Director, Product Management - SaaS - Product Stewardship

UL Solutions is a global leader in applied safety science, and they are seeking a Director of Product Management to oversee their SaaS Product Strategy. This role involves defining product direction, building a product team, and ensuring compliance with regulatory requirements while advancing sustainability initiatives throughout the product lifecycle.

Responsibilities:

• Evaluate and translate corporate strategy into a clear and concise product vision, while maintaining a close linkage with UL Solutions Mission
• Define long-term vision (LRP, business case, capex) and translate business objectives into product portfolio strategy
• Deep understanding of Product Stewardship domain, customer needs, outcomes, markets, & competitors to inform and develop product strategy
• Chemical Regulatory & Compliance Leadership - Expertise in global chemical safety and compliance (GHS, PFAS) with proven ability to translate regulatory requirements into product strategies
• Material Stewardship & Sustainable Design – Skilled in guiding material choices that balance performance, cost, compliance, and sustainability, applying life-cycle and safer substitution practices
• Supply Chain Data Integration & Transparency – Experience building systems for supplier data collection and traceability to ensure compliance and sustainability across the product lifecycle
• Evangelize and communicate the product vision, strategy and goals internally with senior leadership, as well as externally with client and prospect executives
• Align and integrate product roadmaps across teams based on customer outcomes while engaging business, sales, engineering, marketing and customer success on priorities
• Use the product vision in concert with deep market understanding to inform the product portfolio strategy
• Evaluate market needs against UL’s and competitors’ unique abilities to address them
• Develop and evaluate a go-to-market strategy describing how value will be delivered to the customer/user, how the product is differentiated from the competition, and what the business model should be
• Prioritize high-level strategic initiatives into a product portfolio roadmap
• Define a set of product portfolio goals, outcomes and corresponding metrics to continually evaluate against
• Define and own portfolio level KPIs (growth, adoption, retention, NPS) and drive customer outcomes

Requirements:

• University Degree (Equivalent to Bachelor's degree) in Computer Science, Business, or a related discipline
• Proven experience working with SaaS products, including developing strategy, driving adoption, and delivering customer value in a SaaS environment
• Deep understanding of Product Stewardship domain, customer needs, outcomes, markets, & competitors to inform and develop product strategy
• 10 years or more of related discipline experience or demonstrated competency including 5 years or more of relevant management/leadership experience or demonstrated competency
• Experience managing platform / product teams
• MBA or equivalent advanced degree is preferred