Job Description :

Job Title: ESG Product Manager

About the Function:

Our Digital and Technology (D&T) team are innovators, delivering ground-breaking solutions that will help shape the future of our iconic brands. Technology touches every part of our business, from the sourcing of sustainable ingredients to marketing and development of our online platforms. We utilise data insights to build competitive advantage, supporting our people to deliver value faster.

Our D&T team includes some of the most dedicated digital professionals in the industry. Every day, we come together to push boundaries and innovate, shaping the digital solutions of tomorrow. Whatever your passion, we’ll help you become the best you can be, creating career-defining work and delivering breakthrough thinking.

Role Responsibilities:

Top Accountabilities

Platform Operations & BAU Support: Own daily operations of the applications including data ingestion/refreshes, issue resolution, performance monitoring.Ensure platform reliability, data quality, and timely support for business users.Coordinate with BAU support and data teams to handle incidents, enhancements, and user queries within defined SLAs.Act as the Primary Interface for Business Partners: Build strong relationships with Global Sustainability, Sustainable Procurement, ESG Internal & External reporting , Supply chain, and Finance teams. Gather evolving requirements, provide platform updates, and ensure alignment between business outcomes and technical delivery.Drive Continuous Improvement and Product Evolution: Monitor platform adoption, performance metrics, and user feedback to see opportunities for improvement. Partner with Microsoft and internal development teams to incorporate new features, data sources, or reporting capabilities aligned with sustainability goals.Product Backlog Management & Feature Prioritization: Own and groom the MSM enhancement backlog based on business needs, compliance updates, and technology upgrades.Balance short-term fixes and long-term roadmap goals, coordinating delivery through Agile ceremonies (sprints, standups, retrospectives).Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with analytics, enterprise architecture, design/UX/UI, and engineering teams to design and deliver high-quality features.Act as a connector across functions, facilitating alignment between technical feasibility, user experience, and business value.Governance & IT Controls Compliance: Ensure the ESG applications adheres to IT governance, audit, and compliance frameworks including ITGCs, SOX, GDPR, and internal security protocols.Cost/Effort-Benefit Analysis & Partner Negotiation: Ability to conduct comprehensive Cost/Effort-benefit analyses and negotiate with partners to prioritize requirements, ensuring alignment with strategic goals improving project value.

Qualifications and Experience Required

8+ years proven experience in Analytical product management, platform ownership, or sustainability/ESG tech leadership.Validated experience defining product roadmaps, handling cross-functional teams, and delivering enterprise-grade solutions.Experience with Microsoft Sustainability Manager (MSM), Power Platform (Power Apps, Power Automate, Power BI), & Fabric is a requirement.Familiarity with ESG/sustainability frameworks (e.g., GHG Protocol, CDP, CSRD, GRI, ISSB).Proven understanding of IT controls, data governance, and compliance (e.g., SOX, GDPR).Excellent communication and team member engagement skills.

Barriers to Success in Role

Weak communications style, inability to create and utilise engaging narrative linked to overall business context and strategyInability to establish relationships rapidly with mixed business & partner teamsLack of business situational awareness and external focusInability to work across cultures / geographiesLow resilience and inability to operate in a fast moving and often pressurised environment.

Flexible Working Statement: Flexibility is key to our success. From part-time and compressed hours to different locations, our people work flexibly in ways to suit them. Talk to us about what flexibility means to you so that you’re supported from day one.

Diversity statement: Our purpose is to celebrate life, every day, everywhere. And creating an inclusive culture, where everyone feels valued and that they can belong, is a crucial part of this.

We embrace diversity in the broadest possible sense. This means that you’ll be welcomed and celebrated for who you are just by being you. You’ll be part of and help build and champion an inclusive culture that celebrates people of different gender, ethnicity, ability, age, sexual orientation, social class, educational backgrounds, experiences, approaches, and more.

Our ambition is to create the best performing, most trusted and respected consumer products companies in the world. Join us and help transform our business as we take our brands to the next level and build new ones as part of shaping the next generation of celebrations for consumers around the world.

Feel inspired? Then this may be the opportunity for you. 

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Worker Type :

Regular

Primary Location:

Bangalore Karle Town SEZ

Additional Locations :

Job Posting Start Date :

2025-08-05