce risk, lower operational costs, and build trust across every tier of the value chain. From human rights and responsible sourcing to PFAS reporting and Digital Product Passports, Assent transforms regulatory complexity into actionable insights that drive real business outcomes.With over 900 team members across India, North America, Malaysia, the EU, and Kenya and more than 1,000 customers globally, Assent brings together global perspective and deep domain expertise. Our hybrid work model enables teams to collaborate effectively across regions while staying connected to the communities where they live and work. As a certified B Corporation, we meet rigorous standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, and accountability. This reflects our commitment to building technology that drives business performance while creating long-term value for people and the planet.People First. Technology Forward.Our commitment to People, Culture & Community (PCC) is rooted in building a diverse, inclusive, and high-performing team. We recruit and retain team members with a range of backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives, while fostering a culture of belonging where all Assentees are respected, supported, and empowered to contribute.As we continue to embed AI into how we work, we do so thoughtfully, enhancing human potential, supporting better decision-making, and prioritizing appropriate oversight, privacy, and fairness.At Assent, we value your privacy and are committed to maintaining transparency in how we handle your personal information. As part of our talent acquisition and management processes, we may use AI technologies to support activities such as resume screening, candidate communication, and talent analytics.Job DescriptionPosition SummaryThe Senior Product Manager at Assent is a leader and end to end owner of product success, accountable for identifying high-impact opportunities, making sound investment decisions, and ensuring meaningful value is realized for both customers and the business.You will lead the end to end strategy for Assent’s high growth B2B SaaS emerging data network platform, managing a suite of emerging product capabilities. This role requires a balanced strong commercial judgment, deep customer insights, cross-functional leadership and the ability to synthesize insights from data and the market into clear execution plans. .Assent operates in a uniquely complex and meaningful domain at the intersection of global supply chains, product compliance, sustainability, and data. Our products increasingly rely on large-scale data, automation, and AI-enabled capabilities to help customers navigate evolving regulatory requirements with confidence. If you are energized by solving hard, real-world problems with real consequences, and motivated by building products that make the world more responsible and transparent, this role offers both challenge and purpose.Key Requirements & ResponsibilitiesStrategic Ownership & Market OpportunityDrive Product Strategy: Own the end-to-end product vision and strategy for your portfolio, ensuring alignment with Assent’s broader business objectives and long-term growth targets.Opportunity Identification: Identify, size, and prioritize high-impact opportunities by synthesizing customer insights, competitive intelligence, product analytics, and win/loss data.Data-Driven Business Cases: Clearly articulate the "Why" and “What” behind every initiative that defines the customer problem, unique differentiation, business value (ROI), and measurable success metrics (KPIs).. Develop concise product requirements documentation (PRDs) that also include user workflows and data constriants.Market Intelligence: Serve as the resident expert on market trends and competitive dynamics. Conduct continuous "Voice of the Customer" (VOC) research through advisory boards, interviews, and market analysis to identify unaddressed needs.Execution & Portfolio AlignmentRoadmap Leadership: Translate strategy into a high-integrity roadmap. Define key features, capabilities, and timelines that balance short-term wins with long-term platform scalability. Work effectively with Product Owners to ensure user flows, logic/rules, data constraints and success metrics are robust for writing stories.Lifecycle Management: Lead cross-functional teams through the full product lifecycle—from initial discovery and business case development to MVP, beta trials, and full-scale GTM launches and ongoing enhancements. This includes migration strategies from legacy to new platforms.Ecosystem Collaboration: Partner closely with fellow Product Leaders to manage dependencies, sequence releases, and ensure a cohesive user experience across the entire Assent portfolio.Product Evangelism: Act as the primary internal and external champion for your product line. Influence stakeholders across Sales, Marketing, and Engineering to ensure the solution effectively meets both user needs and commercial goals.Data-Centric & AI-Enabled InnovationMaster the Data Ecosystem: Develop a deep, technical understanding of Assent’s complex data environment including supply chain intelligence, regulatory content, and customer-generated signals to unlock new product value.Drive Intelligent Automation: Identify and champion opportunities where advanced analytics, automation, and AI/ML can meaningfully improve customer scalability, efficiency, and decision-making.Build Trustworthy Solutions: Partner with Engineering, Data Science, and Design to architect "intelligent" features that balance technical rigor with transparency and world-class usability.Navigate Complexity: Thrive in ambiguity; lead the delivery of resilient