On behalf of our client, Interzero, a leading European provider in the waste management and circular economy industry, we are seeking a qualified professional for the position of:
Digital Product Manager – Waste Management Solutions (m/f/d)
Location
This position is open to candidates located in countries where Interzero has a strong operational footprint, including: Poland (Warszawa and Cracow/Kraków), Czechia, Slovenia and Croatia.
About the Role
Are you a digital product expert with a deep understanding of the waste management and recycling industry? If so, we want to hear from you!
We are looking for an experienced Digital Product Manager (m/f/d) to drive the development, validation, and scaling of digital products and platform-based services within the waste management and circular economy industry. This role requires a unique dual skillset: hands-on expertise in the waste management sector combined with a proven track record in digital product management and platform ecosystems. As an individual contributor, you will need strong analytical capabilities, excellent stakeholder management skills, and the ability to influence decision-making through data and customer value.
Why this role matters
Working at the intersection of business, technology, and sales, you will ensure our digital products are customer-centric, commercially successful, and compliant with complex environmental regulations. You won’t just manage software, you will shape innovative solutions that create measurable value for both our customers and the business.
Your Responsibilities
Customer & Product Discovery
- Analyze customer, supplier, and operational challenges regarding efficiency, compliance, transparency, and sustainability in waste management.
- Drive problem / solution hypotheses and discover scalable digital opportunities by collaborating with sales, operations, and technology stakeholders to achieve product-market fit.
2. Digital Product Management
- Define and evolve digital products and platform services for waste management and circular economy use cases.
- Define product vision, outline roadmaps, prioritize MVP features, and translate business/operational needs into clear requirements and user stories.
- Prioritize product initiatives based on customer value, business impact, and technical feasibility.
- Work closely with UX designers, engineers, and delivery teams throughout the product lifecycle using agile, iterative approaches.
3. Business & Platform Strategy
- Develop and validate business cases for digital products, platforms, and data-driven services.
- Quantify value drivers (automation benefits, cost savings, operational efficiency, customer retention, and new revenue streams), and support pricing strategy, monetization models and go-to-market strategies.
- Evaluate “Build-vs.-Buy” scenarios and analyze market trends, ESG regulations, and competition within waste management, recycling, ESG, and circular economy ecosystems to build scalable platform strategies.
4. Waste Management & Operational Excellence
- Analyze and optimize operational waste management processes and digital service workflows.
- Support harmonization and standardization of international customer and operational requirements.
- Identify opportunities for automation, process optimization, and operational scalability.
- Contribute to the development of data-driven and compliance-oriented waste management solutions.
- Support initiatives related to ESG reporting, recycling transparency, and regulatory compliance requirements.
- Promote lean, agile, and fail-fast principles to accelerate learning and reduce delivery risks.
Your Profile
The ideal candidate understands the challenges of modern waste management operations, sustainability requirements, regulatory complexity, and the growing importance of digitalization, data, and platform ecosystems in the industry.
- Several years of experience in Digital Product Management, Product Strategy, Business Development, Digital Transformation, or related roles.
- Solid experience within waste management, recycling, environmental services, logistics, circular economy, or sustainability-related industries.
- Strong understanding of digital products, SaaS solutions, platform business models, and data-driven services.
- Experience with customer discovery, product roadmaps, MVP development, and agile product delivery.
- Strong analytical and conceptual thinking with the ability to translate complexity into actionable solutions.
- Experience developing business cases, KPI frameworks, and value-driven product strategies.
- Proven ability to work cross-functionally with business, technology, operations, and commercial teams. Understanding of waste management operations, compliance requirements, or environmental regulations is highly
- desirable.
- Excellent communication and stakeholder management skills.
- Fluent in English; additional European languages like German or Polish are a plus.
What we offer
- Flexible working models and modern collaboration culture.
- High-impact role with visibility across senior leadership and strategic initiatives.
- Strong ownership and entrepreneurial responsibility.
- Exposure to innovative digital products, platform strategies, and sustainability-driven business models.
- Opportunity to shape the future of digital waste management and circular economy solutions.
- Dynamic, international, and cross-functional work environment.