Vice President of Product

Location: San Antonio, TX, USA. Relocation support and 6 month transition period provided.

Position Type: Full-Time

About Grassroots Carbon:

Grassroots Carbon is the leading grasslands restoration and soil carbon storage company based in San Antonio, TX focused on empowering U.S. ranchers to implement regenerative land management practices on grasslands across the U.S.  In addition to enhancing soil health and promoting biodiversity, these regenerative practices have tremendous potential to combat climate change by drawing down and removing large quantities of atmospheric carbon dioxide into the soil. By partnering with Grassroots Carbon, ranchers have access to additional revenue opportunities via our carbon credit program. More than 41 percent of U.S. grasslands are used for grazing, accounting for over 350 million acres, but less than 5 percent of that land is managed regeneratively. These lands hold the potential to remove at least 500 million metric tons of carbon dioxide a year. We are on a mission to convert millions of acres of degraded grasslands into healthy, thriving ecosystems that sequester massive amounts of carbon, working alongside strong partnerships spanning Audubon Conservation Ranching to Understanding Ag. Grassroots Carbon has built a foundation of scientific rigor, quality, and transparency to advance this mission and has secured long-term contracts with leading companies including Microsoft, Shell, Marathon Oil, HEB, Shopify, and Nestle to reduce their carbon impact and reach their sustainability goals.

VP of Product:

We are seeking a dynamic, transformational Product leader to elevate and scale the Grassroots Carbon Product organization responsible for PastureMap, our grazing management software and mobile app. As the Vice President of Product, you will build and lead a nimble team of 6-8 responsible for defining and executing all aspects of PastureMap. Your primary focus will be on crafting the overall product vision, setting the feature and technical roadmap to ensure PastureMap meets the needs of users, our global Ranching partners, while also delivering on the company's business objectives to provide best-in-class measurement, verification and reporting for carbon credit delivery. 

Additionally, you will lead on how to further develop our predictive ecosystem modeling capabilities to forecast soil organic matter dynamics based on a highly variable set of inputs, including weather, soil type characteristics and current/future land management practices. You will ensure that the PastureMap roadmap incorporates modeling capabilities to drive on-pasture land management decisions, strengthen practice change validation and to also forecast the positive carbon-climate and ecosystem impact of agricultural and other practices.  You will work closely with cross-functional teams to deliver a best-in-category product experience for Ranchers. 

The successful VP of Product candidate will work alongside our VP of Rancher Success and report directly to the CEO as one of three VPs on the Grassroots Carbon Leadership Team to ensure alignment with overall business strategy. The VP of Product will also work closely with our Carbon Solutions team to ensure ongoing alignment and best-in-class delivery of Measurement, Verification and Reporting (MRV) requirements. 

If you are known for bold, customer-centric innovation with an entrepreneurial drive that translates into outsized business results, come join the Grassroots Carbon team! This is an incredible and unique opportunity to lead one of the fastest-growing companies in regenerative ranching and climate solutions. 

Responsibilities:

• Set the overall product vision, develop and drive the feature and technical roadmap based on Rancher needs, market trends and company goals to deliver an outstanding product experiences at scale
• Champion a customer-centric approach to product development, ensuring that user experience and satisfaction are at the core of all product decisions. Conduct user research, gather feedback, and analyze usage data to inform product innovation.
• Empower and inspire the product strategy and development teams to deliver with operational excellence. Create a systematic approach to product development, including organization around product requirement documents (PRDs) that succinctly explain a feature’s job to be done, the opportunity, these success metrics, and the work needed to ship and iterate. 
• Work closely with cross-functional teams, including Rancher Success and Carbon Solutions to ensure seamless product development and launch. Facilitate effective communication and collaboration across departments. 
• Define and track key performance indicators (KPIs) to measure product success and drive data-informed decision-making. Regularly report on product performance and progress to the executive team.
• Exude passion for keeping up with what is relevant and trending with our audience and community. Identify market trends and audience insights to ensure our product and feature set is compelling and effective. 

Requirements

• Leadership, drive, passion, and relentless optimism with 10+ years of experience in Product Management with 5+ years in a leadership role.
• Track record for successfully launching and scaling products with a deep understanding of user experience design principles and customer-centric product development.
• Strong knowledge across all functional aspects of a product and development team
• Creative problem solver, self-motivated, and proactive.
• Excellent leadership, organizational and time management skills.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams.
• Capable of managing multiple tasks in a fast-paced environment.
• Collaborative team player willing to go the extra mile.
• Passion for being at the forefront of the regenerative movement.
• Some basic understanding of soil carbon storage and regenerative land management practices is helpful, but this can be rapidly obtained on the job if there is a passion and interest in aligning with a fast-growing and purpose-driven organization.
• Previous startup experience is preferred but not required. Understanding that this is a fast-paced and high-growth company is required
• Bachelor’s degree in Engineering and an MBA or equivalent experience

Benefits

• Opportunity to earn equity
• Health, dental, and vision insurance plans, including a flexible spending account option. 
• Open Paid Time Off Policy plus 9 paid holidays per year as listed in our Company Handbook
• Participation in our 401(k) savings plan
• Company-paid Life and AD&D coverage
• Educational materials and expenses to support continuing education opportunities 

*Grassroots Carbon is proud to be a portfolio company of Soilworks Natural Capital*

About Soilworks Natural Capital:

Grassroots Carbon is proud to be a portfolio company of Soilworks Natural Capital which provides shared services to our fast-growing company. Soilworks is a private equity fund that invests in, incubates, and acquires companies to help accelerate the Regenerative Agriculture movement and is on a mission to prove Regenerative grazing is the most profitable way to ranch. Soilworks principles include better and healthier food, restoring plant and animal diversity, regenerating soil to store water and carbon, and creating more profitable family farms. Soilworks was launched by the co-founders of Scaleworks, a technology venture equity fund based in San Antonio, TX.

We are proud to foster a workplace free from discrimination. We strongly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and background leads to a better environment for our employees and a better experience for our users and our customers. We are an equal opportunity employer and do not discriminate against protected characteristics. All candidates will be given the same consideration.

*No visa sponsorship is available for this position*