product capabilities despite evolving global regulations and imperfect data sets.Product Craft & Execution ExcellenceLead Discovery & Design: Orchestrate the discovery process with Design and Engineering to ensure every solution is not only technically feasible but also highly desirable and commercially viable.Synthesize Complexity: Distill intricate market requirements into clear, authoritative documentation that serves as the "source of truth" for cross-functional execution.High-Integrity Delivery: Partner with Product Owners to translate high-level strategy into well-structured epics and stories. Actively guide delivery through continuous scope refinement and decisive trade-offs.Validate & Iterate: Oversee Pilot and Early Access phases, using rigorous data analysis and direct customer feedback to evaluate success and inform the path to General Availability (GA).Cross-Functional Influence & AdvocacyGTM Partnership: Collaborate with Product Marketing and Sales to define value-based pricing, sharp positioning, and high-impact launch strategies that drive rapid market adoption.Expert Communication: Clearly articulate roadmaps, trade-offs, and outcomes to both technical internal teams and high-profile external stakeholders.Product Championship: Serve as the primary advocate for your product line, balancing vision with a data-driven response to stakeholder feedback.Operational Health: Support critical customer escalations with a sense of urgency, ensuring immediate resolutions align with the long-term health and architecture of the product.QualificationsYour Knowledge, Skills and AbilitiesWe strongly value your talent, energy and passion. It will also be valuable to Assent if you have the following qualificationsSenior SaaS Leadership: 5–8+ years of Product Management experience in a high-growth B2B SaaS data environment, with a proven track record of driving commercial outcomes (revenue, retention, PLG) rather than just shipping features.AI & Data Fluency: A strong "data-centric" mindset with the ability to define and execute opportunities in AI and Machine Learning to solve customer pain points.Product Craft & Judgment: Mastery of the product discovery process within empowered teams. You possess strong product judgment and are comfortable making high-stakes decisions with imperfect information and navigating ambiguity.Strategic Communication: Exceptional verbal and written skills. You can distill complex roadmaps for internal stakeholders and present with high-credibility in front of global customers.Collaborative Influence: A "lead-by-influence" mindset. You can navigate cross-functional teams (Engineering, Sales, Marketing) and contribute to the collective success of the broader Product Org.Education & Certification: Bachelor’s degree in Business, Engineering, or a related field; Pragmatic Marketing certification or an MBA is highly preferred.Domain Expertise (Plus): Familiarity with supply chain, manufacturing, or regulated industries (e.g., ESG, compliance). Experience with complex data structures like BOMs, mapping, and ERP/API integrations is a significant advantage.Global Mobility: Ability to travel up to 25% to engage with customers and global teams.Mission-Driven: A genuine desire to build products that create a resilient, sustainable, and positive real-world impact.Why top Product Managers choose this roleReal ownership and meaningful decision-making authority to a high growth, scaling portfolioA strong, collaborative Product Management team shaping strategy togetherComplex, high-stakes problems powered by data and intelligent automationA mission-driven domain with global reach and real-world consequencesTalented cross-functional partnerships and leadership opportunitiesAdditional InformationLife at AssentWellness: We believe that you and your family’s well being is important. As a result, we offer vacation time that increases with tenure, comprehensive benefits packages (details vary by country), life leave days and more.Financial Benefits: It’s not all about the money – well, it’s a little about the money. We understand that financial health is important and we offer a competitive base salary, a corporate bonus program, retirement savings options and more.Life at Assent: There is purpose beyond your work. We provide our team members with flexible work options, volunteer days and opportunities to get involved in corporate giving initiatives.Lifelong Learning: At Assent, curiosity is not only valued but encouraged. You will receive professional development days that are available to you the day you start.At Assent, we are committed to growing and sustaining an environment where our team members feel included, valued, and heard. Our diversity and equal opportunity practices are guided and championed by our Diversity and Inclusion Working Group and our Employee Resource Groups (ERGs).Our commitment to diversity, equity and inclusion includes recruiting and retaining team members from diverse backgrounds and experiences, and fostering a culture of belonging where all team members are included, treated with dignity and respect, promoted on their merits, and placed in positions to contribute to business success.If you require assistance or accommodation throughout any part of the interview and selection process, please contact talent@assent.com and we will be happy to help.We use AI to support parts of our recruitment process, such as note-taking and initial shortlisting based on job-related qualifications. AI does not make hiring decisions. All candidates will speak with a real person, and final decisions are always made by our recruitment team.

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