(Senior) Product Sustainability Specialist (f/m/x)

Tanso is a German sustainability software company that provides AI-powered solutions for CO2 accounting, ESG reporting, and regulatory compliance, primarily targeting industrial companies and mid-sized enterprises. The platform enables organizations to manage their corporate carbon footprint (CCF), product carbon footprint (PCF), and supply chain emissions across Scope 1, 2, and 3, while automating data collection, cleansing, and consolidation workflows. Tanso supports a wide range of reporting frameworks and regulations including CSRD/ESRS, VSME, EU Taxonomy, CBAM, PPWR, EcoVadis, GRI, and SAQ5, helping clients meet complex and evolving EU regulatory requirements efficiently. The company's mission centers on making sustainability management intelligent and accessible for industrial sectors such as automotive, construction, chemicals, electronics, food and beverage, mechanical engineering, and packaging. By integrating an AI-driven co-pilot and automated compliance processes, Tanso enables businesses to generate audit-ready ESG reports and respond to stakeholder data requests in a structured, finance-grade manner. Key performance indicators highlighted by the company include an 80% reduction in recurring time effort, full CO2 balance completion within eight weeks, a return on investment in under six months, and a 98% customer loyalty and renewal rate. Tanso is headquartered in Munich, Germany, and differentiates itself through its end-to-end platform approach that combines data management, carbon accounting, ESG reporting, and supply chain transparency in a single solution. The platform's focus on automation and AI positions it as a scalable tool for companies seeking to navigate increasingly stringent European sustainability regulations while embedding decarbonization into core business decision-making.

Become part of Tanso and decarbonize industries with us.

What if the impact of your role extended beyond a job title?

Not through marketing spin. Not through vague "purpose-driven" messaging. But through software that helps industrial companies understand, manage and actively reduce their environmental impact.

That's what Tanso is building. And it's one of the reasons people join us.

Why Tanso?

• Take Action in a Fast-Moving, High-Impact Environment. We move fast on sustainability because the urgency is real. That means decisions that matter, transparent processes, and the agility to navigate change.
• Challenge & Grow Through Ownership. Take ownership immediately, build expertise through hands-on experience, and leverage every available resource to achieve outsized impact.
• Foster Trust with Mission-Driven Collaborators. You'll join a team that prioritizes impact and each other. We give honest feedback, share credit, support each other when it matters, and hold high standards together.
• Embrace Responsibility & Drive Impact. Turn fragmented emissions data into actionable insights. Your work has immediate, visible impact - clearer decision-making and genuine momentum toward change.
• AI First-Mindset. We embrace cutting-edge technology to solve sustainability challenges. Push the boundaries of innovation and stay ahead of what's possible.
• Commitment to Performance & Excellence. We cultivate a high-performance culture where you thrive. Push yourself and others to excel, celebrate wins, learn from setbacks, and raise the bar.

Your role

To help leading industrial companies master product-level sustainability and compliance, we are looking for a (Senior) Product Sustainability Specialist (f/m/x).

As a Product Sustainability Specialist, you own the methodological ground truth for product sustainability at Tanso - PPWR, the Digital Product Passport (ESPR), EPDs, LCA, and PCF. You set the standard for what audit-ready looks like, act as a trusted advisor to industrial customers, and make your expertise scalable through content, data, enablement, and product. You work on our specialist track: your impact grows through the depth and reach of your expertise, knowledge assets, and a scalable product.

Key responsibilities

• Own the methodology: Be the internal reference for product sustainability and compliance - PPWR obligations, DPP/ESPR requirements, EPD program rules (incl. PCRs), LCA standards, and PCF methodology. Resolve methodological edge cases, set the quality bar, and anticipate regulatory developments (ESPR delegated acts, EmpCo, PPWR secondary legislation) before they reach our customers.
• Guide customers through complexity: Act as senior methodological sparring partner in high-stakes product compliance cases, including audits, escalations, and executive-level discussions. Design scalable enablement formats, deep dives, academies, office hours, handbook content, that make customers independent.
• Turn expertise into product: Identify repeatable solutions from customer challenges and translate regulatory and methodological logic into product inputs: in-app guidance, automation rules, data models, and AI context. Drive discovery and beta testing of new product sustainability capabilities with our Product team.
• Scale knowledge internally: Build and maintain an AI-first knowledge base, templates, and quality standards for your focus area. Act as the knowledge authority for Customer Success, Sales, and Product, support pre-sales with qualification and example datasets, and ensure methodological consistency across everything we deliver.
• Represent Tanso externally: Build Tanso's credibility as a specialist voice on PPWR, DPP, and product compliance through talks, webinars, publications, and participation in industry working groups.

Your profile

• Deep, proven expertise in product-level sustainability: LCA, EPDs, PCF, and product compliance regulation (PPWR, ESPR/DPP; ideally also REACH, RoHS, EPR, WEEE, SCIP or similar).
• Strong command of the relevant standards: ISO 14040/44, EN 15804, ISO 14067, GHG Protocol Product Standard, PACT.
• Several (4+) years of experience in LCA and sustainability consulting, sustainability software, EPD program work, or industrial product compliance.
• Experience translating regulation and methodology into scalable formats — content, data models, or software logic.
• An AI-first working approach and strong curiosity for continuous learning.
• Based in or willing to relocate to Munich.
• Fluency in German and English. (CEFR C1)

What we offer

• A highly competitive compensation package with an attractive equity package to participate in Tanso's growth.
• Hybrid working model that combines the benefits of onsite collaboration with the flexibility needed.
• A company-contributed pension plan to support long-term financial security.
• Yearly budget to support ongoing professional development.
• Sponsored access to EGYM Wellpass to prioritize your wellbeing with thousands of options.
• Exclusive discounts that help you save on a wide range of everyday brands, services, and experiences.

Our team

We're a diverse group of people, and that diversity is what makes us great. We bring unique perspectives to everything we do and are always eager to learn from each other. We work in cross-functional teams to tackle ambitious challenges, actively seek feedback and be the best versions of ourselves.