Principal / Lead Product Designer

Location: Toronto, Canada

Duration: 6 to 12 months contract, with potential for extension

Experience Level: 10-15 years

Role Description

We are seeking an experienced Principal Product Designer to lead strategic product initiatives in the sustainability and environmental impact space. This role will shape and deliver cutting-edge products and services that help organizations achieve their ESG, net-zero, and sustainable growth objectives.

You will work across cross-functional teams and client stakeholders to define the product vision, roadmap, and delivery plans that embed sustainability at the core of strategy and execution.

What you will be doing

- Define and drive product and experience strategy across large, ambiguous problem spaces, with a strong focus on transforming complex, data-rich ecosystems into simple, scalable, and user-friendly experiences.
- Strategic Leadership: Define and drive product strategy that aligns with sustainability goals and measurable impact outcomes.
- Sustainability Expertise: Translate sustainability frameworks (e.g., ESG reporting, circular economy, carbon reduction) into actionable product initiatives.
- Stakeholder Engagement: Collaborate with sustainability leads, business stakeholders, and technical teams to define and prioritize sustainable product opportunities.
- Product Vision & Delivery: Lead the design and delivery of digital products and services that support responsible business practices and long-term resilience.
- Innovation & Research: Identify emerging sustainability trends and technologies and integrate them into product discovery and development processes.




- Establish and scale design systems, frameworks, and patterns while guiding when and how teams should extend beyond existing systems to meet evolving product and business needs.
- Tackle system-level challenges - including AI-powered and data-intensive experiences - using systems thinking and a forward-looking perspective on how emerging technologies shape user interactions.
- Mentor, coach, and elevate design teams while championing design excellence, setting a high bar for modern, high-quality design craft, and advocating for design's strategic impact with senior and executive stakeholders.

What you must have

- 10-15 years of product management experience, including senior or principal-level roles.
- Experience with products in sustainability-focused domains, such as energy, mobility, supply chain, circular economy, or ESG data and reporting.
- Deep understanding of sustainability frameworks, including SDGs, net-zero strategies, carbon accounting, or ESG principles.
- Ability to bridge the gap between business strategy, environmental objectives, and user experience.
- Strong communication and facilitation skills, with experience influencing senior stakeholders.
- Experience working with agile design methodologies.

Nice to Have

- Experience consulting with Fortune 500 or global enterprise clients on sustainability or ESG transformation.
- Knowledge of sustainability reporting standards such as GRI, SASB, TCFD, or GHG Protocol.
- Familiarity with impact measurement tools, lifecycle analysis, or sustainable innovation frameworks.
- Background in digital transformation or service design projects with environmental or social impact.

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