Product Manager: Environmental, Health and Safety

Introduction

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Your role and responsibilities

We are seeking a Product Manager with deep expertise in environmental compliance, sustainability reporting, and waste management to shape the future of Maximo HSE. This role focuses on helping organizations manage environmental impact, hazardous materials, and waste across complex industrial operations.

You will combine environmental subject-matter expertise with strong product management skills to translate regulatory requirements and operational realities into scalable software capabilities. The ideal candidate understands the nuances of waste classification, tracking, and disposal - and can turn those into intuitive workflows that meet global compliance standards.

This role requires a balance of strategic thinking and hands-on execution: defining the roadmap, validating requirements with clients, and ensuring our product empowers organizations to meet environmental targets safely and efficiently.

• Own the product vision, roadmap, and strategy for environmental and waste management capabilities within Maximo HSE.
• Translate environmental regulations (EPA, EU Waste Framework Directive, ISO 14001, etc.) into product features and workflows.
• Define waste management functionality, including waste profiling, storage tracking, manifests, and disposal workflows.
• Partner with clients, regulators, and industry experts to identify emerging environmental compliance needs and market opportunities.
• Collaborate with design, development, and QA teams to deliver features that balance regulatory precision with operational usability.
• Support go-to-market activities with sales, marketing, and consulting teams; serve as the SME in customer engagements and industry events.
• Track evolving environmental regulations, circular economy initiatives, and sustainability reporting standards to guide product direction.
• Ensure integration between waste management modules and existing Maximo features such as assets, work orders, inspections, and risk management.

Required education

High School Diploma/GED

Preferred education

Bachelor's Degree

Required technical and professional expertise

• 7-10 years of professional experience, with at least 3-5 years in environmental compliance, sustainability management, or waste operations.
• Deep understanding of environmental regulations, waste classification systems, and reporting requirements.
• Proven experience in product management or product ownership, ideally within enterprise or compliance software.
• Familiarity with Maximo or comparable EAM/EHS systems.
• Demonstrated ability to transform complex regulatory and operational requirements into usable product solutions.
• Strong collaboration skills with cross-functional teams (engineering, design, sales, and compliance).
• Excellent written and verbal communication, with the ability to engage both technical and non-technical audiences.

Preferred technical and professional experience

• Certifications or training in environmental compliance, waste management, or ISO 14001/45001 standards.
• Knowledge of waste data analytics, emissions tracking, and sustainability reporting tools.
• Prior experience presenting at environmental or regulatory conferences.
• Degree in Environmental Science, Engineering, or Business.

ABOUT BUSINESS UNIT

IBM Software infuses core business operations with intelligence-from machine learning to generative AI-to help make organizations more responsive, productive, and resilient. IBM Software helps clients put AI into action now to create real value with trust, speed, and confidence across digital labor, IT automation, application modernization, security, and sustainability. Critical to this is the ability to make use of all data, because AI is only as good as the data that fuels it. In most organizations data is spread across multiple clouds, on premises, in private datacenters, and at the edge. IBM's AI and data platform scales and accelerates the impact of AI with trusted data, and provides leading capabilities to train, tune and deploy AI across business. IBM's hybrid cloud platform is one of the most comprehensive and consistent approach to development, security, and operations across hybrid environments-a flexible foundation for leveraging data, wherever it resides, to extend AI deep into a business.

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At IBM, we pride ourselves on being an early adopter of artificial intelligence, quantum computing and blockchain. Now it's time for you to join us on our journey to being a responsible technology innovator and a force for good in the world.

IBM is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, pregnancy, disability, neurodivergence, age, or other characteristics protected by the applicable law. IBM is also committed to compliance with all fair employment practices regarding citizenship and immigration status.

OTHER RELEVANT JOB DETAILS

IBM will not be providing visa sponsorship for this position now or in the future. Therefore, in order to be considered for this position, you must have the ability to work without a need for current or future visa sponsorship.

The compensation range and benefits for this position are based on a full-time schedule for a full calendar year. The salary will vary depending on your job-related skills, experience and location. Pay increment and frequency of pay will be in accordance with employment classification and applicable laws. For part time roles, your compensation and benefits will be adjusted to reflect your hours. Benefits may be pro-rated for those who start working during the calendar year.

Client-provided location(s): Austin, TX

Job ID: IBM-66086

Employment Type: OTHER

Posted: 2025-10-22T18:48:41