Product Manager (Consultant)

Global Canopy is looking for an experienced Product Manager to manage the successful delivery of the EU Nature Dependency Dashboard that will be produced by Global Canopy. The website's development is funded by the EU Commission. Its aim is to facilitate regulators, central banks and financial institutions' understanding of EU economies' dependence on nature at the national level. 

Currently, EU countries only have a vague idea of the extent to which their national economy depends on nature. There is a need for more data to be made accessible in an open-source, practical and visually appealing way, so that action can be more readily taken. 

The tool will primarily be aimed at 

• Governments and policymakers
• Central banks
• Civil society organisations 
• Financial institutions

The consultant will sit within Global Canopy's Nature Related Finance (NRF) programme. They will be responsible for overseeing the development of the Dashboard, working closely with our technical lead, data researcher, full stack developer and designer as well as the wider Global Canopy technical team. 

Who we are and what we do

Global Canopy is a data-driven not for profit that targets the market forces destroying nature. We do this by improving transparency and accountability. Our focus is on open data, aligned metrics and strong regulation, to help powerful organisations stop nature-related impacts and realise opportunities for positive action. 

We do this through an interlinked portfolio of programmes: 

1. Our Supply Chain Transparency Programme delivers a step change in the transparency of the trade and financing of high-risk commodity supply chains – like soy, palm oil and cattle (see Trase).
2. Our Corporate Performance Programme works to improve the quality and uptake of sustainability and social metrics for the global companies most impacting forests and nature (Forest 500, ForestIQ).
3. Our Nature-related Finance Programme creates the tools and frameworks to help Financial Institutions, corporates and governments to shift global financial flows away from nature-negative outcomes and toward nature-positive outcomes (see ENCORE and TNFD).

Our tools and platforms are used by Fortune 500 companies, major financial institutions, national and regional governments, and some of the world’s most effective campaigning organisations. Our vision is of transparent and accountable markets in a sustainable and just global economy. We shine a light on global supply chains of forest-risk commodities like beef, soy and palm oil and link it to the trillions of dollars in annual investment and lending that support them. We partner with leading research institutions worldwide to offer a portfolio of groundbreaking environmental data initiatives.

GC is supported by governments including the UK, Norway, Germany and Switzerland; by major trusts and foundations including the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation,  Quadrature and the Waterloo Foundations; and by a growing group of individual major donors and family offices. We have deep partnerships with the UNEP Finance Initiative, Stockholm Environment Institute, UNDP, WWF and ZSL among others. 

We work globally, but have focal regions in Latin America, Indonesia, Europe and China. Our team of around 45 people is mostly based out of our Oxford office, but we have team members also based across forest regions and major markets worldwide.

What work do we want a consultant to do?

Global Canopy is seeking a product manager for about one day per week over the course of 8 months (with the possibility of extension) to manage the development of the EU Dependency Dashboard within the NRF programme. In particular, the product manager will oversee the initial creation of the beta version of the Dashboard to be launched publicly in November 2025. They will also set out a forward-looking plan for monitoring this version and future iterations. For the later management of the product an extension of the contract will be considered. The dashboard is expected to be interactive.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

1. Create a product strategy and vision

• Work with the programme team to articulate the product strategy based on programmatic needs, organisational priorities and budgets.
• Develop a plan and technical brief, working with programme leads, comms and designer.
• Bring in UX considerations, user testing and knowledge, web development and back-end expertise when required, co-developing a strong strategy and its evolution, within budget and timings.

2. Manage the product's development

• Manage the end-to-end process from ideation through to design and build stages within budget and timings.
• Develop a plan and technical brief, working with the project and technical leads.
• Conduct user research.
• Lead user testing with support from our designer.

3. Set out a strategy and plan for monitoring the beta version and further iterate 

• The beta version will be launched publicly in November 2025. The product manager is expected to set out a plan for monitoring this version including:
• Maintaining site health and monitoring for bugs and issues with site functionality.
• Seeking and analysing tool/website usage statistics and qualitative feedback for successful user engagement.
• Seeking and acting on internal feedback to websites, where appropriate, involving Comms.
• Plan for iterations of the tool for its ongoing improvement and success to meet the product’s goals and evolution plans.

4. Ensure cross-programmatic alignment 

• Global Canopy is currently developing a bigger and more powerful cross-programmatic technical team. NRF is a small and nascent programme within Global Canopy, and will share technical resources across Global Canopy with the Corporate Performance programme. The product manager is expected to ensure seamless processes across the NRF and Corporate Performance programmes. 
• Communicate frequently with the wider Global Canopy technical team as well as the Tech Strategy Steering Group. 
• Recognise interlinkages between Global Canopy sites for greatest coherence for users and impact.

Skills and behavioural competencies

Essential

• Minimum three years’ experience in product management or equivalent positions.
• Experience managing products for government, policy or regulatory audiences.
• A problem-solving approach and ability to identify opportunities.
• Ability to adapt product management best practices to non-profit environment.
• Develop and maintain good working relationships with multiple stakeholders.
• Attention to detail and quality.
• Good organisational and time management skills.

Desirable

• Knowledge of the environmental sector and/or financial audiences
• Experience managing commercial products.

How to apply

Submit your application via this link or visit our website by 9am GMT 31 March 2025, including: 

• A cover letter – outlining 
• your interest in our work, and how your expertise, experience and working style maps to our focal areas and requirements, 
• your time and availability to support Global Canopy between April 2025 and December 2025, 
• your day rate in GBP.

• An up-to-date CV  

Please contact Natacha Postel-Vinay (n.vinay@globalcanopy.org) if you have any questions.

We welcome early applications, and expressions of interest will be considered as they are received. 

By submitting your application, you consent to us holding your data in line with our policies. GC is under no obligation to engage anyone as a result of this search. Individual contracts will be negotiated as we initiate the work.

Other information

Lines of communication 

The consultant will be part of Global Canopy’s Nature-related Finance programme team, working closely with the project technical lead and the data researcher, as well as with relevant staff in the Corporate Performance programme.

Location 

The Consultancy is able to be completed on a remote basis but location is required to be within 3hrs of BST.