Product Owner

Product Owner (Data Air or Sat)
GHGSat is a global leader in emissions intelligence, pioneering the use of satellite imagery to monitor and measure greenhouse gas emissions since 2016. By partnering with industry leaders, GHGSat leverages proprietary satellite data, aircraft imagery, and public data to provide unprecedented insights into the global emissions landscape.
As GHGSat continues its journey to build the world's leading geospatial atmospheric data platform, we are seeking a Product Owner to drive the development of our technical products. This role is solution oriented and bridges the segment and product strategy and focuses on technical execution, ensuring our solutions meet customer needs while aligning with company goals. Our key client segments include: Oil & Gas, Industry, Financial Services, and Government sectors. You will own the product lifecycle at the system level — spanning features, sensor technologies, and data platforms — and collaborate closely with product strategy, science, engineering, and product marketing.
This position is part of a newly formed team dedicated to advancing GHGSat's product discipline. It reports to the Product Management team lead. The role requires a strong blend of technical expertise, business acumen, and focuses on both software and hardware development environments.
This role is open to candidates located in Canada & US, with a preference for those near our Canadian office locations and/or Eastern time zone to collaborate with team members and key stakeholders, and support our hybrid 2-day in-office work mode, as applicable - please see our locations for more details.
What You Will Do:
Product Ownership
Be the product champion, key point of contact, and resident expert for our Satellite/Air sensor capabilities; field majority of product related inquiries from clients and client-facing teams.
Understand how segment priorities and use cases translate into product level capabilities to inform and design client experiences and features.
Create and maintain competitive analysis and positioning by product line; perform SWOT analysis.
Capability/Technical Expertise & Collaboration
Partner with science and engineering teams to define and build scalable technical solutions.
Guide feature prioritization based on technical feasibility and customer impact.
Advocate for user experience and customer-centric product development.
Act as the primary liaison between Product Strategy segment leads and internal technical teams.
Lead system architecture definition, focusing on data ingestion and transformation.
Product Roadmap & Execution
Transform client segment roadmaps into product roadmaps.
Contribute to business case development by providing key inputs into the ROI analysis.
Execute on backlog and prioritized key initiatives; drive the E2E product lifecycle including ideation, design, development, testing, launch, and iteration.
Product Performance & Adoption
Define and monitor KPIs to measure product success and performance.
Ensure timely delivery of product releases while managing risks and dependencies; report out on progress of initiatives, update roadmaps and timeliness as necessary
Leverage business intelligence and sales data to evaluate product adoption, e.g. usage metrics, client feedback, sales performance
Conduct product profitability analysis on an annual basis
Documentation, GTM Support, Communication
Communicate the product vision across teams and stakeholders.
Create and maintain product documentation including requirements, specifications, product 1-pagers and release notes.
Present product updates and roadmaps to executive leadership and stakeholders.
Support product design workshops and customer meetings to refine system and user requirements.
Customer-centric mindset and product usability focus
Strong problem-solving skills and a collaborative, team-oriented mindset.
Experience with data-driven architectures and cloud-based data management.
Proven ability to work with multiple software and hardware development teams.
Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
Ability to work independently under tight deadlines with adaptability and multitasking skills.
Your Background:
Bachelor's degree in engineering or other technically oriented discipline.
6–8 years of experience in technical product management or related roles.
Experience with functional modeling and engineering requirements management tools.
Familiarity with test-driven development and iterative delivery.
Competitive salary stock options for all full-time employees
Full comprehensive benefits
Statutory leave paid time off
Flexible work environment
GHGSat offers a creative and highly-motivating work environment. We offer competitive salaries, health and social benefits including flex-time and continuing development. We are committed to a diverse and inclusive workplace. GHGSat is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability, age, or other legally protected status. If you would like to request an accommodation, please notify your Recruiter.